Many hands from 5NL

Hey everyone, here are some bigger hands that I wanted opinions on. Not all of these I lost or won, etc. They are just the more interesting spots I got into.

Villain had been stealing any orbit where it was limped to him. He hesitated for quite some time after my check-raise, which made me feel like a follow up bet on the turn would be effective. If I had to do it again, I might check-raise to a slightly larger size, and bet a little larger on the turn.

PokerStars No-Limit Hold'em, $0.05 BB (4 handed) - Poker-Stars Converter Tool from FlopTurnRiver.com

Button ($8.84)
SB ($6.61)
Hero (BB) ($6.15)
UTG ($4.97)

Preflop: Hero is BB with K, Q
1 fold, Button raises to $0.20, 1 fold, Hero calls $0.15

Flop: ($0.42) J, 4, A (2 players)
Hero checks, Button bets $0.25, Hero raises to $0.65, Button calls $0.40

Turn: ($1.72) 2 (2 players)
Hero bets $1, 1 fold

Total pot: $1.72 | Rake: $0.05

PokerStars No-Limit Hold'em, $0.05 BB (5 handed) - Poker-Stars Converter Tool from FlopTurnRiver.com

UTG ($5.45)
MP ($4.66)
Hero (Button) ($5)
SB ($5.03)
BB ($3.91)

With the UTG limp, I was thinking that the villain was on a pocket pair, big unpaired cards like KQ, KJ, or QJ. After the call on the turn and the Q falling on the river, would you be betting for value? Or is villain usually showing up with a higher flush here?

Preflop: Hero is Button with 6, 5
UTG calls $0.05, 1 fold, Hero raises to $0.25, 2 folds, UTG calls $0.20

Flop: ($0.57) 3, Q, 4 (2 players)
UTG checks, Hero bets $0.40, UTG calls $0.40

Turn: ($1.37) 7 (2 players)
UTG checks, Hero bets $1, UTG calls $1

River: ($3.37) Q (2 players)
UTG checks, Hero bets $2, UTG calls $2

Total pot: $7.37 | Rake: $0.35

The UTG min-raise was odd, and thinking about it, I should have just raised it up when it folded around to me. Villain had been min-raising broadways earlier in the session. I donked out on a blank turn to see how he would react.

PokerStars No-Limit Hold'em, $0.05 BB (6 handed) - Poker-Stars Converter Tool from FlopTurnRiver.com

Button ($22.26)
SB ($3.43)
Hero (BB) ($4.85)
UTG ($2)
MP ($9.88)
CO ($3.52)

Preflop: Hero is BB with 9, 9
UTG raises to $0.10, 4 folds, Hero calls $0.05

Flop: ($0.22) 8, 10, 8 (2 players)
Hero checks, UTG bets $0.25, Hero calls $0.25

Turn: ($0.72) 3 (2 players)
Hero bets $0.40, UTG raises to $1.65 (All-In), Hero calls $1.25

River: ($4.02) 6 (2 players, 1 all-in)

Total pot: $4.02 | Rake: $0.20

I hate the min-3bet. It seems to always come from someone in the BB who wants to get fancy. If it were another player, I would have just mucked KJ, but since it was KJs and this player had min 3bet several times before, I decided to see a relatively cheap flop. What do you think of my raise size on the flop and the bet on the turn? Are you betting the river and why?

PokerStars No-Limit Hold'em, $0.05 BB (5 handed) - Poker-Stars Converter Tool from FlopTurnRiver.com

SB ($8.57)
BB ($5.66)
Hero (UTG) ($7.30)
MP ($4.98)
Button ($9.97)

Preflop: Hero is UTG with J, K
Hero raises to $0.20, 2 folds, SB raises to $0.35, 1 fold, Hero calls $0.15

Flop: ($0.75) 5, 6, J (2 players)
SB bets $0.30, Hero raises to $1, SB calls $0.70

Turn: ($2.75) 10 (2 players)
SB checks, Hero bets $2, SB calls $2

River: ($6.75) 8 (2 players)
SB checks, Hero checks

Total pot: $6.75 | Rake: $0.30

I got a little tricky on this next hand. Before you go shouting at me about how I should 3bet pre, I had a plan and a reason for not doing so. If it were against one opponent, I would totally 3bet for value. The button call changed my feelings though. If villain was opening wide, I felt like he would fold to the 3 bet, which would likely get the button to fold as well, which isn't a bad result. However, if villain called the 3 bet, the button would likely overcall given the odds. Then I am way OOP against multiple opponents in a large pot, making it difficult if I miss the flop and have a draw heavy board that is not in my favor.

Obviously, the flop came almost perfectly for me. My question is regarding the AI semi-bluff. Would I have gotten more value out of the hand by seeing the turn/river or would it have killed my action? My logic is that if the villain is on an overpair QQ-TT, that I have both decent fold equity and a good chance of my hand holding up. If villain is raising a straight draw, then he is probably going to get it in when I shove. The only hands that I am the most worried about are two pairs or sets, however, both of those hands won't be holding my outs.

Anyways, let me know your thoughts.

PokerStars No-Limit Hold'em, $0.05 BB (5 handed) - Poker-Stars Converter Tool from FlopTurnRiver.com

Button ($5.15)
SB ($6.98)
Hero (BB) ($9.21)
UTG ($9.68)
MP ($3.18)

Preflop: Hero is BB with A, K
1 fold, MP raises to $0.20, Button calls $0.20, 1 fold, Hero calls $0.15

Flop: ($0.62) 9, 4, 5 (3 players)
Hero checks, MP bets $0.50, Button raises to $1.50, Hero raises to $9.01 (All-In), 2 folds

Total pot: $4.12 | Rake: $0.20

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K J - I would not raise the flop unless you are positive that you can get it in with the best hand here.

99 hand: why do you donk the turn?

5 6 - not getting it in by the river is bad. Bet slightly more on the flop and turn, and the river bet becomes trivial.
On the flop: put him on a range. What % of that rang is a flushdraw? What part of that rang continues on the turn?

KQ - That flop I would rather donk than c/r... would you c/r AJ? The raise is too small anyways. You're not folding out a worse hand than KQ high with that.