Re: 75o
You're playing 40/28. If most of your hands aren't 3 or 4-handed, you're way too loose and it's not even close. I personally wouldn't be crazy about calling 75s in this spot let alone 75o. Also, you mentioned your opponent plays very well overall. This makes me want to tighten up even more as he has position postflop AND superior postflop skills.
You're not worried about being dominated here, you're worried about when you do hit a pair, losing to a bigger pair, plain and simple. Hands need to be strong in at least 2 of 3 areas (suitedness, connectedness, high card strength) to continue on here; and yours is marginal in only one.
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The flop cap was maybe bit loose, but I had a feeling he might three bet here pretty loosely. With like A4 or A-big.
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Remember, he opened UTG. You said he played well, but you didn't give specifics. What's his PFR? Is he likely to 3-bet in this spot with just overs? Also, he's not just 3-betting you but SB who's still in at this point.
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And aswell wanted to make little metagame play, most of the time I cap only extremely good hands. So I thought I could maybe benefit of this cap later. That might be false thinking. Top to that even if I'm behind I have likely some outs.
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You most likely have a ton of outs. So why not wait to put more money in when one of them hits and you're ahead? You are using deception at this point and representing a hand stronger than what you have. But unless your opponent spews draws or overs, he seems to have a pretty good bead on you and is repeatedly telling you you're behind. Metagame, it just shows you can spew.
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Turn whatever not much I can do after I played flop that way.
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Maybe so, but again you could go down into "check/call UI" mode at any time.
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River I don't like folding pairs to one bet on river
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You have to ask yourself if you're ahead here ~1 in 13 times. Judging by your read and seeing the action, I'd say no. Don't just have a rule and blindly follow it. Have some reasoning behind your decision. If that's your attitude, what he's doing is called value betting.
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