AQ misses flop, bet into, now what?

[vetman81]

Just into the money in a $10 tourney on Stars. My image is a convservative one. I have won a few hands without showing down, and the ones I have shown at this table were AJ and QQ.

Edit: Villain has not been out of line since I have been at this table. He had pretty much been sitting on his hands until we made the money.

PokerStars No-Limit Hold'em Tourney, Big Blind is t1200 (9 handed) converter

saw flop|<font color="#C00000">saw showdown</font>

CO (t10548)
Button (t9747)
SB (t24718)
BB (t13477)
UTG (t4265)
UTG+1 (t34959)
Hero (t25394)
MP2 (t17957)
MP3 (t15167)

Preflop: Hero is MP1 with A[img]/images/graemlins/diamond.gif[/img], Q[img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img].
<font color="#666666">2 folds</font>, <font color="#CC3333">Hero raises to t3600</font>, <font color="#666666">5 folds</font>, BB calls t2400.

Flop: (t6600) 9[img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img], T[img]/images/graemlins/spade.gif[/img], 9[img]/images/graemlins/club.gif[/img] <font color="#0000FF">(2 players)</font>
<font color="#CC3333">BB bets t3600</font>, Hero ?


Villain has about 6000 left after his flop bet. Is his bet here a semibluff with QJ? Or does he have a hand like KT? I would think a 9 would have let me bet at the pot. Anyways, I have trouble in spots like this. I have my thoughts on the situation, but I would like to hear those of others. Thanks.

[Lloyd]

Given that you're only about a 60/40 favorite against QJ and behind most other hands you've got to just let this go. If you have a conservative image then he's not just making a probe / steal bet on the flop. He knows you have some kind of a hand but is okay with making a pot size bet. That usually means a real hand.

[spaminator101]

i say something like A10 i think its unlikely that he would call that big of a bet with k10

[fnurt]

Usually you'll get shown a PP here.