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i dont know villain at all, easy fold otr? pot size?

Poker Stars $3/$6 Limit 2-7 Triple Draw Lowball - 5 players - View hand 1720982
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Pre Draw: (1.333 SB) Hero is CO with Q 9 5 3 2
UTG raises, Hero calls, BTN calls, SB folds, BB folds

First Draw: (7.333 SB) (3 players)
UTG draws 2, Hero draws 2, BTN draws 1
Hand: J 5 3 2 2
UTG checks, Hero checks, BTN bets, UTG calls, Hero calls

Second Draw: (5.167 BB) (3 players)
UTG draws 2, Hero draws 2, BTN stands pat
Hand: 8 6 5 3 2
UTG checks, Hero checks, BTN bets, UTG calls, Hero raises, BTN calls, UTG calls

Third Draw: (11.167 BB) (3 players)
UTG draws 1, Hero stands pat, BTN draws 1
Hand: 8 6 5 3 2
UTG checks, Hero bets, BTN raises, UTG folds, Hero calls

I would play the same.

My question is how do you think villain views you? Are you capable of taking this line light in his eyes? The draw 2/check raise on the turn into 2 opponents looks really really strong so when you lead the river, what do you expect villain to call with that is worse than a 865? I would lean more to a x/c then b/c.

Firstly I'm just a beginner at TD, so please help me out and tell me if I'm talking nonsense.

My question is how do you think villain views you? Are you capable of taking this line light in his eyes? The draw 2/check raise on the turn into 2 opponents looks really really strong so when you lead the river, what do you expect villain to call with that is worse than a 865? I would lean more to a x/c then b/c.

I would have thought that a check/raise at the second draw is totally standard if you're going from behind to pat?

Then if he didn't break on the end I think b/c would be totally normal, because our hand has got to be towards the top of our two-pat range and he could well have patted a weaker hand at the second draw given we drew two at the first. (Is this reasoning correct?)

Given that he did break, I currently would x/c the river, thinking that if I bet he's not really going to be calling with much worse than my 8-6 but if I check he's likely to bluff a whole bunch of busted garbage. When we do bet and he raises I think he's very polarised. On the value side I don't think he's value-raising much worse than our hand, so whether or not to call comes down to whether we think he bluff raises more than 1 in 15 times, correct? To me that sounds like a clear call especially because we're towards the top of our 2-pat range. However I would expect him to win the vast majority of the time.

i think due to the size of the pot he does call with any 8 and maybe 96,95 so it can be a value bet right?

i think due to the size of the pot he does call with any 8 and maybe 96,95 so it can be a value bet right?

Yes, you're right. For example, thinking about it if he was to break something like 95432 and then catch the nine again I would expect him to call on the river.

problem is that the worse hand he can raise is a 34568 or 23478 and even that is rare i think with that action but if he does it i think i must call. bluffing here must have a history with me cause i dont think he can expect anyone to fold here, it requires huge balls to fold getting 15/1 so even most crazy villans realise that their FE is close to zero.
i called because i always do that with unknown villains but im not sure its ok to call if u know villain is not spazzy here.

Couple things that I think make this a standard hand.

1) We know villain is not a good/solid player just from his preflop play.

2) We don't know anything else about how villain plays postdraw.

Folding in a massive pot with a strong hand given this two factors seems pretty bad.