$2 NL HE 6-max: Villain rivered. Did I do anything wrong?

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pokerstars, Hold'em No Limit - $0.01/$0.02 - 5 players
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UTG (Hero): $2.46 (123 bb)
CO: $2.26 (113 bb)
BU: $2.78 (139 bb)
SB: $1.96 (98 bb)
BB: $2.00 (100 bb)

Pre-Flop: ($0.03) Hero is UTG with Q A
Hero raises to $0.06, 2 players fold, SB calls $0.05, 1 fold

Flop: ($0.14) 2 3 2 (2 players)
SB checks, Hero bets $0.07, SB calls $0.07

Turn: ($0.28) 3 (2 players)
SB checks, Hero bets $0.14, SB calls $0.14

River: ($0.56) 6 (2 players)
SB checks, Hero bets $0.27, SB calls $0.27

Total pot: $1.10 (Rake: $0.06)

Showdown:
UTG (Hero) shows Q A (two pair, Threes and Twos)
(Equity - Pre-Flop: 63%, Flop: 63%, Turn: 73%, River: 0%)

SB shows 6 5 (two pair, Sixes and Threes)
(Equity - Pre-Flop: 37%, Flop: 37%, Turn: 27%, River: 100%)

SB wins $1.04

I bet aggressively with two pairs all the way to the river, and SB kept check-bet-call. Did I do anything wrong?
 
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Honestly I don't know how often you get people to fold to your aggression betting this way with AK, AQ, AJ etc when you play at NL2. I haven't found it to be very effective if the person doesn't fold on the flop.
 
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Honestly I don't know how often you get people to fold to your aggression betting this way with AK, AQ, AJ etc when you play at NL2. I haven't found it to be very effective if the person doesn't fold on the flop.
If the villain had a 2, is it likely that he would play slowly fearing that I had one or 2 threes? Or should I have folded when the flop didn't hit because I would lose to any pairs?
 
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I don't think you can fold on the flop. You can improve to a top pair, a straight, or a full house by the river.

Maybe you could try smaller sizings to limit how much you lose in this situation, and especially when you don't connect by the river. I wouldn't keep betting half pot on the river.
 
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Preflop
Standard open.

Flop
This flop is pretty much a total brick, so you still stand to have the best hand a lot. But its not a hand, that want to play a bit pot, so I would mostly check back here and then look to play some later streets. If you do bet, the plan is to check any turn, thats not an A or Q.

Turn and river
Now you chop with any other AX, so the play here is definitely to check behind and try to get to a cheap showdown.
 
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Check turn, as played overbet river or check.
 
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