Should I fold on the river?

Hello.

I just finished this game and I played really bad. lol
I ask for your advice on my play.

6 max online Sit N Go.
I was high Jack position with KQo.

I min raised. And I got 4 callers. Now I think it was my mistake.
Anyway we all went to the flop.

Flop was 4h Qc 5c. I bet half of the pot.
3 players fold and only one player(Button) called. I have never met him before.

So when he called / I thought his ranges:
1) Any pairs 4x / 5x / 66 / 77 / 88
-he would 3bet 99+
2) Any flush draw
3) Straight draw: 67
4) Qx hands. QJ, Q10, Q9.... /
-Some tricky players flat call with AQ but we are all recreational players so I didn't think too highly of him. lol.

Anyway another 5h was on the turn.
I checked and he checked back.
I checked because I thought he might have any 5 in his hands.

Now the river, 9d.
And I checked again.
Because I was still afraid of 5 trips. And I thought I had Showdown Value.


After I checked, he went all in right away. And as you can tell, I called. lol.
And he showed his trips.

I don't know why I called it. I played really bad.

When I faced his all in, I thought:
1. He had Qx hands.
And because I checked him twice, so he might think I only have AK / AJ...
That's why he bet big.

2. I didn't put him on two pairs / Sets
If he had them, he would check-Raised on the flop or bet on the turn when the board with flush draws.

Lastly, I was afraid of my image, if I fold this time, I might give my opponents too weak image, he folds easily when he faces all in...something like that.
I know it sounds crazy and doesn't make sense at all but at that time, I thought in that way.

So I lost and that's why I post this. lol. Anyway thanks for reading.

If it is a matter of 6-max Single Table SNG, cause I am not 100% sure now, holding KQ on a Qxx board, I would be more scared by AQ in the opponent's hand, but that was not your case.

Yeah, maybe I would raise preflop some more, trying to eliminate those freaky callers with any 2 cards, but afterwards - nothing much left to calibrate - either defend your top pair, or believe the opponent had that AQ or trips 5's like in your case ...

No universal solution in this situation, sometimes you would win if the villain is bluffing, sometimes he will show you nuts :top:

I would have never cbet the flop with four callers. I think the right play here is to check and call if someone was to bet for pot control. I think you would only be betting here with sets as you would get callers with over pairs of the 5s and any draws and you would be playing a very bloated pot with only a marginal made hand.

Evaluate the turn and river and only checking hoping to get to showdown cheap. Would he shove all in with a missed flush/straight draw is the question. If not, then easy fold on the shove I believe, as you are only beat the missed straight/flush and QJ and QT and any 4x hands that are not 45.

Thanks for your time and leaving a comment! Good luck everyone and stay safe!