COWBOY VILLAIN 50NL Hand 2: c3b MPvBB QJs, call cbet and raise turn As9d3h 4s 5d

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COWBOY VILLAIN 50NL Hand 2: c3b MPvBB QJs, call cbet and raise turn As9d3h 4s 5d

BN: $50
SB: $39.92
BB: $138.02
UTG: $21.11
HJ: $51.85 (Hero)
CO: $71.70
Cowboy reads:
[overly]aggressive, betting frequencies too high
3-bet range much lighter per position, more speculative hands
Continues lighter facing a bet or raise
Stubborn and sporadic

*I feel I am not doing a good job of exploiting this villain. The group of hands I have posted are meant to help me gain a better understanding of how best to tackle this villain type. When I do have strong value hands, I get paid off frequently. My main issue is playing my hand when missing the board but 'knowing' villain's range remains much weaker / marginal.
Looking back at the hands I'm sure I should be raising slightly more - but I do feel it was boards that for the hand I'm repping I didn't need much protection
Preflop ($0.75) (6 Players)
Hero was dealt J Q
UTG folds, Hero raises to $1.25, CO folds, BN folds, SB folds, BB raises to $4, Hero calls $2.75
Villain has a much wider 3-bet range, I would definitely be 4-bet bluffing more in this spot. This exact hand I feel is played best as a call.
Flop ($8.75) A 3 9 (2 Players)
BB bets $5, Hero calls $5
Between villain's wide 3-bet range and this board texture his cbet will be much more polar OR he is merge cbetting but will have trouble OOP on turns and rivers.

As I would continue with my entire range in this spot by calling and because he is much wider, I felt my hand is a good candidate to float - the Ace of spades means there are plenty of turns that will improve my hand to some decent equity.
Turn ($18.75) A 3 9 4 (2 Players)
BB bets $7, Hero raises to $14, BB calls $7
This turn bet sizing to me was indicative of a medium strength hand - i'm expecting a polar range to bet bigger to size up a rive shove a bit more. It actually felt like he had picked up a draw too like the 9s8s or generally 9ss and didn't want to be blown off his equity by betting bigger and facing a shove, having said that my turn raise sizing would definitely be ineffective. Why I picked the smaller sizing is to safe for a reasonable river bet size instead of raise-committing OTT only to get called by a draw that is beating me such like the 98s mentioned or KsTs Ks9s etc
River ($46.75) A 3 9 4 5 (2 Players)
BB checks, Hero bets $28.85, and is all in, BB calls $28.85

I stick to the plan and shove the river, expecting a fold.. but he calls, what do you think he shows here?

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