I C-bet a high percentage of teh time so it was standard for me there. In addition, I beleived I had the best hand but it was veruy vulnerable and there were a lot of turn cards that would have put me in a tough spot had I checked the flop and the villain led out on the turn.  Considering that the pot was a decent size, I would have been more than happy to take it down with my c-bet.  Make sense?

Yep, good justification. I think in general I just like flatting this preflop and then raising/bluff raising a lot of flops but that just might be a style thing. Depending on how much you're 3betting the button, you know you're gonna get played back at some here which is why I like a slightly smaller sizing. What do you put his range of flatting 3bets OOP? What do you put his check raising range at? He can have semi bluffs here like KQ for sure…or can he?

Thanks for all the comments. I will admit that I didnt give the villlain much credit and played the hand very poorly only to suck out by turning 2 pair to beat his QQ.  Having palyed a lot more over the last couple of months and working on my bet sizing, I do realize that was a big part of how my hand was misplayed.  It was a hand that I had tried to justify in my head, especially after the vilalin went off on my donk move as he hit the rail but in retosopect it was a really poor play that got paid off.