Common Situation - NL25/50 - What do you do?

[SykoraG]

No real reads on villain, was 44 / 10 after 11 hands.


Party Poker No-Limit Hold'em, $ BB (5 handed) pokerhand.org hand converter (http://www.pokerhand.org)

SB ($79.76)
BB ($50)
UTG ($107.98)
Hero ($49.50)
Button ($50)

Preflop: Hero is MP with T/images/graemlins/club.gif, Q/images/graemlins/club.gif. SB posts a blind of $0.25.
UTG calls $0.50, <font color="#CC3333">Hero raises to $2.5</font>, <font color="#666666">3 folds</font>, UTG calls $2.

Flop: ($5.75) 2/images/graemlins/club.gif, 4/images/graemlins/club.gif, 5/images/graemlins/diamond.gif <font color="#0000FF">(2 players)</font>
UTG checks, <font color="#CC3333">Hero bets $4</font>, UTG calls $4.

Turn: ($13.75) 4/images/graemlins/heart.gif <font color="#0000FF">(2 players)</font>
UTG checks, Hero checks.

River: ($13.75) A/images/graemlins/diamond.gif <font color="#0000FF">(2 players)</font>
UTG checks, Hero ?!?!?!

This situation seems to come up ALOT; give up or bet?
So far in the past few months I've noticed that this situation comes up atleast 3 or 4 times a session. I run into an unknown and flop a near nut draw / AK whiffs. I cbet and am floated. Turn is a dud to my hand and I check behind. River is checked to me. What do you do?

[Pavan]

Check behind on river. How much are you willing to bluff and what do you think he is folding? He may have missed a flush draw, but then your Q may be good enough.

PF is pretty light to be raising.

[Imrahil]

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Check behind on river. How much are you willing to bluff and what do you think he is folding? He may have missed a flush draw, but then your Q may be good enough.

PF is pretty light to be raising.

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It's only 5 handed so I don't mind the raise. I'd probably fire $8 or $9 here. Chances are that he would be scared of an A here, as you likely raised with an A and now you hit. He'd probably bet an A on the river.

[absoludicrous]

I raise this here about 99% of the time (I'm 30/20/2.5). Just check behind on the river.

[Gelford]

Reads tip the scales ... but you hand looks like some kind of whiffed ace, so I have a tendency to confidently bet around nine dollars here.

.... and if he has got an ace ... oh well /images/graemlins/smile.gif

[SykoraG]

I ended up betting 10 dollars and he folded.

[Leviathan101]

I don't mind raise, it's something I do occasionally.

I fire again on river probly 3/4 pot which looks like around 8-10 bucks. You can easily rep Ax here.

[Shaddux]

This is a good opportunity to take the pot.

[AmonRaa]

River card is a blessing for you. 10$ is a good bet.