25NL - folding a set on river

[pena]

Party Poker No-Limit Hold'em, $0.25 BB (6 handed) Hand History Converter Tool (http://poker-tools.flopturnriver.com/Hand-Converter.php) from FlopTurnRiver.com (http://www.flopturnriver.com) (Format: 2+2 Forums)

SB ($4.60)
Hero ($26.15)
UTG ($40.49)
MP ($22.05)
CO ($12.75)
Button ($25.25)

Preflop: Hero is BB with 8/images/graemlins/heart.gif, 8/images/graemlins/spade.gif.
UTG calls $0.25, <font color="#666666">4 folds</font>, <font color="#CC3333">Hero raises to $0.875</font>, UTG calls $0.75.

Flop: ($2.10) 8/images/graemlins/diamond.gif, 4/images/graemlins/heart.gif, J/images/graemlins/club.gif <font color="#0000FF">(2 players)</font>
<font color="#CC3333">Hero bets $1.5</font>, UTG calls $1.50.

Turn: ($5.10) 9/images/graemlins/club.gif <font color="#0000FF">(2 players)</font>
<font color="#CC3333">Hero bets $4</font>, UTG calls $4.

River: ($13.10) Q/images/graemlins/spade.gif <font color="#0000FF">(2 players)</font>
Hero checks, <font color="#CC3333">UTG bets $12</font>, Hero folds.

Final Pot: $25.10

No decent reads on him. Should I have played this river in an other way?

[good_gamble]

I prolly bet around $8 on river and fold to a shove, by checking it allows villian to take the pot away from us if he doesn't have a ten and we miss value when he checks behind. As played, its prolly a fold 9-10 or 10-J seem most likely

[Genz]

He played the hand a lot like a SC. JT, 9T are well within his range. I might try to block on the river with $6 or something. There is still a chance he has a 2pair so I like to see a SD. But I won't call a PSB or a push with my hand.

[pena]

I don't like blocking bets the reason if opponent value raises the blocking bet you are forced to call because the odds you get. For example I had betted $6-8 and he had min-raised to $12-16 I had have to called and ended up putting more money into pot if have just c/c his psb, thoughts?

[Genz]

If he minraises, you could actually have to call. OTOH you still pay less or just slightly more than you would have if you had check/called. If he raises you alot, you usually have to fold. That's the reason for a blocking bet: you don't want to pay anymore, so don't do it. And that's a reason to use blocking bets only rarely or bet your legitimate hands the same way from time to time: when people pick up this tendency of yours, they'll raise you off your mediocre hands all the time. But I don't think that players on the micro limits pay enough attention to realize this in your betting patterns.