5NL TPTK, Can I get away from this?

[foal]

Villain is 16/12 over 45, not enough hands for pf aggr. read. I was pretty sure I was beat when he raised the river, but I was getting about 4-1. Fold?

Poker Stars - No Limit Hold'em Cash Game - $0.02/$0.05 Blinds - 6 Players - (LegoPoker HH Converter (http://www.legopoker.com/hh))

Hero (SB): $9.50
BB: $24.78
UTG: $10.91
MP: $17.10
CO: $4.59
BTN: $5.14

Preflop: Hero is dealt A/images/graemlins/spade.gif Q/images/graemlins/diamond.gif (6 Players)
UTG folds, <font color="red">MP raises to $0.25</font>, 2 folds, <font color="red">Hero raises to $0.45</font>, BB folds, MP calls $0.20

Flop: ($0.95) Q/images/graemlins/club.gif 6/images/graemlins/diamond.gif 2/images/graemlins/spade.gif (2 Players)
<font color="red">Hero bets $0.55</font>, MP calls $0.55

Turn: ($2.05) 9/images/graemlins/spade.gif (2 Players)
<font color="red">Hero bets $1.00</font>, MP calls $1.00

River: ($4.05) K/images/graemlins/club.gif (2 Players)
<font color="red">Hero bets $1.00</font>, <font color="red">MP raises to $3.25</font>, Hero calls $2.25

Pot Size: $10.55 ($0.50 Rake)

[Khon]

Your bet sizes are too small at every step, need to increase those first of all, and you can fold this though calling isn't horrible either.

[foal]

So I should have bet pot I guess. If I bet pot the first two streets and got called would you still pot-bet the river?

[VLV]

You don't need to bet pot. I often don't do that because I don't want to build a bigger pot, maybe thats what you were trying to do here but there's a fine line between keeping pot small and making tiny bets.

PF raise to 0.5-0.55
Flop bet .7-.75
Turn bet 1.6-1.9
River, if you decide to bet, bet like $3

[Bowlboy]

Your weak bets encourage him to not fold here. Your weak river bet could have induced a bluff so I might call here.

[foal]

eh this is 5NL, I don't think my bets would be seen as weak at this level.