NL 25: Overpair against a small stack

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Party Poker - No Limit Hold'em Cash Game - $0.10/$0.25 Blinds - 5 Players - (LegoPoker HH Converter (http://www.legopoker.com/hh))

Hero (SB): $25.00
BB: $11.37
UTG: $37.03
CO: $24.40
BTN: $11.41

Reads: <font color="blue">No reads on the villian but his small stack suggests he isn't that good of a player. How is this line against a unknown? I think i played it pretty horrible because it's a WA/WB situation i think. How is checking this turn because of his stack size? i think betting this turn is ok against a full stack but how about here?</font>

Preflop: Hero is dealt T/images/graemlins/diamond.gif T/images/graemlins/heart.gif (5 Players)
2 folds, BTN calls $0.25, <font color="red">Hero raises to $1.25</font>, BB folds, BTN calls $1.00

Flop: ($2.75) 8/images/graemlins/diamond.gif 2/images/graemlins/spade.gif 2/images/graemlins/heart.gif (2 Players)
<font color="red">Hero bets $2.00</font>, BTN calls $2.00

Turn: ($6.75) 5/images/graemlins/club.gif (2 Players)
<font color="red">Hero bets $4.25</font>, BTN calls $4.25

River: ($15.25) K/images/graemlins/club.gif (2 Players)
Hero checks, <font color="red">BTN bets all-in for $3.91</font>, Hero calls $3.91

Pot Size: $23.07 ($1.15 Rake)

BTN had 8/images/graemlins/spade.gif 8/images/graemlins/heart.gif (a full house, Eights full of Twos) and WON (+$10.51)
Hero had T/images/graemlins/diamond.gif T/images/graemlins/heart.gif (two pairs, Tens and Twos) and LOST (-$11.41)

[Gelford]

BBV ????

[Waingro]

I think you should do whatever you can to get all his money into the middle, A8 is 10x more likely than 88. Also, push river, any 8 is calling but he might not push it in himself. I have on occasion seen shortstacks put money into a pot with less than the nut full house.

[HighSteaks]

No point really pushing the turn, you are a micro chance of getting rivered and a big chance of loosing a heap of value- push all in on the river, hate to see him check the loser with that extra value sitting there.

[Xanta]

Bet the river, everything else is good. The king shouldn't scare you seeing as 8K is the only reasonable hand with a king in it that he could have given that he's called down 2 streets of betting.

[wildzer0]

This is 100% standard.

[jessyj07]

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This is 100% standard...except the river check.

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[wildzer0]

I could go either way with the river check. I think we're ahead the vast majority of the time, so it's basically a matter of how often he folds to an effective river push vs. how often he checks behind.

I doubt he does either very often, so meh. betting is probably better.