NL25: scary board for my set, c/c or b/f river?

[Maunzekater]

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I had an aggressive image, i was stealing and c-betting a lot.

Villain is 41/18/3 over 1500+ mined hands. River AF is 4.2
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Party Poker - No Limit Hold'em Cash Game - $0.10/$0.25 Blinds - 5 Players - (LegoPoker (http://www.legopoker.com) Hand History Converter (http://www.legopoker.com/hh))

SB: $25.19
BB: $34.22
UTG: $26.37
Hero (CO): $27.64
BTN: $22.91

Preflop: Hero is dealt 6/images/graemlins/spade.gif 6/images/graemlins/heart.gif (5 Players)
UTG folds, <font color="red">Hero raises to $1.00</font>, BTN calls $1.00, 2 folds

Flop: ($2.35) 5/images/graemlins/spade.gif 6/images/graemlins/club.gif 8/images/graemlins/diamond.gif (2 Players)
<font color="red">Hero bets $1.95</font>, BTN calls $1.95

Turn: ($6.25) 4/images/graemlins/heart.gif (2 Players)
<font color="red">Hero bets $3.50</font>, BTN calls $3.50

River: ($13.25) T/images/graemlins/club.gif (2 Players)
Hero checks, <font color="red">BTN bets $6.00</font>, Hero calls $6.00

Pot Size: $25.25 ($1.26 Rake)

[Poker's Busmalis]

That's fine, I'd prolly play it same. He's probably not calling a river bet with worse but check might induce bluff &amp; is good for pot control. That seems awful lot like a value bet though, but I'm not folding a set here. They show A8 etc too many times.

I'd bet more on the turn though for value against calling stations.

[monkover]

Why do you bet the turn so small? I c/c the turn.

[Maunzekater]

The problem is, if i check the turn and villain makes a bet close to pot size, i can't just call. Ok, i can, but then the pot is $18, villain has $14 left and is pot commited. Tough decision if he shoves river.

I thought, this was a WA/WB situation and tried to play a medium-sized pot. My plan was to fold to a turn reraise and to c/c a small river bet.