Overpair, checked to on turn

[sholler]

Competent villain, 20/17/4.5 over 200 hands.

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UTG ($98)
Hero ($233.70)
CO ($120.35)
Button ($102.60)
SB ($159.60)
BB ($14.20)

Preflop: Hero is MP with J/images/graemlins/spade.gif, J/images/graemlins/heart.gif.
<font color="#666666">1 fold</font>, <font color="#CC3333">Hero raises to $3.5</font>, <font color="#666666">2 folds</font>, <font color="#CC3333">SB raises to $12</font>, <font color="#666666">1 fold</font>, Hero calls $8.

Flop: ($24.50) 3/images/graemlins/club.gif, 7/images/graemlins/diamond.gif, 9/images/graemlins/heart.gif <font color="#0000FF">(2 players)</font>
<font color="#CC3333">SB bets $18</font>, Hero calls $18.

Turn: ($60.50) 6/images/graemlins/spade.gif <font color="#0000FF">(2 players)</font>
SB checks, <font color="#CC3333">Hero bets $42</font>, SB calls $42.

River: ($144.50) 4/images/graemlins/diamond.gif <font color="#0000FF">(2 players)</font>
SB checks, Hero checks.

Final Pot: $144.50

Hand seems pretty standard to me, but a couple of thoughts. Do we always bet this turn so not to give AK or AQ a free look at the river? If we check behind turn, does villain fire at a blank river with AK or AQ often enough to stop us from getting a free showdown?

[mertzo]

I check, but im not that confident in 3b pots.
edit: turn ldo

[dragonystic]

given villain, river check looks good. the only hand you could squeeze any more money out of is TT. he looks like he is slowing down with JJ+ because that board is scary for sets. i river vb is too thin imo. nh

[sholler]

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given villain, river check looks good. the only hand you could squeeze any more money out of is TT. he looks like he is slowing down with JJ+ because that board is scary for sets. i river vb is too thin imo. nh

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I would never vb river but I may try to bluff because villain's line looks to be 100% TT+. The street I took the most time on was the turn because I'm very split between checking and betting there. A check on the turn also gives a chance for TT and JJ to move us off of our hand on the river though.

[ronitonline]

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given villain, river check looks good. the only hand you could squeeze any more money out of is TT. he looks like he is slowing down with JJ+ because that board is scary for sets. i river vb is too thin imo. nh

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[dragonystic]

a bluff has a good shot to work here. opponent looks like a thinking player. and that board is godawful for overpairs if he thinks you were trying to hit a set on him. (very plausible given preflop action.) id shy away from that play though, since your hand does have some showdown value. but i dont hate it either.

i liked the turn bet btw.