[johnbeans]

My friends arguement for not value betting the river is that only hands that beat K-5 are calling on the river. Also with a slightly average stack going for a cheap showdown isn't too terrible since getting check-raised all-in would put us in a very hard spot. With that said I'm in favor of a value bet, but my friend is not. I think the range of hands that we are ahead of that will call a value bet is fairly large Jacks up, any King, QQ, and possibly strong Jacks. We're really only worried about a better two pair or a set, and I just don't think those hands are very likely given the way this played out.