25nl value bet river or just praise allah?
 

villain is 31/3.4 over 25 hands.

villain called very quickly. seems to have a drawy or pretty weak made hand. do i value bet this river? if i do, the bet will be pretty big which will likely scare off anything that i beat, correct? just say, "thank you riverstars" and check behind?

PokerStars No-Limit Hold'em, $0.25 BB (5 handed) Hand History Converter Tool from FlopTurnRiver.com (Format: 2+2 Forums)

UTG ($24.10)
Hero ($26.70)
Button ($6.45)
SB ($5.60)
BB ($27.55)

Preflop: Hero is MP with A[img]/images/graemlins/diamond.gif[/img], Q[img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img].
<font color="#666666">1 fold</font>, <font color="#CC3333">Hero raises to $0.75</font>, <font color="#666666">2 folds</font>, BB calls $0.50.

Flop: ($1.60) 5[img]/images/graemlins/diamond.gif[/img], 9[img]/images/graemlins/diamond.gif[/img], 8[img]/images/graemlins/club.gif[/img] <font color="#0000FF">(2 players)</font>
<font color="#CC3333">BB bets $0.5</font>, <font color="#CC3333">Hero raises to $2.5</font>, BB calls $2.

Turn: ($6.60) 4[img]/images/graemlins/spade.gif[/img] <font color="#0000FF">(2 players)</font>
BB checks, <font color="#CC3333">Hero bets $4.75</font>, BB calls $4.75.

River: ($16.10) Q[img]/images/graemlins/club.gif[/img] <font color="#0000FF">(2 players)</font>
BB checks, Hero?

Re: 25nl value bet river or praise allah?
 

turn bet is really bad i think. you already tried to push him out once, so you should just take your card after it didnt work.

Re: 25nl value bet river or praise allah?
 

that turn card is not good for a double barrel. Given your description he probably bluffed the flop with a draw that he doesn't want to give up or a mediocre hand that he can't let go. That 4 [img]/images/graemlins/spade.gif[/img] didn't change anything in the hand. You are basically drawing yourself so you don't mind a free card.

As played, I check behind. You managed to build a pretty big pot and another bet will have you commited with an overpair. So if he is tarping, you have to pay him off.