[cowboy billy]

I don't mind the flop check, I do it sometimes too when I paired my ace on a dry board (to induce action from villain more so than for pot control), obv I ALWAYS bet this board when I DON'T have an ace, so we can't NOT cbet this flop against a perceptive player

as played, with the minbet by villain on turn and the river c/raise I fold this without a 2nd thought, his line screams big hand to me

I would bet a little bit bigger on the river though (little over half pot), since we're betting for value, we do want to squeeze those couple extra bucks out of villain AND it would actually make it harder for villain to come over the top with nothing, bc he'd be committing more on a bluff

your $8 bet on the river seems weakish after you've shown so much strength on the turn