Slowing down with the nuts

[kekedarius]

Seat 5: xxx (111.25 in chips)
Seat 6: Villain (275.10 in chips)
Seat 8: Hero (447.20 in chips)
Seat 10: xxx (83.10 in chips)
Villain: posts small blind $2
Hero: posts big blind $4
Dealt to Hero [ 3[img]/images/graemlins/club.gif[/img] J[img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img] ]
xxx: folds
xxx: calls
Villain: calls
Hero: checks
*** FLOP *** [ 3[img]/images/graemlins/spade.gif[/img] Q[img]/images/graemlins/diamond.gif[/img] 3[img]/images/graemlins/diamond.gif[/img] ] ~$11
Villain: bets $11.40
Hero: raises to $28.50
xxx: folds
Villain: calls
*** TURN *** [ J[img]/images/graemlins/club.gif[/img] ] ~$68
Villain: checks
Hero: checks

Villain is slightly LAGish with stats around 35/15/2.5. No decent read other than he's fairly bad, stacks off with too little, and always buys in short.

How many of you are firing on this turn? I thought it would be best to let him catch up with a flush draw, or let him donk off some chips with Qx on the river. This is the first hand I've slowed down on in quite a while, and looking back I'm not entirely sure it was optimal.

[Praetor]

bet here 100% - for value, to charge draws, to build the pot, to allow him to check raise you etc

[deaders]

Id bet about $48 here, small enough for him to keep calling with a draw and possibly induce him to check raise you.

[terp]

if you had made a real flop raise, checking behind might be an option (probably still a bad one). the pot is way too small relative to stacks to check

[fitnessfreak]

i guess ill start with the obvious. u dont have the nuts. but w/e, its close enough [img]/images/graemlins/tongue.gif[/img]

anyways, you shoudl raise more on the flop to build the pot. if he has a Q you shoudl be trying to max out your value. and if he has diamonds then you gotta charge him to draw.

as played, on the turn you absolutely must bet. i would fire out about 45-55, and hope he goes for the c/r semibluff or decides his Q is good.