NL25 - 99 in middle position - how is my play

[hanning]

PokerStars No-Limit Hold'em, $0.25 BB (9 handed) Hand History Converter Tool from FlopTurnRiver.com (Format: 2+2 Forums)

Button ($29.50)
SB ($19.35)
BB ($15.35)
UTG ($15.95)
UTG+1 ($5.15)
MP1 ($11.25)
Hero ($23.90)
MP3 ($8.45)
CO ($30.60)

Preflop: Hero is MP2 with 9[img]/images/graemlins/diamond.gif[/img], 9[img]/images/graemlins/spade.gif[/img].
<font color="#666666">3 folds</font>, <font color="#CC3333">Hero raises to $1</font>, <font color="#666666">1 fold</font>, CO calls $1, <font color="#666666">3 folds</font>.

Flop: ($2.35) 2[img]/images/graemlins/spade.gif[/img], 3[img]/images/graemlins/diamond.gif[/img], 7[img]/images/graemlins/club.gif[/img] <font color="#0000FF">(2 players)</font>
<font color="#CC3333">Hero bets $1.75</font>, CO calls $1.75.

Turn: ($5.85) 2[img]/images/graemlins/club.gif[/img] <font color="#0000FF">(2 players)</font>
<font color="#CC3333">Hero bets $3</font>, CO calls $3.

River: ($11.85) K[img]/images/graemlins/diamond.gif[/img] <font color="#0000FF">(2 players)</font>
<font color="#CC3333">Hero bets $5</font>, CO calls $5.

Final Pot: $21.85

[jessyj07]

any read? could be good if he can have a 7 here. If he can't the bet is bad.

[toymach776]

Any reads on villain? Is he sticky with top pair? I think your play is standard until river, where you have a more difficult decision. If villain is passive I like a river check. If villain is aggressive then smaller blocking/value bet? anyone agree?

[Javanewt]

I think this is fine.

A river check will probably get a check behind from this villain, which would be fine with me. However, the small bet keeps villain guessing a bit more so that he just calls. If you do check, it gives him more of a chance to bluff or bet a weak hand. If you check and he bets more than half the pot, do you call?

[swainy]

i think the river bet is fine... if you checked would you then fold for $5 more? probably not, so u might as well bet it. If he rivered a K, unlucky, if he has trips, unlucky, if he played JJ or TT passively, then unlucky, you played it fine.

[Keyser112]

looks good, i would fold to a c/r on the river, however.
edit: raise on the river, not c/r

[ElectricWaffles]

PF and flop look fine to me. After the call on the flop then any bet on the turn has got to be influenced by reads/stats, he's not given any information away up to this point.

How do you appear to him? Have you been hammering at every pot, or have you been inactive recently?

[You're No Daisy]

Seems pretty standard to me. If the villain in the CO is calling with a suited connector like 78 he might think his one pair is good against over cards like AQ-AJ. His call on the river seems a little strange though. Hero bet roughly half the pot on the river and the King didn't seem to bother villain. However, it's not surprising since many a villain will call you down if they catch any piece of the flop. Villain showed no aggression on any street so I think Hero's play is good on all streets.

AC