5NL, AKo TPTK value betting river

[TheSauce]

I think a major flaw in my game is not value betting the river. I know many here preach as a critical tool for extracting value from hands. For instance if i get called down 2 streets, at 5NL i always expect the worst and have a bad habit of checking the river. Anyone have any tip or a way of thinking that could get me to break this habit? I don't know, it's probably just as simple as starting to do it and reaping the rewards to get me on the right track. This hand is a prime example of where i think i played it decent up until the river. I didn't cbet this flop because what am i representing besides an overpair? IME my cbets are snap called alot on flops like this with ATC and if i don't hit the turn i'm in a fix. So, i checked behind on flop, raised villain on turn but after he called that raise i gave up on river... i know, very bad.


PokerStars No-Limit Hold'em, $0.05 BB (6 handed) Hand History Converter Tool from FlopTurnRiver.com (Format: 2+2 Forums)

saw flop|<font color="#C00000">saw showdown</font>

<font color="#C00000">Hero ($4.29)</font>
Button ($11.14)
SB ($2.24)
BB ($3.06)
<font color="#C00000">UTG ($6.27)</font>
MP ($5.63)

Preflop: Hero is CO with A[img]/images/graemlins/diamond.gif[/img], K[img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img].
<font color="#CC3333">UTG raises to $0.2</font>, <font color="#666666">1 fold</font>, Hero calls $0.20, <font color="#666666">3 folds</font>.

Flop: ($0.47) 5[img]/images/graemlins/diamond.gif[/img], 4[img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img], 2[img]/images/graemlins/club.gif[/img] <font color="#0000FF">(2 players)</font>
UTG checks, Hero checks.

Turn: ($0.47) K[img]/images/graemlins/diamond.gif[/img] <font color="#0000FF">(2 players)</font>
<font color="#CC3333">UTG bets $0.4</font>, <font color="#CC3333">Hero raises to $1.2</font>, UTG calls $0.80.

River: ($2.87) J[img]/images/graemlins/club.gif[/img] <font color="#0000FF">(2 players)</font>
UTG checks, Hero checks.

Final Pot: $2.87