River play against loose villain

[thirteen]

The table as a whole was pretty tight. Villain is not a great player, calling standards are fairly loose. He was calling down and drawing out on the rest of the table. Should I be making a bet on the river here?

No Limit Holdem Ring game
Blinds: $0.15/$0.25
5 players
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Stack sizes:
UTG: $54.55
Hero: $22.45
Button: $38.29
SB: $14.50
BB: $11.75

Pre-flop: (5 players) Hero is CO with A[img]/images/graemlins/spade.gif[/img] 5[img]/images/graemlins/club.gif[/img]
UTG calls, <font color="#cc0000">Hero raises to $1.25</font>, 3 folds, UTG calls.

Flop: 9[img]/images/graemlins/diamond.gif[/img] J[img]/images/graemlins/diamond.gif[/img] A[img]/images/graemlins/club.gif[/img] ($2.9, 2 players)
UTG checks, <font color="#cc0000">Hero bets $2</font>, UTG calls.

Turn: 6[img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img] ($6.9, 2 players)
UTG checks, <font color="#cc0000">Hero bets $3</font>, UTG calls.

River: 9[img]/images/graemlins/club.gif[/img] ($12.9, 2 players)
UTG checks, Hero checks.

Results:
Final pot: $12.9

[meow_meow]

fold preflop.
A river value bet is a bit thin.

[Duck Rabbit]

If you think he would call down to the river with just a jack or flush draw, then you can make a value bet. But I would probably just play it safe and check behind on the river and hope the ace is good. A pair of jacks is probably the only hand he will call on the river that you can beat.

[thirteen]

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fold preflop.
A river value bet is a bit thin.

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A river value bet is thin, but against a calling station. He'd probably call with anything other than a busted draw.

[thirteen]

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If you think he would call down to the river with just a jack or flush draw, then you can make a value bet. But I would probably just play it safe and check behind on the river and hope the ace is good. A pair of jacks is probably the only hand he will call on the river that you can beat.

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This guy probably calls with any paired hole card. I should have bet larger on the turn as well. Wanted to avoid playing a big pot with the small ace but since he was drawing much of the time against others, I didn't want to give a free card either.

[ajmargarine]

Fold preflop, bet more on the turn, river check behind looks goot.

[djoyce003]

i check behind on the river...you are at best splitting with any ace, and are losing to a lot of hands. I'm not sure he calls with very many hands worse than yours.