$25 NLHE 6-max: Value bet?

$25 NL HE 6-max: Value bet?

BTN: 41/36/41 Steal=63% Fold to 3bet=33% (60 hands)


Full Tilt, $0.10/$0.25 NL Hold'em Cash Game, 5 Players
Hand History Converter by Stoxpoker

Hero (BB): $37.85 (151.4 bb)
MP: $29.79 (119.2 bb)
CO: $154.56 (618.2 bb)
BTN: $60.46 (241.8 bb)
SB: $58.04 (232.2 bb)

Pre-Flop: Hero is BB with 9:heart: 9:diamond:
2 folds, BTN raises to $1, SB folds, Hero raises to $3.10, BTN calls $2.10

Flop: ($6.30) K:heart: 4:club: 7:heart: (2 players)
Hero checks, BTN checks

Turn: ($6.30) J:heart: (2 players)
Hero checks, BTN bets $3, Hero calls $3

River: ($12.30) 9:spade: (2 players)
Hero ???

How do we not make the bet look like a straight or a flush? Isn't betting here going to fold out almost all the hands we want to have call and get shoved by all the hands we're behind? Are we committed to calling a shove over our value bet?

Since I can't think of a way to frame the bet, my default is to check and hope Villain makes a psb that I can call - but I think I'm losing value, cuz Villain almost always checks behind here and I curse that he's holding KJ, the one hand I think always calls a river bet that we're ahead of (I don't think the small sets and AK play the turn that small?)...

Great hand to post, looking forward to others' replies, since I'm providing no help here, and getting value in these spots is something I need help with...

C-bet the flop?

And even though the stack sizes for a CRAI are nice, I think I prefer just donking here for like 10-11$. There's absolutely room for value, especially against this fish who has a super wide range.

c9h13no3 said:

C-bet the flop?

And even though the stack sizes for a CRAI are nice, I think I prefer just donking here for like 10-11$. There's absolutely room for value, especially against this fish who has a super wide range.

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I bet $11 and he shoved.
Are we calling?

and ye I'd normally C-bet there it just appears I didn't lol

Yeah, you missed out on a c-bet on the flop and at the end there really aren't any hands that you beat, I doubt the dude would ship it with AK, basically you should have checked on the river and paid it off imo.