Should I value bet this river?

[EMcWilliams]

Party Poker No-Limit Hold'em, $ BB (6 max, 9 handed) converter (http://www.selachian.com/tools/bisonconverter/hhconverter.cgi)

UTG ($24.60)
UTG+1 ($25.90)
MP1 ($14)
MP2 ($13.40)
Hero ($41.35)
CO ($26.60)
Button ($22.55)
SB ($9.75)
BB ($18.40)

Preflop: Hero is MP3 with 6/images/graemlins/spade.gif, 6/images/graemlins/club.gif. SB posts a blind of $0.10.
<font color="#666666">2 folds</font>, MP1 calls $0.25, <font color="#666666">1 fold</font>, Hero calls $0.25, <font color="#666666">2 folds</font>, SB (poster) completes, BB checks.

Flop: ($1) 3/images/graemlins/heart.gif, 6/images/graemlins/heart.gif, Q/images/graemlins/club.gif <font color="#0000FF">(4 players)</font>
<font color="#CC3333">SB bets $0.5</font>, BB folds, MP1 calls $0.50, <font color="#CC3333">Hero raises to $2.5</font>, SB folds, MP1 calls $2.

Turn: ($6.50) T/images/graemlins/heart.gif <font color="#0000FF">(2 players)</font>
MP1 checks, Hero checks.

River: ($6.50) 8/images/graemlins/spade.gif <font color="#0000FF">(2 players).

[PoBoy321]

You should also bet the turn. Definitely value bet the river if checked to because a flush isn't checking there twice.

[nyc999]

Yes, put in a $3-$4 value bet. Villain cannot count on you to bet and would probably have made a bet on the river.

Villain needs to be charged on the turn, then river action comes in to question.

Cambraceres

[EMcWilliams]

Villian had J7 of hearts, and I lose. So I guess the flush does check twice here.

[PoBoy321]

Did he check/call or check/raise the river? Action is much more important than his hand.

[EMcWilliams]

check call

[EMcWilliams]

I realized I didnt put the river action in, he checked and I bet 4, he called.

As played, bet the river. You should usually be betting this turn heads up though. I don't want to give a Q with a single heart a free shot at cracking me.