Top pair, board pairs, turn and river are higher

[Schizo]

Party Poker 2/4 Hold'em (10 handed) converter

Preflop: Hero is MP2 with Q[img]/images/graemlins/spade.gif[/img], T[img]/images/graemlins/spade.gif[/img].
UTG folds, UTG+1 folds, UTG+2 calls, MP1 folds, Hero calls, MP3 folds, CO folds, Button calls, SB folds, BB checks.

Flop: (4.50 SB) 5[img]/images/graemlins/diamond.gif[/img], T[img]/images/graemlins/club.gif[/img], 5[img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img] <font color="#0000FF">(4 players)</font>
BB checks, UTG+2 checks, <font color="#CC3333">Hero bets</font>, Button folds, BB folds, UTG+2 calls.

Turn: (3.25 BB) J[img]/images/graemlins/diamond.gif[/img] <font color="#0000FF">(2 players)</font>
UTG+2 checks, <font color="#CC3333">Hero bets</font>, UTG+2 calls.

River: (5.25 BB) A[img]/images/graemlins/spade.gif[/img] <font color="#0000FF">(2 players)</font>
UTG+2 checks, Hero checks.

Final Pot: 5.25 BB

[Schizo]

Player is loose passive.

[mtdoak]

Looks pretty standard. You have position. Alot of people would say value bet the river, but IMHO, a value bet gains very little here. Anything he is going to call with will beat you (except maybe something like Q9). Good river check.

[SamIAm]

[ QUOTE ]
Good river check.

[/ QUOTE ]I agree. The pot's only 5BB. You bet the turn, so it's too possible he's going for a check-raise here. You certainly could have the best hand, but I can't imagine a worse hand calling you. Just check-down.

Rest of the hand's good, too. You have position, so you bet it. You stayed strong when one overcard fell on the turn. Good. [img]/images/graemlins/smile.gif[/img]
-Sam