bet or check the river?

[lynars]

Party Poker 3/6 Hold'em (6 handed) converter

Preflop: Hero is SB with 5[img]/images/graemlins/club.gif[/img], 5[img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img].
UTG folds, MP folds, CO folds, Button calls, Hero completes, BB checks.

Flop: (3 SB) 9[img]/images/graemlins/diamond.gif[/img], 5[img]/images/graemlins/diamond.gif[/img], 7[img]/images/graemlins/diamond.gif[/img] <font color="blue">(3 players)</font>
Hero checks, BB checks, <font color="CC3333">Button bets</font>, <font color="CC3333">Hero raises</font>, BB folds, Button calls.

Turn: (3.50 BB) 8[img]/images/graemlins/diamond.gif[/img] <font color="blue">(2 players)</font>
<font color="CC3333">Hero bets</font>, Button calls.

River: (5.50 BB) Q[img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img] <font color="blue">(2 players)</font>
Hero checks, Button checks.

Final Pot: 5.50 BB

[Guido]

If you are going to call a bet you should bet yourself.

Guido

[Gazza]

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If you are going to call a bet you should bet yourself.


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Good advice in general but are you sure in this case? There are also a lot of hands that beat you that would never fold to a bet but would also check behind after you. A button that limps in could easily have a piddly diamond or a 6
Gazza