Set of 9s on monotone board

[emptyshell]

It was my 3rd hand after sitting down, no reads.

Party Poker No-Limit Hold'em, $ BB (6 max, 5 handed) converter

Hero ($28.05)
Button ($23.75)
SB :Villain ($26.95)
BB ($44.25)
UTG ($5)

Preflop: Hero is MP with 9[img]/images/graemlins/club.gif[/img], 9[img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img]. SB :Villain posts a blind of $0.25.
UTG calls $0.50, <font color="#CC3333">Hero raises to $2</font>, <font color="#666666">1 fold</font>, SB :Villain/ (poster) calls $1.75, <font color="#666666">1 fold</font>, UTG folds.

Flop: ($5) 6[img]/images/graemlins/diamond.gif[/img], 9[img]/images/graemlins/diamond.gif[/img], 8[img]/images/graemlins/diamond.gif[/img] <font color="#0000FF">(2 players)</font>
Villain checks, <font color="#CC3333">Hero bets $5</font>, Villain calls $5.

Turn: ($15) K[img]/images/graemlins/club.gif[/img] <font color="#0000FF">(2 players)</font>
Villain checks, Hero bets $21.05 (All-In), Villain calls $19.95 (All-In).

River: ($56) A[img]/images/graemlins/club.gif[/img] <font color="#0000FF">(2 players, 2 all-in)</font>

Final Pot: $56

[RiverTheNuts]

he probably has the flush, but I dont see folding here with such short stacks after he calls the flop bet a possibility. Maybe I throw out a 6-7 dollar bet on the turn, and then check through on the river.

If he has the flush this is probably enough for him to not reraise, and if he is on a draw, this is enough for him to draw to it at about a neutral EV. Basically I see leading the flop for 4 dollars, and then the turn for 6-7 dollars, check it through on the river as the way to keep a draw/2 pair in the hand, while losing the least to the flush he never gets to check/raise.