How much money to put in on this river?
 

How much money should I be putting in on this river? Villain is 50/15/2. I haven't seen enough to comment on his postflop play.

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

UTG ($308.53)
MP ($571.3)
Button ($795.75)
SB ($577.63)
Hero ($746)

Preflop: Hero is BB with 7[img]/images/graemlins/club.gif[/img], 5[img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img]. SB posts a blind of $3.
<font color="#666666">2 folds</font>, Button calls $6, SB (poster) completes, Hero checks.

Flop: ($18) Q[img]/images/graemlins/diamond.gif[/img], 5[img]/images/graemlins/spade.gif[/img], J[img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img] <font color="#0000FF">(3 players)</font>
SB checks, Hero checks, Button checks.

Turn: ($18) 7[img]/images/graemlins/diamond.gif[/img] <font color="#0000FF">(3 players)</font>
SB checks, <font color="#CC3333">Hero bets $12</font>, Button calls $12, SB folds.

River: ($42) 5[img]/images/graemlins/diamond.gif[/img] <font color="#0000FF">(2 players)</font>
<font color="#CC3333">Hero bets $35</font>, <font color="#CC3333">Button raises to $125</font>, <font color="#CC3333">Hero raises to $350</font>, <font color="#CC3333">Button raises to $575</font>, Hero calls $225.

Final Pot: $1192

Re: How much money to put in on this river?
 

i move in. villain would've woken up with a set earlier i think...unless he's a complete goof with a Q5 and J5 type hand i say he hit his flush.

Re: How much money to put in on this river?
 

i think you did fine... he either has 77 (most would raise pf and RAISE THE TURN?) or he has the nut flush and has likely misread the board believing he has the stone cold... it seems to me that the latter may be the very most likely here. i have seen rivers that look just like this, the BTN flips up his hand proclaiming he has the absolute nuts A [img]/images/graemlins/diamond.gif[/img]2 [img]/images/graemlins/diamond.gif[/img]...

Re: How much money to put in on this river?
 

If the flush didn't hit, I would just call his $125. Whether or not to raise that when the flush hit, demands entirely on his river raising standards. Default is yes, raise.