[cartman]

First of all I would only consider check-calling the river here if the board stayed low and even then I usually wouldn't consider it for very long. To consider check calling I always have to remind myself that he needs to both have a worse hand and be willing to bet with it. The first problem in this case is that there are very few worse hands that would have just called the flop and the turn on a low board. He knows he isn't getting the correct odds to draw to two weak overcards on the turn and if he had a draw with or without showdown value he would very likely have raised somewhere. So if we rule out (or nearly out) overcard(s) with no showdown value and draws, that leaves us with pairs (which also probably would have raised at some point) or showdownable no-pair hands, both of which beat us.

Cartman