[KramerTM]

This is one of the last basic poker lessons that is finally beginning to set in for me. Given that I am planning to check and call a reasonable bet on the river here (though not overcall, only call a reasonable bet from a single opponent), should I just bet this out and not give my opponents a chance to bluff with a busted draw? Given my check on the river, is an overcall here out of line? My read on the turn was that both were on some sort of draw, though the bet/call action on the river made me change my mind.

NL Texas Hold'em $20 Buy-in + $2 Entry Fee Trny:15995129 Level:2 Blinds(15/30)

Seat 1 is the button
Total number of players : 8
Seat 1: whambamb2 ( $770 )
Seat 5: HERO ( $1835 )
Seat 6: bodij ( $645 )
Seat 3: Die4Poker ( $535 )
Seat 8: PauloEZ ( $1595 )
Seat 7: johnnyvikes ( $645 )
Seat 10: jlf52 ( $855 )
Seat 9: IsNotChicago ( $1120 )

Blinds(15/30)

Dealt to HERO [ Th 5h ]

bodij folds.
johnnyvikes calls [30].
PauloEZ calls [30].
IsNotChicago folds.
jlf52 folds.
whambamb2 calls [30].
Die4Poker calls [15].
HERO checks.

** Dealing Flop ** [ 2s, 8c, 8s ]

Die4Poker checks.
HERO checks.
johnnyvikes checks.
PauloEZ checks.
whambamb2 checks.

** Dealing Turn ** [ 5c ]

Die4Poker checks.

HERO bets [90].
johnnyvikes calls [90].
PauloEZ calls [90].
whambamb2 folds.
Die4Poker folds.

** Dealing River ** [ 2d ]

HERO checks.
johnnyvikes bets [125].
PauloEZ calls [125].
HERO folds.