Calling small turn bet and checking through the river

[Gomez22]

Party Poker No-Limit Hold'em, $0.50 BB (10 handed) converter

Button ($24.25)
SB ($17.65)
Gomez22 ($39.10)
UTG ($25.75)
UTG+1 ($24.95)
UTG+2 ($21.25)
MP1 ($7.15)
MP2 ($33.40)
MP3 ($27.25)
CO ($78.67)

Preflop: Gomez22 is BB with 7[img]/images/graemlins/spade.gif[/img], 9[img]/images/graemlins/diamond.gif[/img].
UTG folds, UTG+1 calls $0.50, UTG+2 calls $0.50, MP1 calls $0.50, MP2 folds, MP3 folds, CO folds, Button calls $0.50, SB completes, Gomez22 checks.

Flop: ($3) K[img]/images/graemlins/club.gif[/img], 2[img]/images/graemlins/diamond.gif[/img], 2[img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img] <font color="blue">(6 players)</font>
SB checks, Gomez22 checks, UTG+1 checks, UTG+2 checks, MP1 checks, Button checks.

Turn: ($3) 9[img]/images/graemlins/club.gif[/img] <font color="blue">(6 players)</font>
SB checks, Gomez22 checks, UTG+1 checks, UTG+2 checks, MP1 checks, <font color="CC3333">Button bets $0.5</font>, SB folds, Gomez22 calls $0.50, UTG+1 folds, UTG+2 calls $0.50, MP1 folds.

River: ($4.50) 7[img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img] <font color="blue">(3 players)</font>
Gomez22 checks, UTG+2 checks, Button checks.

Final Pot: $4.50
<font color="#990066">Main Pot: $4.50, between Button, Gomez22 and UTG+2.</font> &gt; <font color="white">Pot won by Gomez22 ($4.50).</font>

Results in white below: <font color="white">
Gomez22 shows 7s 9d (two pair, nines and sevens).
UTG+2 shows Qs Jc (one pair, twos).
Button shows As 8s (one pair, twos).
Outcome: Gomez22 wins $4.50. </font>

Without a very good read, a river check-through's the play here, right?

[tewall]

I think the turn call is correct. If you didn't hit your 9, you could try to buy it as a bluff, but with the 9 you actually have something so don't need to. Maybe he'll make another small bet on the river, and you can win a cheap showdown.

On the river I think you could bet. It's very unlikely you're beat, as anything that could beat you would bet. There's a chance you could get called by a weaker hand than. If you hand't spiked your 7, I'd agree with the check through.

If the stacks were deeper or the game tougher, I'd be more inclined to agree with your play, although it's hard to imagine a tough game where someone would make that pathetic bet on the turn.