25 NL PP, Value bet the river?

[TheSalche]

No reads, just sat down at the table. Do you value bet this river or just check it down? If you bet, how much?

Party Poker No-Limit Hold'em, $0.25 BB (8 handed) converter

Button ($24.90)
SB ($15.35)
BB ($32.25)
UTG ($12.75)
UTG+1 ($36.35)
MP1 ($46.15)
MP2 ($26.65)
Hero ($17)

Preflop: Hero is CO with J[img]/images/graemlins/diamond.gif[/img], Q[img]/images/graemlins/spade.gif[/img].
<font color="#666666">1 fold</font>, UTG+1 calls $0.25, <font color="#666666">2 folds</font>, Hero calls $0.25, <font color="#666666">1 fold</font>, SB completes, BB checks.

Flop: ($1) J[img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img], 2[img]/images/graemlins/club.gif[/img], 5[img]/images/graemlins/diamond.gif[/img] <font color="#0000FF">(4 players)</font>
SB checks, <font color="#CC3333">BB bets $0.5</font>, UTG+1 folds, Hero calls $0.50, SB calls $0.50.

Turn: ($2.50) 7[img]/images/graemlins/club.gif[/img] <font color="#0000FF">(3 players)</font>
SB checks, <font color="#CC3333">BB bets $1</font>, <font color="#CC3333">Hero raises to $2.5</font>, SB calls $2.50, BB folds.

River: ($8.50) J[img]/images/graemlins/spade.gif[/img] <font color="#0000FF">(2 players)</font>
SB checks, <font color="#CC3333">Hero ???</font>

Hero bets $8 and gets paid off by a weaker J.

[djoyce003]

i bet this exactly 100% of the time.

I bet about $6 on the river. A lot of value to be had here. Can't miss it by checking behind.

[anacrime]

I also think you have to bet it. Who calls the SB's push?

[djoyce003]

Calling a river push would really be player dependent...if he's an idiot I call...if he's good, I probably fold.

SB only has $15 to start the hand. Assuming you make a PSB on the river, you pretty much have to call off whatever he has left IMO.

Edit: And non-idiots are few and far between at these stakes.

[anacrime]

As stated in the OP, he just sat down. That's why I asked that question..

[ajmargarine]

I bet abour $6-$7 here and expect to get a call by some weird hand, or a fold from a peculiar draw (34).

[TheSalche]

good call everybody ... i bet $4 (a little weak ... probably would've called a push) and he called with jack 10