Is this river bet ok?

[Sightless]

I played 3-4 shorthanded orbits with this Villain, i was pretty distracted so i didt have any good reads on him, in hands I played with him, he seemed like a very decent player, but is unkown to me.
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Preflop: Hero is BB with 9[img]/images/graemlins/diamond.gif[/img], 2[img]/images/graemlins/club.gif[/img].
UTG calls, Button calls, SB completes, Hero checks.

Flop: (4 SB) 8[img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img], 7[img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img], T[img]/images/graemlins/club.gif[/img] <font color="#0000FF">(4 players)</font>
SB checks, <font color="#CC3333">Hero bets</font>, UTG folds, Button folds, SB calls.

Turn: (3 BB) 7[img]/images/graemlins/spade.gif[/img] <font color="#0000FF">(2 players)</font>
SB checks, Hero checks.

River: (3 BB) 3[img]/images/graemlins/club.gif[/img] <font color="#0000FF">(2 players)</font>
SB checks, <font color="#CC3333">Hero bets</font>

[Aaron_]

I'd think he folds often enough to make the BB worthwhile

I'm not a fan of the flop bet.

[benkath1]

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I'm not a fan of the flop bet.

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Is it because of the hearts?

This ia a flop I've been betting and not really liking it. And to make matters worse, I would bet this turn too.

[Aaron_]

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I'm not a fan of the flop bet.

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Is it because of the hearts?

This ia a flop I've been betting and not really liking it. And to make matters worse, I would bet this turn too.

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It's hard to successfully value bet your estimated 7 outer (if 1/2 the time you're up against a 4-flush) in a tiny pot. You'll rarely get the calls you need, and rarely get all 3 to fold.

[Buckmulligan]

I dont lik the flop bet because better hands here will almost always play back with a defensive raise. It's pretty expensive that way

I'm guessing the flop was more a steal bet than a value bet of your draw....but it's just too easy to get called by one or more players with a board like this.

For instance, many 6-maxers will call you with overcards, flush draws, straight draws, a pair of tens, etc. So your chance to strike out the side goes down considerably, and your safety net (hitting the OESD), is a bit too vulnerable to redraws.

As for the river bet, all you need to do is answer the question what would he call with that you can actually beat?

[adsman]

There are 3BB in that pot. Without a good read, I'm not betting that river.