$2/5 casino, eight handed

Table: After 30 minutes, I can already tell it's a tough 2/5 games. Five of my seven opponents are clear grinders, playing position and 3betting frequently. The two weaker players are now short stacked. I'm leaving the table in a couple hands in search of better action.

Hero ($700): Maybe a nittish image. I raised pre twice. I took one hand down on the flop with a cbet. I folded another when an opponent c/r my cbet on the flop.

V1 ($500): Side villain. The weakest of the grinders. He plays too many hands oop and plays too passively. He appears fairly straight forward.

V2 (covers): The main villain. Fairly loose-aggressive. He's playing most of his hands in position. I'd say he's playing about 30-35% of hands overall, a mix of raising and calling. He's very sticky postflop, especially in position.

OTTH:
Hero AK
V1 limps utg+1, hero opens $25 from the LJ, V2 calls from the CO, blinds fold, V1 calls.
I assume preflop is noncontroversial.

Flop ($80) JJ5
V1 checks, Hero checks, V2 checks
I strongly debated my flop action. I anticipated a float or raise from V2. I strongly considered a double or triple barrel. I decided to check because I didn't think my reads were strong enough after only 30 minutes. I had SDV and I doubted the effectiveness of a cbet.

Turn ($80) 7
V1 checks, Hero bets $50, V2 calls, V1 folds
I figured I had the green light to take it down after two checks from V1 and a check from V2. If I check again, I assume V2 fires because clearly neither V1 nor I have any interest in the pot. I think some better hands (low pp) might fold and I can get value from worse hands (straight/flush draws)

Turn ($180) 2
Hero checks, V2 bets $80, Hero?
I checked hoping for a check down. I thought villain would call the turn with a fair amount of straight/flush draws. I planned to check the river with the intention of calling reasonable bets.

Comments on all streets appreciated

Id bet river tbh with the nut no pair, seems like this guy might hero you down with worse aces

I call here tho.

I think I raise/fold.

I see basically no Js in his range, but I see a lot of small pairs trying to eek out some value. I think little of his range can handle a raise.

Great thread it helps you see how much little edges matter, i think the raise/fold is optimal on the river

You don't think hero gets snapped off by 33 once he x/r river? Wtf is repping, JJ only? Maybe 55/77/AJ that didnt bet the flop. You might get hero called by a worse ace because your line makes no ****ing sense though . Not to neccessarily say it's bad, just weird, and if I'm facing that action holding a hand like 7x in villain's shoes, I'm snapping off the river.

Yea I think you get called by any decent reg with your river c/r. Plus I do think he's got J's in his range. It's a decent spot to check back a J. PFR checking here is usually with the intention of giving up the majority of the time and V1 isn't going to have anything to continue with the majority of the time. And it's not like you're getting 3 streets from these guys when they have worse than a J very often. check back allows PFR to possibly catch something, or gets someone to take a stab a decent amount of the time.

Plus OP said he's very sticky postflop.

Think u played it well so far, particularly the flop check back. I'd fold river, sizing looks valuey, think a worse hand (e.g. AdTd) bets more.