villain is passive player, my 3 bet at flop is a bit spewy,

on river play, do I b/f, b/c,c/c, or c/f? I'm always confused on these, any general guideline or thinking process?

For example, part of me think if I check here, he might check behind a better hand for fear of a flush, which is good for me and because he is passive, I'm most likely already behind so I better check, but because bet/fold is better than check/call, I went ahead and bet.. but isn't that no good if I could have a cheap showdown? how do one balance the possibility of a cheap showdown vs the disadvantage of check/call vs bet/fold?

he could have 5x or 3x, so I won't check/fold




PokerStars Limit Hold'em, $2.00 BB (6 handed) - Poker-Stars Converter Tool from FlopTurnRiver.com

Preflop: Hero is BB with 5, A
UTG calls, 4 folds, Hero raises, UTG calls

Flop: (4.5 SB) 5, 3, 8 (2 players)
Hero bets, UTG raises, Hero 3-bets, UTG calls

Turn: (5.25 BB) 7 (2 players)
Hero bets, UTG calls

River: (7.25 BB) Q (2 players)
Hero bets, UTG calls

Total pot: $18.50 (9.25 BB) | Rake: $0.75

Flop 3 bet is pretty bad against a passive player. As played, I guess I c/c the river because I don't really know what else to do.

ewwww. Flop is obv spew and I don't like preflop either. I almost want to just c/f somewhere against a passive, but if your read isn't really strong I guess c/c? He may check back some better hands if we check, and I'm not sure how many worse hands he could call with when we bet river.