The villian in this hand is a silverstar VIP status, so I assume he's a pretty confident reg at the 2NL(only 18 hands)

When he raises my c-bet on the flop I just slowed down the rest of the hand, I put him on 88, 99 or some weird 2-pair, maybe even a flush draw, usually at the micros when someone plays back at you they have a pretty strong hand imo. Since he is a reg too he probably fast plays his strong hands.

Should I have played the hand differently or was slowing down fine since I have showdown value?

PokerStars - $0.02 NL (6 max) - Holdem - 5 players
Hand converted by PokerTracker 4

CO: 37 BB (VPIP: 64.00, PFR: 36.00, 3Bet Preflop: 18.18, Hands: 25)
BTN: 118 BB (VPIP: 38.89, PFR: 33.33, 3Bet Preflop: 25.00, Hands: 18)
SB: 100.5 BB (VPIP: 28.87, PFR: 19.72, 3Bet Preflop: 2.44, Hands: 150)
BB: 222.5 BB (VPIP: 60.71, PFR: 50.00, 3Bet Preflop: 22.22, Hands: 32)
Hero (UTG): 145.5 BB

SB posts SB 0.5 BB, BB posts BB 1 BB

Pre Flop: (pot: 1.5 BB) Hero has A A

Hero raises to 3 BB, fold, BTN calls 3 BB, fold, BB calls 2 BB

Flop: (9.5 BB, 3 players) K 9 8
BB checks, Hero bets 6.5 BB, BTN raises to 16 BB, fold, Hero calls 9.5 BB

Turn: (41.5 BB, 2 players) 7
Hero checks, BTN checks

River: (41.5 BB, 2 players) 2
Hero checks, BTN checks

You can get some value on the river. Throw out a small bet maybe around 1/2 pot ish.