Bet or Check on the river with a made hand?

I am thinking that checking on the river with a made hand with people to act behind you is more +EV then betting out. I'll let you all decide.

***** Hand History for Game 2957023562 *****
$25 NL Texas Hold'em - Sunday, October 30, 22:31:02 EDT 2005
Table Table 65652 (6 max) (Real Money)
Seat 3 is the button
Total number of players : 5
Seat 3: Dandy812 ( $50.85 )
Seat 4: Bob681 ( $41.55 )
Seat 6: CavemanWins ( $26.05 )
Seat 2: kempner ( $41.92 )
Seat 1: MSUCOM ( $8.40 )
Bob681 posts small blind [$0.10].
CavemanWins posts big blind [$0.25].
** Dealing down cards **
Dealt to CavemanWins [ Th Jd ]
MSUCOM calls [$0.25].
kempner folds.
Dandy812 calls [$0.25].
Bob681 calls [$0.15].
CavemanWins checks.
** Dealing Flop ** [ Qs, 5d, 9s ]
Bob681 checks.
CavemanWins bets [$0.95].
MSUCOM calls [$0.95].
Dandy812 folds.
Bob681 folds.
** Dealing Turn ** [ Qd ]
CavemanWins checks.
MSUCOM checks.
** Dealing River ** [ Kc ]
CavemanWins bets [$3].
MSUCOM folds.
CavemanWins does not show cards.
CavemanWins wins $5.80

It very much depends on the hand and the other player(s) involved. In this situation you have a scare card on the turn that probably didn't hit him. He is thinking you have trip queens and that your turn check is a trap; therefore he's not calling a big bet on the river. I would often check this and call or check-raise if he bets. I might also bet a small amount like $1 and hope to get paid a little bit. A pot-sized bet is probably not going to get called often, and if you get raised you're probably in real trouble (although I don't think his line indicates any kind of a big hand most of the time).

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