Experimenting with blind defense and badonkadonk bets

Do you think this line is reasonable vs. what is basically an unknown? Over a small sample he seems at least somewhat aggressive, otherwise I know nothing about him.

Full Tilt No-Limit Hold'em, $0.50 BB (6 handed) - Full-Tilt Converter Tool from FlopTurnRiver.com

UTG ($14.50)
MP ($24.85)
CO ($8.05)
Button ($49.35)
Hero (SB) ($50.00)
BB ($17.50)

Preflop: Hero is SB with :Jh: :Kc:
3 folds, Button raises to $1.50, Hero calls $1.25, BB calls $1.00

Flop: ($4.50) :2c: :Ks: :8h: (3 players)
Hero bets $3.00, 1 fold, Button calls $3.00

Turn: ($10.50) :9d: (2 players)
Hero checks, Button bets $8.00, Hero calls $8.00

River: ($26.50) :5c: (2 players)
Hero checks, Button checks

Total pot: $26.50 | Rake: $1.30

good.

why would you lead a hand that dominates his cbetting range

If it is a reg I would bet river, but its not so you are fine. If f you are going to donk a lot out of the blinds, you need to know a lot about player tendencies. A lot of players consider a flop donk bet to be weak, so they raise or fold. You can do well donking a wide range against stealers if you have the right reads.

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Originally Posted by bigspenda73

why would you lead a hand that dominates his cbetting range

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Hence the "experiment" part. My feeling is that the more aggressive button stealers don't respect donk bets, so they tend to raise or float in those spots - maybe an exploitable amount. In this case villain showed down ATo, so I probably got more out of him than I would have with a standard check/call or check/raise.

I think you are going to get more value by c/c 3 streets/ value betting when checked to than the line you chose.

Also I think calling pre here is probably -ev against an unknown.