getting tricky... and stupid..?

dont have any hands on villain

In my newbie-niss, ive never encountered this before.

Party Poker No-Limit Hold'em, $ BB (5 handed) Hand History Converter Tool from FlopTurnRiver.com (Format: FlopTurnRiver)

saw flop|saw showdown

BB ($28.75)
UTG ($22.50)
MP ($6.45)
Button ($24.18)
Hero ($14.05)

Preflop: Hero is SB with 9, 7. Hero posts a blind of $0.10.
UTG calls $0.25, MP calls $0.25, 1 fold, Hero (poster) completes, BB raises to $0.25, UTG calls $0.25, MP calls $0.25, Hero calls $0.25.

Flop: ($2) 8, 6, A (4 players)
Hero checks, BB bets $1.25, UTG raises to $2.5, MP folds, Hero calls $2.50, BB folds.

Turn: ($8.25) T (2 players)
Hero checks, UTG bets $3, Hero calls $3.

River: ($14.25) 4 (2 players)
Hero bets $8, UTG calls $8.

Final Pot: $30.25

why no turn raise?

It looks like he wants to be raised so he can comfortably fold

You want to raise that turn since so many cards kill your action on the river.

play with a full buyin, on this turn you need to plan a line which gets all the $ in the pot, check calling does not accomplish that

Def. raise turn, lead river and call a push