T9s, straight on river on paired board

[Parasurama]

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

UTG ($62.60)
MP ($73.15)
Hero (CO) ($76)
Button ($20.45)
SB ($15.75)
BB ($16.15)

Preflop: Hero is CO with 9, 10
UTG bets $1.75, 1 fold, Hero calls $1.75, 3 folds

Flop: ($4.25) 9, Q, Q (2 players)
UTG checks, Hero checks

Turn: ($4.25) 8 (2 players)
UTG checks, Hero bets $2.85, UTG calls $2.85

River: ($9.95) J (2 players)
UTG checks, Hero bets $5.45, UTG raises to $16.50, Hero folds

Total pot: $20.85 | Rake: $1

Villain was 26/12/0.7 no reads but the flop and turn checks were slow and the river check was fast

Should I have bet the flop? Turn I'm just betting for value. Is b/f river even though we hit bad?

[ATOTHEC101]

Played fine, ni han.

[yourfather]

It's a relatively small pot and I call river here sometimes expecting to split a decent amount and to occasionally see dumb bluffs and also to lose sometimes. Your also getting 3:1.

[Numbr2intheWorld]

i dont think betting the turn is good

[Parasurama]

i dont think betting the turn is good

care to elaborate?

so, check flop, check turn, then bet river?