Hero check-back on the river

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Hero check-back on the river

Blinds: $0.10/$0.25 (5 Players) SB: $25.00
BB: $25.00
UTG: $37.48
CO: $40.97 (Hero)
BN: $25.05
Preflop ($0.35) Hero is CO with A J
UTG raises to $0.62, Hero raises to $2.00, 3 folds, UTG calls $1.38
Flop ($4.35) T 7 9
UTG checks, Hero bets $2.08, UTG calls $2.08
Turn ($8.51) T 7 9 9
UTG checks, Hero checks
River ($8.51) T 7 9 9 8
UTG checks, Hero checks
Final Pot UTG wins and shows four of a kind, Nines.
UTG wins $8.13
Rake is $0.38

Hi everyone,

here's a hand I played. The outcome was pretty good for me, which is why I wanted to see if people agree with my play or not. Villain is what I deem to be a competent 25/20 LAG.

Preflop, I like to 3bet here because a fold seems to tight and a call too passive, especially since there is a fish on the button and I would have played the hand 3-handed probably, which is suboptimal for AJo, I think.

My flop bet is maybe debatable, but I do think it folds out some AQ and AK combos and I have decent equity with 2 overcards and the gutshot.

On the turn, I don't see what hands I could fold out so I decide to take the free card.

On the river, I couldn't come up with hands worse than mine that would call me and I felt there was a good chance of being check-raised, including by bluffs, to which I would have to fold and which would have been a terrible result.

Thanks everyone for their feedback.

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