I'm tryin to figure out if I should've bet this river... He keeps check/calling every freakin street, which was startin to scare the crap out of me... When the turn hits, I'm like "oh shit... here goes my stack... to his 92o"... Normally, I'm done when he calls the flop bet, but he's a TOTAL MANIAC (VPIP 81%,PFR 22%) ...


***** Hand History for Game 2614127808 *****
$50 NL Texas Hold'em - Sunday, August 28, 18:41:32 EDT 2005
Table Table 37106 (Real Money)
Seat 3 is the button
Total number of players : 10
Seat 1: mredlark ( $40.65 )
Seat 5: mjfarran ( $159.85 )
Seat 6: edgarmm67 ( $66.17 )
Seat 7: bax_ax ( $50 )
Seat 2: MVPSPORTS1 ( $47.70 )
Seat 3: YellowSnoMan ( $57.25 )
Seat 9: GUTSW ( $38.15 )
Seat 10: EarnOut ( $50.40 )
Seat 4: TP06978GA ( $44 )
Seat 8: robbster23 ( $48.75 )
TP06978GA posts small blind [$0.25].
mjfarran posts big blind [$0.50].
mredlark posts big blind + dead [$0.75].
** Dealing down cards **
Dealt to MVPSPORTS1 [ Ah Qc ]
edgarmm67 folds.
bax_ax folds.
robbster23 folds.
GUTSW folds.
EarnOut folds.
mredlark checks.
MVPSPORTS1 raises [$3].
YellowSnoMan folds.
TP06978GA folds.
mjfarran calls [$2.50].
mredlark folds.
** Dealing Flop ** [ 9s, 9h, Qs ]
mjfarran checks.
MVPSPORTS1 bets [$4].
mjfarran calls [$4].
** Dealing Turn ** [ Ac ]
mjfarran checks.
MVPSPORTS1 bets [$10].
mjfarran calls [$10].
** Dealing River ** [ 8h ]
>You have options at Table 36544 Table!.
mjfarran checks.
MVPSPORTS1 checks.
mjfarran shows [ 4c, 4s ] two pairs, nines and fours.
MVPSPORTS1 shows [ Ah, Qc ] two pairs, aces and queens.
MVPSPORTS1 wins $33.25 from the main pot with two pairs, aces and queens.

i would be pretty sure i was ahead given he checks the river...but i don't think there's any way i'd bet it. the 8 is scary, the whole board is scary. i would need a serious muppet read to value bet here b/c what the heck can he call you w/?

Pocket 4s...

You'll get better responses if you dont give the results. You can give results later if you want, but they rarely have anything to do with whether or not you played the hand correctly.

I check behind also.

Seeing the result I'd like to bet and that might even be correct... but in reality I check behind. Even though I assume a 9 or a boat would put in a raise on the turn I'm just not sure enough to not take the free showdown.