Called allin with A high, 9 kicker. Would you do the same?

Heres the deal, the game had been sittin around 3-4 players for awhile and was playing with either a preflop raise of $2 or a fold - I hit a run of cards and was raising quite a bit. Also got caught bluffing once. I just had the feeling that this guy was sick of it and was raising with nothing at all - plus he had a shortstack.


***** Hand History for Game 1700004412 *****
$25 NL Hold'em - Monday, March 07, 15:17:07 EDT 2005
Table Table 37149 (6 max) (Real Money)
Seat 5 is the button
Total number of players : 4
Seat 1: PauloCruz ( $41.65 )
Seat 5: SlappYou ( $26.3 )
Seat 8: UNeed2Learn ( $7.9 )
Seat 3: Roguebrew ( $10.7 )
Roguebrew posts small blind [$0.1].
SlappYou posts big blind [$0.25].
** Dealing down cards **
Dealt to SlappYou [ 9h As ]
UNeed2Learn calls [$0.25].
Roguebrew calls [$0.15].
SlappYou raises [$1.25].
UNeed2Learn calls [$1.25].
Roguebrew folds.
** Dealing Flop ** [ 8h, 8s, 5c ]
SlappYou bets [$3].
UNeed2Learn is all-In [$6.4]
SlappYou calls [$3.4].
** Dealing Turn ** [ 9c ]
** Dealing River ** [ 5s ]
SlappYou shows [ 9h, As ] two pairs, nines and eights.
UNeed2Learn doesn't show [ 7d, Jd ] two pairs, eights and fives.
SlappYou wins $15.25 from the main pot with two pairs, nines and eights.

Wow, that guy's an idiot.

Yeah, for 3 bucks more I call with 2 overs given the background you provided.

ya id call that too. no point in respecting shortstacks.

Yea I agree. Sorry I couldnt post a more dramatic hand to keep you on the edges of your seats. Something like

UNeed2Learn is all-In [$286.4]

He's raising you 280 more bucks on a 3 dollar bet!?

Obviously a bluff! :P

-'rilla