what to do, what to do

***** Hand History for Game 4380149699 *****
0/0 Texas Hold'em Game Table (NL) - Sun May 28 02:29:13 EDT 2006
Table Table 96041 (Real Money) -- Seat 4 is the button
Total number of players : 9
Seat 2: niffe9 ( $100)
Seat 3: pokrgnome ( $73.65)
Seat 4: dannyd267 ( $102.55)
Seat 5: ozzie0877 ( $18.05)
Seat 6: FittyGzz ( $106.25)
Seat 7: grnhat01 ( $122.95)
Seat 8: Baynes220 ( $78.15)
Seat 9: XFISHIEX ( $100)
Seat 10: slackmofo ( $69.43)
ozzie0877 posts small blind (0.50)
FittyGzz posts big blind (1)
XFISHIEX posts big blind (1)
** Dealing down cards **
Dealt to dannyd267 [ 8c, Ac ]
grnhat01 folds.
Baynes220 folds.
XFISHIEX checks.
slackmofo calls (1)
niffe9 calls (1)
pokrgnome folds.
dannyd267 calls (1)
ozzie0877 calls (0.50)
FittyGzz checks.
** Dealing Flop ** : [ 8s, 8d, Jc ]
ozzie0877 checks.
FittyGzz checks.
XFISHIEX checks.
slackmofo checks.
niffe9 checks.
dannyd267 bets (3)
ozzie0877 folds.
FittyGzz folds.
XFISHIEX calls (3)
slackmofo calls (3)
niffe9 folds.
** Dealing Turn ** : [ 6s ]
XFISHIEX checks.
slackmofo bets (5)
dannyd267 raises (15) to 15
XFISHIEX folds.
slackmofo calls (10)
** Dealing River ** : [ 9s ]
slackmofo checks.
dannyd267 ????

I had just sat down on this table and had no reads. I was thinking..."What the hell does this guy have?" Is he slow playing pocket Jacks. He open bet on the turn so I was thinking he liked his hand. He called a pretty big reraise on the turn...
Your thoughts?

i bet 25

I check behind here most of the time. It looks like he's slow playing. Possibly just another 8, but that's the only thing paying off the river bet that doesn't beat you. I don't want to give the donk playing J8 anymore than I have to. Pot is decent enough. Let him take a relatively small pot for slow playing if that's what he did...

Hey! I love- J8s/Q9s - hot ass hands...in the HJ-Button slots
:-P

I don't think that's what we're dealing with, however - 9T, a pair that didn't believe you on the flop, possibility of another 8/J.

You're ahead most of the time here when the villain checks the river out of position.

Villain is probably check-folding, so a $20 bet here is reasonable. Only thing to worry about is JJ/66, and there's just not a lot you can do about those except perhaps fold to a river open-push, which didn't happen in this case.
If he has 89 - he played it very oddly. I should say that I don't absolutely hate a check-behind here since I think villain is most-likely check-folding anyway.

if you dont like it dont bet, but id bet for value more than not here.

I did check behind and he showed a J5

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