Making a necessary fold

I must have engaged my psychic powers today. Philyfan just slightly hesitated before checking the turn; I had figured that one of these two was calling me with JT and as such didn't contribute another dime to the pot. (Funny that I flopped the best hand and ended up third best.) The ace on the river just sealed the deal - shame it wasn't a queen instead.

***** Hand History for Game 2059177865 *****
$25 NL Hold'em - Monday, May 16, 17:59:06 EDT 2005
Table Table 37093 (6 max) (Real Money)
Seat 1 is the button
Total number of players : 5
Seat 5: Hobson1000 ( $46.52 )
Seat 1: stressball10 ( $53.8 )
Seat 6: Woofie01 ( $49.5 )
Seat 3: philyfan1 ( $25.55 )
Seat 4: duffam123 ( $31.15 )
philyfan1 posts small blind [$0.1].
duffam123 posts big blind [$0.25].
** Dealing down cards **
Dealt to stressball10 [ 9s Qd ]
Hobson1000 folds.
Woofie01 calls [$0.25].
stressball10 raises [$0.75].
philyfan1 calls [$0.65].
duffam123 calls [$0.5].
Woofie01 calls [$0.5].
** Dealing Flop ** [ As, 9d, Qc ]
philyfan1 checks.
duffam123 checks.
Woofie01 checks.
stressball10 bets [$2].
philyfan1 calls [$2].
duffam123 calls [$2].
Woofie01 folds.
** Dealing Turn ** [ 8c ]
philyfan1 checks.
duffam123 checks.
stressball10 checks.
** Dealing River ** [ Ah ]
philyfan1 bets [$5].
stressball10: this hand has developed badly
duffam123 calls [$5].
stressball10 folds.
philyfan1 shows [ Jc, Td ] a straight, eight to queen.
duffam123 doesn't show [ Ad, Kc ] three of a kind, aces.
philyfan1 wins $18.05 from the main pot with a straight, eight to queen.
stressball10: I knew that was coming

Good job, good fold, two pairs = plz kick my left testicle hard. Hurry up and build that BR and get your ass up to the $100 games, they are easy! 50NL sucks. 25NL = 100NL.

Originally Posted by SmackinYaUp

Good job, good fold, two pairs = plz kick my left testicle hard. Hurry up and build that BR and get your ass up to the $100 games, they are easy! 50NL sucks.

Some pretty tight games at that level, it seems. I just recently got it back up to where I feel comfortable at 50 again... buying a new house really walloped my bank account hard, so there's a lot less poker money floating around for me. The way things have been going the last few days though, I should be in a better state shortly.

takes alot of discipline to fold like that, nice lay down, but if that ace dint pair,you mightve been tempted to keep going...good though