Turbo $27 - C-bet or C-heck?

[lowBoy]

Villain had been pretty passive, tended towards loose. His post-flop play was also passive - he'd called down a couple of preflop raisers with mediocre holdings and won, and he bet out and took down a couple of pots with no showdown.

PokerStars Game #3508748893: Tournament #17409485, Hold'em No Limit - Level V (75/150) - 2006/01/02 - 08:46:26 (ET)
Table '17409485 1' Seat #3 is the button
Seat 1: GrootyHooter (1920 in chips)
Seat 2: snowsun (3735 in chips)
Seat 3: Shadoking (1760 in chips)
Seat 4: Troja 911 (2140 in chips)
Seat 5: mojay1 (975 in chips)
Seat 7: yotekiller (1265 in chips)
Seat 8: fobb (570 in chips)
Seat 9: azzuri22 (1135 in chips)
Troja 911: posts small blind 75
mojay1: posts big blind 150
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to GrootyHooter [9h Ah]
yotekiller: folds
fobb: folds
azzuri22: folds
GrootyHooter: raises 250 to 400
snowsun: folds
Shadoking: folds
Troja 911: calls 325
mojay1: folds
*** FLOP *** [4s 7s Tc]
Troja 911: checks
GrootyHooter: checks
*** TURN *** [4s 7s Tc] [Td]
Troja 911: checks
GrootyHooter: checks
*** RIVER *** [4s 7s Tc Td] [7c]
Troja 911: checks
GrootyHooter: checks

[homerdash]

It's really close considering your stack size. If you're going to bet, the turn seems like the place to do it. Though, from your description, it sounds like he would most likely call there with almost any PP and possibly AQ/AK.

This is a very important pot for you considering how many players are left and how big the blinds are. I think that makes me lean towards betting the turn, something like 400?

1100 chips still gives you a decent amount of fold equity when compared to the remaining stack sizes, so I think you bet the turn.

[zenbitz]

Problem is, you are going to have to put in a huge chunk of stack to get any fold equity. That being said, it might be worth a little feeler bet on the river with the 2 pair out. Hard to belive he hasn't bet 88+ a 7 or T here, and might call with a K.

[lowBoy]

HomerDash: This pot is important, I agree. I put in a good chunk of my stack here preflop, and his not betting doesn't tell me anything - he could have 88+ very easily. He called down a PFR's 2/3 pot cbets on the flop/turn and checked behind on river with top pair K with a J kicker and took down the pot.

My main concern with putting in a bet is that given his passiveness, he would most likely call with anything that beats me, and drops most stuff that I beat (pretty small chance he calls with K high). I don't think I have fold equity on another A without crippling my stack, anything lower than a K high he folds. I'm resting most of my hopes if I river bet on another A high - and why put in more chips if the most likely positive outcome is a split?

[TLR]

I dont think you are folding him if he an A, I would check ust in case he has 88 or 99