Would you lay down bottom boat here?

[Silly String]

Hold'em NL ($0.25/$0.50)
*** Seat 6 is the button. ***
Seat 1: relle99 ($6.32 in chips)
Seat 2: Lenz sits out
Seat 3: henneris ($109.06 in chips)
Seat 4: SillyString ($48.75 in chips)
Seat 5: Ba2345 ($59.85 in chips)
Seat 6: ETOWNJAY ($101.90 in chips)
relle99: posts small blind $0.25
henneris: posts big blind $0.50
----- HOLE CARDS -----
dealt to PassDSuga [5s 5h]
SillyString: raises to $1.50
Ba2345: calls $1.50
ETOWNJAY: folds
relle99: folds
henneris: folds
----- FLOP ----- [5d 7c 8d]
SillyString: bets $3
Ba2345: calls $3
----- TURN ----- [5d 7c 8d][9c]
SillyString: bets $7.50
Ba2345: raises to $16 Now I'm concerned about 66 or A6s? Legit fear here?
SillyString: calls $8.50 Contemplate a push, but I'm getting almost 4:1 and I call hoping for one of my 10 outs
----- RIVER ----- [5d 7c 8d 9c][7s] I hit my out
SillyString: bets $15 I donk bet, fearing 77-99, or 78. Is this a check/call with bottom boat?
Ba2345: raises to $39.35 and is all-in
SillyString: is all-in $13.25 Crying call here.
Returned uncalled bets $11.10 to Ba2345
----- SHOW DOWN -----
Ba2345: shows [8s 9s] (Two Pairs, Nines and Eights, Seven high)
SillyString: shows [5s 5h] (A Full House, Fives full of Sevens)
SillyString collects $95.25 from Main pot
----- SUMMARY -----
Total pot $98.25 Main pot $95.25 Rake $3
Board [5d 7c 8d 9c 7s]
Seat 1: relle99 (small blind) folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 3: henneris (big blind) folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 4: SillyString showed [5s 5h] and won ($95.25) with A Full House, Fives full of Sevens
Seat 5: Ba2345 showed [8s 9s] and lost
Seat 6: ETOWNJAY (button) folded before Flop (didn't bet)

Did I play this too timid? Am I overthinking here, or am I lucky to get out of there with my shirt on my back? Oh yeah, and his money.

[dalecooper]

Turn: I would put him on a straight or air. Call and hope to suck out on his most probable holding, which is anything involving a six. River: push. You hit your hand and you have every reason to think he has a straight, so hopefully he'll pay off. A few hands are ahead of you (78, 79, 88, 99, 77). However, him raising the turn with any of these hands is on the peculiar side. (Note: him raising with what he did have is QUITE on the peculiar side, and we found out why: he's a donk.) I don't see the need for the weak blocking bet... you only have $30 left and if he puts it in you have to call, and you're surely missing a lot of value by not just pushing yourself and getting the max out of what looks strongly like a straight in the hands of a dipshit (due to his weak turn raise on a very threatening board).

[aislephive]

This is very standard. There is absolutely NO WAY you can fold the river getting like 6.5 - 1. In fact I would open push the river here. If he has you beat then that's poker.

[dsaxton]

Check-raise all-in on the river. You should never even consider folding here with these stacks.

[bdawg56kg]

Push river. It's less than a psb, and he will surely call with a straight.

[aislephive]

Check-raise all-in on the river. You should never even consider folding here with these stacks.

You don't think open pushing is best? An all in check raise only gets more value out of a stone cold bluff, which I don't think he has here. If he has a straight he will certainly call a push.

[dsaxton]

Check-raise all-in on the river. You should never even consider folding here with these stacks.

You don't think open pushing is best? An all in check raise only gets more value out of a stone cold bluff, which I don't think he has here. If he has a straight he will certainly call a push.

If we're assuming his likeliest hands are a straight or nothing, then you should check. The reason is that he can't call an all-in bet with nothing, but may bluff, and he will almost always bet a straight when checked to.

[Silly String]

Thanks for the input guys. The push vs. check/push is a good debate. I vote for a push. The straight is more likely to call a push, than to push himself with a paired board don't you think? If I had the straight, and opponent played the hand as I did, I would check behind. Pot is big enough and you are behind a few suited connectors and PPs.