Check Line Please

[Sprayed]

Villain is loose passive and tends to be somewhat of a station. I was attempting to steal and I was in decent position preflop. When I hit the draw and he checked to me I made it half pot. The call was ok and when I hit my flush I made it half pot again hoping for a call. The problem here is what do you put villain on? What could he be calling with? Was half pot bets too small and should I have gone with 2/3? I didn't want to scare him away.

PokerStars Game #6418924968: Tournament #32573495, $4.00+$0.40 Hold'em No Limit - Level VII (100/200) - 2006/09/25 - 19:47:01 (ET)
Table '32573495 14' 9-max Seat #5 is the button
Seat 1: hoss5635 (6146 in chips)
Seat 3: Sprayed (9590 in chips)
Seat 4: big mr dh (4170 in chips)
Seat 5: EmceeDusty (5074 in chips)
Seat 6: view99 (14076 in chips)
Seat 7: Janixx (17260 in chips)
Seat 8: cubby41604 (2290 in chips)
Seat 9: slojoe (1895 in chips)
hoss5635: posts the ante 25
Sprayed: posts the ante 25
big mr dh: posts the ante 25
EmceeDusty: posts the ante 25
view99: posts the ante 25
Janixx: posts the ante 25
cubby41604: posts the ante 25
slojoe: posts the ante 25
view99: posts small blind 100
Janixx: posts big blind 200
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to Sprayed [7s 8s]
cubby41604: folds
slojoe: folds
hoss5635: folds
Sprayed: raises 300 to 500
big mr dh: folds
EmceeDusty: folds
view99: calls 400
Janixx: folds
*** FLOP *** [9d 4s 5s]
view99: checks
Sprayed: bets 700
chessgamer is connected
view99: calls 700
*** TURN *** [9d 4s 5s] [2s]
view99: checks
Sprayed: bets 1400
view99: calls 1400
*** RIVER *** [9d 4s 5s 2s] [3s]
view99: checks
Sprayed: checks

[jimmy44]

For villain's hands, being loose passive and station, my best guess is:
- As (or Ks or Qs) + x
- or eventually, PP 77-QQ (99 not very likely with the no action on flop and turn with the flush draw/possibility)

[Phantaroth]

Don't like hand slike this....

I think you played it fine and I think if the spade doesn't come on the river this guy is in big trouble... I can't imagine what this guy has, A3 or an over PP come to mind.

[Sprayed]

When I hit my hand on the turn, should I even be concerned with the type of hand that he has? I ask because this would justify raising more I would assume on the turn. The river was a bad card and if the river would have paired the board it would have been worse. I like my check there considering my flush maybe second best. Although his check tells me that he may not have me beaten, but I can't be so sure because of his calls. He seemed to be drawing to something or he had a pair, two pair, set that he couldn't let go. Who here would bet on the river?

[jimmy44]

For me villain's check on the river is screaming: "Bet on me and let me take your money!"

On the turn I would have bet around 2000 to avoid him staying in the hand and beat you with only a As, Ks or Qs. If he had AsXs, KsXs or QsXs, bad luck!

[drmcboy]

never bet the river. I hear you saying he is a station but ... if he's bad enough to call here without one, he may also be bad enough to raise with a bare A, which you don't want because you can't call. you have a bluff catcher, he didn't bluff, check is goot .

given he is a station, you might take a free card on the flop, but betting is fine too. I would lead 3/4 PS+ - you want to price out another FD or at least make him pay more to chase it, since you're paying it off for sure.

Turn - if he has a spade, you're laying 3/1 and again you may be forced to pay off so he isn't making a big mistake. If has he has a PP or 9x he's calling more than this. If he has overs without a spade I would think any bet folds him anyway, you can ignore that.

[Phantaroth]

check of river is good

He could check a few bigger spades there...

[chardrian]

never bet the river. I hear you saying he is a station but ... if he's bad enough to call here without one, he may also be bad enough to raise with a bare A, which you don't want because you can't call. you have a bluff catcher, he didn't bluff, check is goot .

given he is a station, you might take a free card on the flop, but betting is fine too. I would lead 3/4 PS+ - you want to price out another FD or at least make him pay more to chase it, since you're paying it off for sure.

Turn - if he has a spade, you're laying 3/1 and again you may be forced to pay off so he isn't making a big mistake. If has he has a PP or 9x he's calling more than this. If he has overs without a spade I would think any bet folds him anyway, you can ignore that.

I concur.