Keep betting those rivers

[TimM]

Party Poker 10.00/20.00 Hold'em <font color="#0000FF">(10 handed)</font> link

Preflop: Hero is BB with 9[img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img], T[img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img].
<font color="#666666">1 folds</font>, <font color="#CC3333">UTG+1 raises</font>, MP1 calls, <font color="#666666">2 folds</font>, CO calls, <font color="#666666">1 folds</font>, SB calls, Hero calls.

Flop: (10.00 SB) 8[img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img], 9[img]/images/graemlins/club.gif[/img], 2[img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img] <font color="#0000FF">(5 players)</font>
SB checks, <font color="#CC3333">Hero bets</font>, <font color="#CC3333">UTG+1 raises</font>, MP1 folds, CO calls, SB calls, <font color="#CC3333">Hero 3-bets</font>, <font color="#CC3333">UTG+1 caps</font>, CO calls, SB folds, Hero calls.

Turn: (12.00 BB) A[img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img] <font color="#0000FF">(3 players)</font>
Hero checks, <font color="#CC3333">UTG+1 bets</font>, CO calls, <font color="#CC3333">Hero raises</font>, UTG+1 calls, CO calls.

River: (18.00 BB) 4[img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img] <font color="#0000FF">(3 players)</font>
<font color="#CC3333">Hero bets</font>, UTG+1 calls, CO calls.

Final Pot: 21.00 BB.
Results in white below:<font color="#FFFFFF">
Hero has 9h Th (a flush, ace high.)
UTG+1 has 8c 8s (three of a kind, eights.)
CO has As 9s (two pairs, aces and nines.)
Hero wins 20.85 BB.
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[gilbert]

look at all the pretty [img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img]'s

[Sykes]

Why not check-raise this flop? Afraid it gets checked by AJ-AK?