Ace high facing river bet, late in tourny

[NoahL]

I dont understand what hand plays this line like this. If he had Jx wouldnt he check raise flop? If he has a 9, would he lead turn, or bet less on river?

Full Tilt Poker Game #2991353702: $14,000 Guarantee (22290805), Table
35 - 500/1000 Ante 125 - No Limit Hold'em - 1:51:28 ET - 2007/07/19
Seat 1: bmh522 (100,705)
Seat 2: jdt0820 (41,969)
Seat 3: donrumsfeld (54,015)
Seat 4: flushnut37 (13,048)
Seat 5: iraiseuwith72 (31,762)
Seat 6: xMONSTERxDONGx (24,365)
bmh522 antes 125
jdt0820 antes 125
donrumsfeld antes 125
flushnut37 antes 125
iraiseuwith72 antes 125
xMONSTERxDONGx antes 125
flushnut37 posts the small blind of 500
iraiseuwith72 posts the big blind of 1,000
The button is in seat #3
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to donrumsfeld [Qc Ah]
xMONSTERxDONGx folds
bmh522 folds
jdt0820 folds
donrumsfeld raises to 2,700
flushnut37 folds
iraiseuwith72 calls 1,700
*** FLOP *** [9s 4c Jh]
iraiseuwith72 checks
donrumsfeld bets 4,500
iraiseuwith72 calls 4,500
*** TURN *** [9s 4c Jh] [9d]
iraiseuwith72 checks
donrumsfeld checks
*** RIVER *** [9s 4c Jh 9d] [6c]
iraiseuwith72 bets 12,000
donrumsfeld has 15 seconds left to act
donrumsfeld has requested TIME
donrumsfeld wants to call

[chh]

lets put it this way: It's more likely a slow played monster than a hand you can beat.
If you think he really has "almost" nothing, you might want to think about pushing all-in instead since you really cant beat anything (not that I would advise it, he obv has you beat)

[NoahL]

what monster? JJ reraises pf, 9x leads flp or check raises. Maybe 44. The 6 on the river does nothing.

[Diamond Dave]

Villain could turn up with a lot of hands here given he was getting nearly to 3 to 1 to call pre-flop. J, 9, pair, QT. On flop he either has a piece or thinks you missed or both. Checks turn to see if you'll keep going at it and then bets river when you don't. I think you are beat here most of the time so no need to call the 12k on the end.

DD

[chh]

I never said "he has a monster", I just said that a monster is *more likely* than a hand you can beat.

[ThePershore]

9x doesn't always lead flop or check raise, ditto Jx.

Obv the only air he can feasibly have is T8/QT maybe KQ... but your hand looks a lot like AK/AQ/KQ etc so he might be inclined to check a J maybe even a 9 to let you bluff at it...

Either way he played it good, I think I fold still tho unless I had some reads on villian.

It looks like he has 44/9x or air tho right?

[NoahL]

Donrumsfeld says 2p2ers are too cautious!

The results.

donrumsfeld calls 12,000
*** SHOW DOWN ***
iraiseuwith72 shows [Kc Qh] a pair of Nines
donrumsfeld shows [Qc Ah] a pair of Nines
donrumsfeld wins the pot (39,650) with a pair of Nines
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot 39,650 | Rake 0
Board: [9s 4c Jh 9d 6c]
Seat 1: bmh522 folded before the Flop
Seat 2: jdt0820 folded before the Flop
Seat 3: donrumsfeld (button) showed [Qc Ah] and won (39,650) with a
pair of Nines
Seat 4: flushnut37 (small blind) folded before the Flop
Seat 5: iraiseuwith72 (big blind) showed [Kc Qh] and lost with a pair of Nines
Seat 6: xMONSTERxDONGx folded before the Flop

[Baby Mantis]

Doesn't J9 play into the villians hand well, I mean if he flops top 2 pair a call of your continuation bet seems appropriate. Then a check on the 9 river giving him a boat seems like a typical play. With 14900 in the pot at the river his bet of 12k doesn't seem out of the box for a boat.
I think he has you beat all over. I do agree with other poster saying that if you do feel that you have him beat you should push, but would def. not advise that.

[mayesie]

Without a read, I'm folding this. The villain's line is typical of someone who's slowplaying. He's hoping you bet again on the turn, so he can pop you there. Instead, he's betting the river, because it's his only chance to win additional chips.

[ThePershore]

If villian is known to us to be aggressive then I think ya it's a call, esp as he's likely to play a set strong (?) - you had obv played with him / knew table dynamics etc so very good call.

I like wp nh...