NL50: A9s in rr pot OOP. Lets do it by decison by decision

[Arcturus]

I'll be honest, I don't like playing A9 OOP against a player that has stats close to that of a really good player. 26/23/3 is very borderline to that. If he has an AF of 3 and he is preflop raising almost every hand he's getting involved in, usually he represents himself as pretty knowledgeable. A9 is not going to get a lot of value out of him, especially if you hit a flush on the flop. I would tend to fold this preflop.

My question here on the turn is that if you decided to play for stacks, why wouldn't you just open-push? You would gain so much in fold equity by doing so. Villian may have called your flop bet because it was so weak. Also, the turn flush card may scare HIM enough to fold. I would be happy taking this down right then and there if I could.