Totally lost vs. unpredictable player in home game

[sapsuckah]

Preflop: Folds to villain on button, who calls 20. SB folds and I check with 74o. Pot is t50. [<- edited]

Flop: 4-8-T rainbow. Hero checks, villain bets t50, hero c/r's to 200. Villain calls.

Turn: [4-8-T] [9] (still rainbow). Pot t250. <font color="blue">Hero checks, villain bets 100, hero calls</font> (3.5-to-1 with a vulnerable straight draw and bottom pair... more spewing, but I kept telling myself that the implied odds were solid given villain's tendencies)

River: [4-8-T-9] [J]. Pot t450. <font color="red">Hero?</font>

[TFGoose]

check/call

If you bet and he has a queen, he will certainly raise and you hate yourself. If you bet and he doesn't have a straight, he might fold or he might call. But I don't think the risk of getting raised is worth those few extra chips.

If you check, he'll certainly bet a straight, but he'd probably bet a lot of other stuff too. If the bet is reasonable, you can call and probably take it down.

--TFGoose