sidepot question

[levAA]

In these hands, where we have a main pot and no sidepot, while one opponent is all-in i am used to check the hand down, even if i have top pair, cause the risk-reward ratio is bad.

In this hand i made my set on the turn and started to built a sidepot.

I'm not sure if this is better compared to checking the hand down.

And if building as sidepot makes sense, is it better to start building it slowly with a small bet, or bet an amount that applies to the main pot - say half potsize of the main pot?

in this hand actually i was very lucky cause villain had a straight on the turn but i was able to make my boat on the river.

Edit: I know it would have been better to push preflop after the raise, but forget about that.

PokerStars No-Limit Hold'em Tourney, Big Blind is t100 (9 handed) Hand History Converter Tool from FlopTurnRiver.com (Format: 2+2 Forums)

BB (t6932)
UTG (t8160)
UTG+1 (t2800)
Hero (t3290)
MP2 (t3055)
MP3 (t3630)
CO (t495)
Button (t4100)
SB (t1985)

Preflop: Hero is MP1 with 9[img]/images/graemlins/diamond.gif[/img], 9[img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img].
<font color="#666666">2 folds</font>, <font color="#CC3333">Hero raises to t300</font>, <font color="#666666">1 fold</font>, MP3 calls t300, <font color="#CC3333">CO raises to t495</font>, <font color="#666666">3 folds</font>, Hero calls t195, MP3 calls t195.

Flop: (t1585) T[img]/images/graemlins/diamond.gif[/img], K[img]/images/graemlins/club.gif[/img], 5[img]/images/graemlins/spade.gif[/img] <font color="#0000FF">(3 players)</font>
Hero checks, MP3 checks.

Turn: (t1585) 9[img]/images/graemlins/club.gif[/img] <font color="#0000FF">(3 players)</font>
<font color="#CC3333">Hero bets t300</font>, <font color="#CC3333">MP3 raises to t900</font>, <font color="#CC3333">Hero raises to t2795</font>, MP3 calls t1895.

River: (t7175) K[img]/images/graemlins/spade.gif[/img] <font color="#0000FF">(3 players)</font>

Final Pot: t7175