question on a hand

[SBriand 4]

Texas Hold'em $0.25-$0.50 (real money), hand #622,101,555Table Williston, 3 Feb 2005 5:06 PMView  Previous  |  Next  hand for this table.Seat 5: xcool42xxx ($16.25 in chips)Seat 6: neander1 ($8 in chips)Seat 7: tiger8191 [9S,QS] ($8.30 in chips)Seat 8: Fuzz20 ($11.35 in chips)Seat 9: MillieV ($4.60 in chips)Seat 10: pawsina ($16 in chips)ANTES/BLINDSxcool42xxx posts blind ($0.10), neander1 posts blind ($0.25).PRE-FLOPtiger8191 calls $0.25, Fuzz20 calls $0.25, MillieV folds, pawsina calls $0.25, xcool42xxx calls $0.15, neander1 checks.FLOP [board cards AS,10S,4D ]xcool42xxx checks, neander1 checks, tiger8191 bets $0.25, Fuzz20 folds, pawsina calls $0.25, xcool42xxx calls $0.25, neander1 folds.TURN [board cards AS,10S,4D,KC ]xcool42xxx checks, tiger8191 bets $0.50, pawsina calls $0.50, xcool42xxx folds.RIVER [board cards AS,10S,4D,KC,5C ]tiger8191 checks, pawsina checks.SHOWDOWNtiger8191 shows [ 9S,QS ]pawsina shows [ 10D,QD ]pawsina wins $2.85.Okay, here is the question I have.Yes, I know I should not have been in the pot to begin with but I already know that. So let's not go there.So I flop a flush draw (9 outs) so I feel better about my stupid pre-flop decision. Ks is all I am worried about at this point. I bet to see where I stand. Turn comes and that gives me some more outs to go along with the flush draw (12 outs) Should I have just checked? Cause even if paw bets I would be correct in calling right? So why not bet. If I get raised than I can get out. If he folds, yay. River comes out and I miss the flush and the nut str8. So I check. He checks, he wins and then tells me I should have been out of the hand at the turn, why in the world did I go to the river. I personally don't think i did anything terribly wrong but maybe I am missing something. Please advise. Thanks.

[SBriand 4]

Seat 1: PJAK ($34.20 in chips)Seat 2: mogilvie ($30.45 in chips)Seat 3: A_JUGGERNAUT ($5 in chips)Seat 6: bigrtguy ($15.15 in chips)Seat 7: tiger8191 [10S,KD] ($6.35 in chips)Seat 9: licorice66 ($10.95 in chips)Seat 10: pawsina ($16.45 in chips)ANTES/BLINDSbigrtguy posts blind ($0.10), tiger8191 posts blind ($0.25).PRE-FLOPlicorice66 calls $0.25, pawsina calls $0.25, PJAK folds, mogilvie calls $0.25, A_JUGGERNAUT folds, bigrtguy calls $0.15, tiger8191 checks.FLOP [board cards 10C,7H,6D ]bigrtguy checks, tiger8191 bets $0.25, licorice66 calls $0.25, pawsina calls $0.25, mogilvie calls $0.25, bigrtguy calls $0.25.TURN [board cards 10C,7H,6D,2C ]bigrtguy checks, tiger8191 bets $0.50, licorice66 calls $0.50, pawsina calls $0.50, mogilvie calls $0.50, bigrtguy folds.RIVER [board cards 10C,7H,6D,2C,9S ]tiger8191 bets $0.50, licorice66 folds, pawsina calls $0.50, mogilvie calls $0.50.SHOWDOWNtiger8191 shows [ 10S,KD ]pawsina mucks cards [ 10D,QS ]mogilvie shows [ JD,JH ]mogilvie wins $5.70.Any comments on this one would be nice as well. I am there with top pair with a decent kicker. If paw or mog has the A 10 then so be it. Never put mog on JJ, no real way in my mind that I could have put him on it. After this hand paw comes after me asking me to continue playing **** hands, yet this coming from a guy who played a crappier hand than I was to the river makes me giggle a little. I had him beat from the start yet I am the crappy poker player. So what did i do horribly wrong in this hand. Am I being to aggressive by betting my top pair? I didn't think that was a major problem. Ugh. I have been on a good upswing the last two days, (bankroll went up 6x since yesterday) but all day i have been told how *****y I am. It seems to be getting to me.

[wrto4556 0]

1) I'de have bet the river, too. You're not going to win by checking. You don't have to have this bluff be successfull too much to show a profit. well....with a good read. He might be the type of guy that calls down with bottom pair.2) You played good. When I see someone turn up an overpair without raising it makes me sick. But that's good for you....put him on your buddy list.....loose/passive

[SBriand 4]

Yeah, I think I have a huge leak in that situation. I am aggressive up until the river. I always seem to check when i don't make my draws and such. But I changed my play a little since posting this and finished out my session around 10xbb/hr. So I am just damn lucky or i might be figuring this out. I have mainly been a tourney player. SnG's and MTT. I just started getting into Limit a month ago. Reading SSHE, SS1&2, HEFAP, and reading hand critiques on this site. I am not close to being good at this but I think I am starting to catch on.Thanks for the imput.

[Smasharoo 0]

1. Bet the river.2. Nothing you can do.Q9s UTG is a probably a little loose pf unless the table is VERY passive.