Flopped top two - How to handle the river flush card?

[pryce27]

Hey guys, enjoy the forums, would appreciate some advice...

Just sat down an orbit ago, no real reads.


PokerStars Game #18688058959: Hold'em No Limit ($0.25/$0.50) - 2008/07/09 - 01:30:18 (ET)
Table 'Amalia II' 6-max Seat #3 is the button
Seat 1: Thymo ($28.25 in chips)
Seat 2: Petrluck ($35.90 in chips)
Seat 3: GMH911 ($48.95 in chips)
Seat 4: martymcfly09 ($26.20 in chips)
Seat 5: sucofmodeerf ($42.50 in chips)
Seat 6: pryce27 ($56.45 in chips)
martymcfly09: posts small blind $0.25
sucofmodeerf: posts big blind $0.50
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to pryce27 [Ad Qd]
pryce27: raises $1.50 to $2
Thymo: folds
Petrluck: calls $2
GMH911: calls $2
martymcfly09: folds
sucofmodeerf: folds
*** FLOP *** [4h Ac Qh] Pot = $6.75
pryce27: bets $4.50
Petrluck: calls $4.50
GMH911: folds
*** TURN *** [4h Ac Qh] [Tc] Pot = $15.75
pryce27: bets $11
Petrluck: calls $11
*** RIVER *** [4h Ac Qh Tc] [9h] Pot = $37.75
pryce27: ???

What's the best line on this river? Or, could I have adjusted my flop/turn line to put myself in a better situation? Villain has about $20 left.

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Thanks!

[loltrickedu]

when the flush draw is out there i like to change my turn play. Somehow make it not profitable with implied or pot odds. So either check and he will most likely take a free card and you can lose minimuly on the river if it hits. meh. My prefered line is to bet very strong like pot or more, because he needs 5:1 pot+implied to make the call profitable. So i would have bet maybe 15-17 on the turn, really put the pressure on, and im willing to get it in on the turn if he has KJ or a set so be it. As played i like a check and evaluate, the pot is ~$37 with only 20 behind i might be calling off but he has taken a very drawy line. Getting almost 3:1 you kinda have to call but if he just shoves i dont see much he has but the flush.

[Paddymctaff]

What a disgusting turn and river. I might even even c/f this river as there is not much we beat anymore

[pryce27]

Thanks for the reply, I think you are right about the turn. Next time I'll push harder, since I really hate check/folding the river whenever a flush card comes... prefer the check/vomit/call line, in general, though I'm open to other suggestions...

In this case I bet $10 on the river, hoping he might not raise me if he had a baby flush, and might call me with an ace I beat or lower two pair... of course he raised me his last $9 and I vomited in my mouth and doubled him up when he showed 8-10 suited. In retrospect I probably took a bad line.

Thanks for your input...