I dont know if mabye I should have raised n my button here? I have no clue what this guy had but wasnt feeling good about the hand. I think it was a bad fold looking back. Should I have reraised turn instead of just calling? He checked his BB which makes me think now he had a weaker 9.
** Hand # 2993405423 starting - 2009-11-30 14:35:13
** Macaritamata [Hold 'em] (0.25|0.50 NL - Cash Game) Real Money

finanskris sitting in seat 1 with $50.85
xenope33 sitting in seat 2 with $16.37
yenkyAA sitting in seat 3 with $60.16
viive46 sitting in seat 4 with $29.29
Feebster sitting in seat 5 with $82.41
gaintas270 sitting in seat 6 with $23.16
eatapotato sitting in seat 8 with $55.25[Dealer]
GeneralStorm sitting in seat 9 with $24.72
Mono4u sitting in seat 10 with $46.55
GeneralStorm posted the small blind - $0.25
Mono4u posted the big blind - $0.50
gaintas270 posted to play - $0.50

** Dealing cards to eatapotato: 9c, 10c
finanskris folded
xenope33 folded
yenkyAA called - $0.50
viive46 folded
Feebster folded
gaintas270 checked
eatapotato called - $0.50
GeneralStorm called - $0.50
Mono4u checked

** Dealing the flop: 9s, 9h, 4s
GeneralStorm checked
Mono4u checked
yenkyAA checked
gaintas270 checked
eatapotato bet - $1.50
GeneralStorm folded
Mono4u called - $1.50
yenkyAA folded
gaintas270 folded

** Dealing the turn: Kh
Mono4u checked
eatapotato bet - $2.50
Mono4u raised to $6.00
eatapotato called - $6.00

** Dealing the river: Qh
Mono4u bet - $12.50
eatapotato folded
eatapotato folded and shows:
eatapotato folded
eatapotato shows: 9c, 10c

He checked his BB which makes me think now he had a weaker 9.

i doubt he had a 9 at all. i dont think he believed that YOU had a nine, and his raise on the turn was testing it, esp if the turn king hit him. since the turn brings a flush draw possibility, i would have been inclined to reraise there. and even tho the river brought a third heart, i would have still called.

I would have definitely raised in this situation to isolate the limper.

Now you are in a 5 way pot which brings down the value of your hand a lot. You`re betting the flop against 4 players, which should get you respect. Mono still shows a lot of strength, so I think he`ll have at least a 9 (maybe 44), could be a weaker kicker but he could very easily check 9J+ from the BB as well. I think you`re probably beat, you need to win 42% if you call, don`t think you`ll make that so I think your fold is good.

Oh and I wouldn`t ever show my hand, gives your opponents free information about your play.

I think you played the hand perfectly. On the turn he might have some hands that you beat (draws and bluffs). On the river you can safely fold, cause you're getting crushed by his range. Reraising the river is terrible in this spot unless you know your opponent very well and are pretty sure that he almost always has a draw here. You don't want to reraise him if his range is mostly better hands and bluffs.

yeah also note that you will split against a 9 with a worse kicker, but you`ll lose against 9Q/9K/9A

Yeah I was thinking K9. I showed my hand here after I folded which I dont usually do. Any thoughts on showing hand?

same here

Well I know its a nono but I was thinking because I was somewhat fresh at the table I could give some players the impression they could walk all over me and try to bluff at me. It didnt happen though. I did however get alot of people folding quickly to my Cbet airballs. In any case Im not showing anymore

I heard also about some people using a card showdown as a strategy, but i personally don't believe that it is in any advantage...

I only show if i have something really cool, like straight flush or four of a kind