Set Over Set

Back at the $15-$30 in the Bellagio, I'm in the big blind with the almighty 22. There were two callers, a button raise, the small blind called, along with everyone else, 5 players took the flop. It came down, 942, two clubs. The small blind bet out, I smooth called, hoping the button would raise, but nada, 4 of us saw the turn. It came an offsuit 5, (942 5). The small blind fired again, I popped him this time, and he thought for a second, the re-raised. I wanted to four bet so bad, but I just had a feeling that he had a set. The notion of an overpair came to mind, but he probably would've re-raised preflop with QQ or better, maybe jacks or tens. So I just called, maybe a weak tight move, but we were heads up, and the chances of him having a hand that could easily outdraw me were slim (i.e. flush or straight draw). So I felt that I was way ahead or way behind, so I thought calling was the right play. The river made the flush with a ten [942 5 T]. He fired again, and thought about raising again, knowing that he really couldn't re-raise me if I was beat, but I wussed out. Now that I think about it, I maybe should've, because he would likely call me if he had a hand like A9, TT, or JJ. Anyway, he turned over pocket fours, and I was proud of myself. I saved a bet in reality, but I maybe should've raised the end for value. The only problem was that I put him on a set, so I can't really do it. I guess it was a nice read, too bad I wasn't so positive to muck it, but that probably would be a bad play in the long run. Anywho, that's what I got for today's blog, 'til tomorrow.