[Sorak]

Hello all. I had this hand in a .05/.10 blind $10 buy in home game of texas holdem last night. Now I know it is very small stakes but that is what we play. I was hoping I could get some opinions on this hand.

First of all some background. The table is fairly loose and passive. I have a very aggressive person to my immediate right. This person went up in the first fifteen minutes of the game, by putting someone else all in, and has been throwing his weight around all night. The second player in the hand is a passive player who calls nearly anything if he has even a mediocre hand.

The very aggressive (VA) person is in the SB and I am in the BB. I am dealt A [img]/images/graemlins/diamond.gif[/img] 4 [img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img] . The entire table limps in and I check my option.

The flop comes A [img]/images/graemlins/club.gif[/img] Q [img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img] 4 [img]/images/graemlins/diamond.gif[/img] . The VA bets a dollar. Now I flopped two pair so I raise it to two dollars. My logic here is two fold. First I want some information and I think one of them will raise if they have AQ in the pocket. Secondly I have a pretty good hand and want to bet for value. There are folds to the passive caller who calls and then folds to the SB who calls. Three of us see the turn.

The turn comes 5 [img]/images/graemlins/spade.gif[/img] . The VA bets one dollar and again I raise it to two dollars. At this point I am pretty sure he doesn't have AQ. I still have Top pair Bottom pair on the board and so I am waiting for the reraise. The two dollars is called around. Three of us see the river.

The river is 7 [img]/images/graemlins/diamond.gif[/img] . The VA checks. I bet five dollars. The passive caller folds. VA thinks for about ten seconds and raises it to ten dollars. Now I have fifteen dollars in front of me, not including my original five. Now VA could have A7. He is known for buying pots. He generally doesn't try to buy them on crap. However I am almost positive he was trying to buy the pot at this point. I, being the weak tight person that I am in my soul, just call.

VA turns over AKo for a pair of As with the King kicker. I of course take it down with As and 4s.

Where could I have played this better? Should I have gone all in at the river? I have had one really bad loss going all in before, I was outplayed not a bad beat, and am still wary of going all in.

Thanks in advance for any opinions.

Sorak