Party 15/30 Top pair but the board gets ugly

[SoBeDude]

It's a good game. The main opponent in this hand is horrible. He sees about 50% of the flops.

I'm in the BB with red AJo, Horrible calls, fair button calls. I'm not raising AJo from the blinds as much these days so I just call.

Flop is 9 [img]/images/graemlins/spade.gif[/img] 9 [img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img] J [img]/images/graemlins/spade.gif[/img]

I bet out, 50% calls, button folds.

Turn is: 4 [img]/images/graemlins/spade.gif[/img]

dillema.

This guy isn't going to fold any spade now. He'll raise me with a flush, a 9, a big spade, or straight draw.

Against this opponent I'm not folding top pair. Ever.

But I really don't want to pay 3 big bets to get to the showdown.

If I check and he bets I'm calling 100% of the time. I really don't want to be raised.

I also think he'll fold here if I bet and he has nothing. But if he catches any piece of the river card he'll call a river bet. Maybe he has a king or a queen, but he doesn't have both (he'd have raised PF w/KQ). So other than a spade he has few outs to beat me.

So I checked. He checked behind.

River is 4 [img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img]

I bet he folds.

Should I have bet the turn with such a scary board?

-Scott