What to do with the river?
 

This was one of the last hands of a session for me. Not a good ending. I'm not sure if I played this hand well or not. I'll tell what the guy had after some responses. Sorry about the format this is in, but the hand converter wouldn't work. I tried to highlight the more important areas though.

Seat 1: Rajfly ($101.50 in chips)
Seat 3: NoleSAK ($17.50 in chips)
Seat 4: thrashsa ($85.75 in chips)
Seat 5: BravesAtl ($54.75 in chips)
Seat 6: Biatch001 ($31.75 in chips)
Seat 7: BIRDS ($110.50 in chips)
Seat 8: G-Factor ($216 in chips)
Seat 9: parkpoker ($104 in chips)
Seat 10: tgbax ($56 in chips)
BravesAtl: posts small blind $0.50
Biatch001: posts big blind $1
----- HOLE CARDS -----
dealt to BravesAtl [9h Qc]
BIRDS: calls $1
G-Factor: calls $1
parkpoker: calls $1
tgbax: folds
Rajfly: calls $1
NoleSAK: calls $1
thrashsa: calls $1
BravesAtl: calls $0.50
Biatch001: checks
----- FLOP ----- [4s Qh 7h]
BravesAtl: checks
Biatch001: checks
BIRDS: checks
G-Factor: checks
parkpoker: checks
Rajfly: checks
NoleSAK: checks
thrashsa: checks
----- TURN ----- [4s Qh 7h][9d]
BravesAtl: bets $7
Biatch001: folds
BIRDS: folds
G-Factor: folds
parkpoker: folds
Rajfly: calls $7
NoleSAK: folds
thrashsa: folds
----- RIVER ----- [4s Qh 7h 9d][7s]
BravesAtl: bets $10
Rajfly: raises to $30
BravesAtl: folds
Returned uncalled bets $20 to Rajfly

Rajfly: doesn't show hand
Rajfly collected $40 from Main pot
----- SUMMARY -----
Total pot $42 Main pot $40 | Rake $2
Board [4s Qh 7h 9d 7s]
Seat 1: Rajfly collected $40
Seat 3: NoleSAK folded on the Turn

Seat 4: thrashsa (button) folded on the Turn
Seat 5: BravesAtl (small blind) folded on the River
Seat 6: Biatch001 (big blind) folded on the Turn
Seat 7: BIRDS folded on the Turn
Seat 8: G-Factor folded on the Turn
Seat 9: parkpoker folded on the Turn
Seat 10: tgbax folded before Flop (didn't bet)

Re: What to do with the river?
 

It was a good fold. Either he made the trips or had a set and made a boat.

I would've thrown a half pot to pot size bet on the flop though . . .

Re: What to do with the river?
 

nearly always a good fold, no question

whether betting TPWK for value or checking it and trying to snapp off bets from 2nd pair or come hands is more +EV depends on the table, i'd guess. it was your choice, you chose what you thought was the best line, done.
you lost the about the least amount you could have given the way the cards fell, that's just good poker.

fim