Simple question about a straight on a 4 flush board.

[Proofrock]

1000 FPP round 1 WPT satellite. Top 5 get seats in round 2 tournament which awards 3 seats to a WPT event. At this point there are about 18 people left.

What's my line? I'm depressed to see a 4th spade on the river, but I don't know if it's best to check/call, check/fold, small bet + fold to a raise, push and hope he doesn't have a spade? Suggestions on flop / turn? I felt awkward the whole way. No special reads on Villain, as he just moved to the table a few hands ago. Thanks.

-J.A.

PokerStars No-Limit Hold'em Tourney, Big Blind is t150 (9 handed) FTR converter on zerodivide.cx

BB (t2330)
UTG (t7230)
UTG+1 (t3850)
Hero (t5265)
MP2 (t4075)
MP3 (t2436)
CO (t8919)
Button (t6285)
SB (t6235)

Preflop: Hero is MP1 with T[img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img], A[img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img].
<font color="#666666">2 folds</font>, <font color="#CC3333">Hero raises to t400</font>, <font color="#666666">3 folds</font>, Button calls t400, <font color="#666666">2 folds</font>.

Flop: (t1025) 9[img]/images/graemlins/spade.gif[/img], 8[img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img], 7[img]/images/graemlins/spade.gif[/img] <font color="#0000FF">(2 players)</font>
<font color="#CC3333">Hero bets t750</font>, Button calls t750.

Turn: (t2525) 6[img]/images/graemlins/spade.gif[/img] <font color="#0000FF">(2 players)</font>
<font color="#CC3333">Hero bets t1200</font>, Button calls t1200.

River: (t4925) Q[img]/images/graemlins/spade.gif[/img] <font color="#0000FF">(2 players)</font>
<font color="#CC3333">Hero bets t1000</font>, Button calls t1000.

Final Pot: t6925

[Simplistic]

when a 4-flush hits i prefer taking initiative and firing out a blocking bet.

[KneeCo]

I probably check the river, and check fold unless a small bet is giving me serious odds.

I don't like the 1000 bet on the river at all, if you're going to fire there, it should be enough to get a weak spade to fold.

Hand looks good to me, I don't think I could have played it better.

I try for check/check on river and fold to a bet. You're in a situation in which basically all hands that beat you call and all hands that lose to you fold. Also, a lot of players check behind on this river without a spade, so you won't get bluffed off the hand too often.