Should I be looking to accumalate more chips at this stage?

[jimmer]

It's early in a 45 seater sng. There's around 37 players left and I haven't played a hand yet. I don't really have any information on anyone.

I'm unsure whether I should of been more aggressive in the way I handled the situation, especially on the river?

Knowing it's still early in the torny, should I work harder to build the pot, or is that risking too many chips (against a poss flush)?

PokerStars Game #13200976589: Tournament #66989045, $1.00+$0.20 Hold'em No Limit - Level II (15/30) - 2007/11/12 - 16:41:02 (ET)
Table '66989045 2' 9-max Seat #7 is the button
Seat 1: BirdsEyeVu (1495 in chips)
Seat 2: tonykukoc777 (190 in chips)
Seat 3: thumperv (1205 in chips)
Seat 4: jbdb3 (1425 in chips)
Seat 5: omar1001 (1455 in chips)
Seat 6: Beutje (1945 in chips)
Seat 7: Stuempel (1375 in chips)
Seat 8: MasterLeon (1890 in chips)
Seat 9: TheNutz2001 (1470 in chips)
MasterLeon: posts small blind 15
TheNutz2001: posts big blind 30
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to jbdb3 [4c 4d]
BirdsEyeVu: folds
tonykukoc777: folds
thumperv: calls 30
jbdb3: calls 30
omar1001: calls 30
Beutje: folds
Stuempel: folds
MasterLeon: calls 15
TheNutz2001: checks
*** FLOP *** [9c 4s Kc]
MasterLeon: checks
TheNutz2001: checks
thumperv: checks
jbdb3: bets 120
omar1001: calls 120
MasterLeon: folds
TheNutz2001: folds
thumperv: folds
*** TURN *** [9c 4s Kc] [Tc]
jbdb3: checks
omar1001: checks
*** RIVER *** [9c 4s Kc Tc] [3s]
jbdb3: checks ???????

[Jauron]

Bet the turn to make him pay for a flush draw and consider folding to a raise. If he flat calls the turn, you can throw out a blocking bet on the river or check/call a reasonable bet on the river.

[jimmer]

Ok.

So there's 390 in the pot at the mo.

I should bet say 200 on the turn and if he flat calls, another ????? (200-300?????) on the river?

(However, the bet on the river is only to stop him betting big if i check?)-Is this right?

Thanks for your quick response btw

[Jauron]

Yeah 200-300 on the turn, and 200-300 on the river unless you improve.

The blocking bet IMO is better on the river if he flat calls, because it takes a big hand to raise you, and pretty much any hand raising has you beat (mostly some times a bluff will get ya but not often).

If the guy is some calling station or something else non standard you could play this a few different ways, but against a "normal" player I'd just bet twice safe bets unless I improve.