Informal poll: How do you play these quads? (5/10 half pot limit holdem)

[Blu3B3ar]

Hypothetical situation.The game is 5/10 half pot limit, and I have everybody covered with $2000. My colleague at work and good mate has $400 left after suffering a few bad beats, and he plays very aggressive and very loosely. The rest of the table consist of a few tight regulars and a number of unfamiliar faces (no reads).I'm on the button, and have A9 offsuit. Three people limp in for $10, and I limp in too. The blinds complete and check.The board is A A 9. this is super strong. All checkinto me, and I check deciding to slow play my full house, as there is no hurry here.The turn is an another ace, the board is A A 9 A, giving me quads, my friend in the big blind unexpectedly bets half pot, $25, and I decide to slowplay my aces again, so I call.Heads-up now, the river is a 2, the board is A A 9 A 2, my friend in the big blind checks into me, the pot is $100, what should I do now?A) Bet small, say $10-$20, to sucker him, maybe I can sell my nuts to him here and he'll call me with a under-full house. (I'm a sneaky player.)B) Bet the maximum, $50, I've been playing pretty aggressively all night and perhaps he won't believe I have an ace. I can get say, a small pocket pair to call me. (I'm a fierce player.)C) Check the river, there is little point for me to bet the river as it's too obvious that when I bet, he'll know I have the remaining ace. Let me go easy on him. We are mates anyway. (I'm a nice player.)

[nuftoby]

B. PPL find it difficult to accept that you have the last A, and he obviously has a 9, or a higher pocket pair.If he does, you may get really lucky if he check raises you. Mostly he is setting you up for a check call, to catch all those bluffs.BTW. In my opinion, the most profitable way to play this hand in pot limit & half pot limit was to bet it on flop. This would of increased the amount that you were playing for, and if he was a loosy goosy aggressive player, he probably wouldn't have believed you, and he may of tried to take it away from you on the turn.In pot/halfpot its better to build the pot generally, and not trap as you can't win very much if you don't build. This of course is very different to NL.Before the turn card, you didn't know that another wasn't slow playing their A, and you had your book, so you should of bet it. Just my $0.02.