I was pretty much a calling station on this hand, what should i have done?

Hand #292578259 at table: $3000 Guaranteed
Started: Mon May 08 19:34:50 2006

joeltx is at seat 1 with 1435.00
PHIL IVEY$ is at seat 2 with 2795.00
juan100 is at seat 3 with 2590.00
NGUYEN80 is at seat 4 with 1575.00
zephyr1985 is at seat 5 with 2235.00
KaKi 21 is at seat 6 with 3595.00
barnetpast is at seat 7 with 1360.00
surferiop is at seat 8 with 2900.00
arian2003 is at seat 9 with 660.00
ElefantMis is at seat 10 with 1770.00

PHIL IVEY$ posts the large blind 50.00
joeltx posts the small blind 25.00

joeltx: --, --
PHIL IVEY$: --, --
juan100: --, --
NGUYEN80: --, --
zephyr1985: --, --
KaKi 21: --, --
barnetpast: --, --
surferiop: Kd, Js
arian2003: --, --
ElefantMis: --, --

Pre-flop:

juan100: Call 50.00
NGUYEN80: Fold
zephyr1985: Call 50.00
KaKi 21: Call 50.00
barnetpast: Call 50.00
surferiop: Call 50.00
arian2003: Fold
ElefantMis: Call 50.00
joeltx: Fold
PHIL IVEY$: Check

Flop (Board: 9c, 5d, Jh):

PHIL IVEY$: Bet 200.00
juan100: Call 200.00
zephyr1985: Fold
KaKi 21: Fold
barnetpast: Fold
surferiop: Call 200.00
ElefantMis: Fold

Turn (Board: 9c, 5d, Jh, 2d):

PHIL IVEY$: Bet 450.00
juan100: Fold
surferiop: Call 450.00

River (Board: 9c, 5d, Jh, 2d, 4s):

PHIL IVEY$: Bet 501.00
surferiop: Call 501.00

Showdown:

PHIL IVEY$ shows: 9s, 5c (two pair, Nines and Fives)

I am a complete newb, but would it be proper at flop, turn, or river to make a raise to try and gather some more info from the guy? Obviously he'd call so you'd know more about his hand, but it would cost you even more if you kept betting. Suppose there's a (real) small chance he'd fold to your raise.

I probably would've raised in the flop and shut down to a raise or smoothcall. Don't see how you can get away from this one.

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BOSS

Against Phill Ivy you stand no chances anyway.

You should raise the flop to see where you are in the hand. If he re-raise you can be sure he got you beat. If he call and then bet aggressive on the turn you can lay it down. What is this awful loose-passive table anyway ? 7 players on the flop...
Calling from pre-flop to showdown is always a bad thing.

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