Good flop raise or not?

[StuR]

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Preflop: Hero is MP3 with A/images/graemlins/diamond.gif, J/images/graemlins/spade.gif.
UTG folds, UTG+1 calls, MP1 calls, MP2 calls, <font color="CC3333">Hero raises</font>, CO calls, Button folds, SB folds, BB calls, UTG+1 calls, MP1 calls, MP2 calls.

Flop: (12.50 SB) 9/images/graemlins/diamond.gif, 8/images/graemlins/heart.gif, 5/images/graemlins/heart.gif <font color="blue">(6 players)</font>
BB checks, UTG+1 checks, <font color="CC3333">MP1 bets</font>, MP2 folds, <font color="CC3333">Hero raises</font>, CO calls, BB folds, UTG+1 folds, <font color="CC3333">MP1 3-bets</font>, Hero calls, CO calls.

Turn: (10.75 BB) Q/images/graemlins/diamond.gif <font color="blue">(3 players)</font>
<font color="CC3333">MP1 bets</font>, Hero folds, <font color="CC3333">CO raises</font>, <font color="CC3333">MP1 3-bets</font>, CO calls.

River: (16.75 BB) 6/images/graemlins/diamond.gif <font color="blue">(2 players)</font>
<font color="CC3333">MP1 bets</font>, CO calls.

Final Pot: 18.75 BB

Should you save this play for when you have a small peice of the flop? Is raising with just overcards bad?

StuR

[Entity]

Pot is big and you have overcards; I don't mind the raise one bit. You don't have much of a draw other than that (runner-runner straight I guess), but since the hand that is doing the betting at these levels is often Q5 or K8, I've got no beef with raising it.

Rob

[crockett]

I think the raise is fine but not what I normally do.

But more importantly, why fold the turn? Your getting over 11:1 to hit your gut-shot str8. The Ten of hearts might be dirty but I think you still have to make this call.