Top two pair, flush hits on the river...

[john smith]

Party Poker 0.5/1 Hold'em (9 handed)

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

Flop: (8.50 SB) A/images/graemlins/spade.gif, K/images/graemlins/heart.gif, 8/images/graemlins/spade.gif <font color="blue">(4 players)</font>
BB checks, <font color="CC3333">Hero bets</font>, UTG+1 folds, MP1 calls, BB folds.

Turn: (5.25 BB) 2/images/graemlins/spade.gif <font color="blue">(2 players)</font>
<font color="CC3333">Hero bets</font>, MP1 calls.

River: (7.25 BB) J/images/graemlins/spade.gif <font color="blue">(2 players)</font>
Hero checks, <font color="CC3333">MP1 bets</font>, Hero folds.

Final Pot: 8.25 BB

Should I have called the river bet? Bet out on the river?

[meep_42]

I probably bet/fold the river here. It is possible you could get a low spade to fold or be called by a naked ace or lesser 2-pair.

-d

[DMBFan23]

I like to bet here, and fold to a raise. I find players fold this a lot, I rarely get raised (and I never feel bad laying down when I do) and there are lots of no spade hands he could have (AT, red pocket 9s, A2, blah blah blah blah)

I don't know how to argue the ever classic counter argument to betting: "what better hands are calling? what worse hands are folding?". I just know that i like to bet it.