Re: When good boats go bad.
I'm not much of a fan of "raising to get information" unless it really does some good, and am certainly no fan of trying to analyze a hand looking backwards from the show-down.
Once you check the flop and everyone checks to the button who bets, it is rarely if ever correct to call with a pair. If your pair is good enough to call its almost always much better to raise to drive out those behind you.
There are a LOT more hands than "overcards, flush draws, or top pair" that loose $.5/1 players can play. Kh9c for example, also certainly a pair of 8s or 2s.
On the turn, again you "bet to see if someone has the flush". This info doesn't do much good. Its only good if you will have to call such a person down marginally, AND they will certainly NOT raise without the flush allowing you to save only part of one BB. Anyway, betting is probably best since the marginal button hand is likely to check.
On the river [1] he probably has a full house and YOU have a small full house, and [2] you want MP to overcall. This is a classic case of "going for the overcall", and failing to do so cost quite a bit.
- Louie
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