Senseless or Sensible?

[toby]

I posted in CO and when it folded to me I thought a steal-raise might be in order. (I *think* I read this somewhere...can anyone back me up here?)


Party Poker 2/4 Hold'em (10 handed)

Preflop: Hero is CO with 8[img]/images/graemlins/spade.gif[/img], 5[img]/images/graemlins/spade.gif[/img]. Hero posts a blind of $2.
UTG folds, UTG+1 folds, UTG+2 folds, MP1 folds, MP2 folds, MP3 folds, <font color="CC3333">Hero (poster) raises</font>, Button calls, SB calls, BB folds.

Flop: (7 SB) 7[img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img], A[img]/images/graemlins/spade.gif[/img], Q[img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img] <font color="blue">(3 players)</font>
SB checks, <font color="CC3333">Hero bets</font>, <font color="CC3333">Button raises</font>, SB calls, Hero calls.
<font color="red"> Well they don't believe I have an A, or at least they have something better. Is it utterly pointless to call the raise here? I was hoping to pick up another spade. </font>
Turn: (6.50 BB) 6[img]/images/graemlins/club.gif[/img] <font color="blue">(3 players)</font>
SB checks, Hero checks, <font color="CC3333">Button bets</font>, SB calls, Hero calls.
<font color="red"> Picked up OESD, pot is 6.5:1 draw is 5.75:1. What's the correct play? </font>
River: (9.50 BB) 5[img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img] <font color="blue">(3 players)</font>
SB checks, Hero checks, <font color="CC3333">Button bets</font>, <font color="CC3333">SB raises</font>, Hero folds, <font color="CC3333">Button 3-bets</font>, SB calls.
<font color="red"> Whiffff, don't think a pair of 5's is good here. Did I just throw away money from the get-go? </font>
Final Pot: 15.50 BB