[PokerFink]

Thanks for the comments everyone.

I'm intrigued by TWP's idea to bet the turn. The problem I see with betting $50 there is that it doesn't really represent a boat. Did I really check/call twice with a set/2p on the flop and then suddenly fire out $50 with a boat on the turn? That makes no sense. I'm not sure what a $50 bet represents, but the only thing it folds out is probably AJ or J8, and I want those to stick around since even my K/Q are clean against them.

Results

I bet $50 on the river and got a call, which made me very happy.

UTG has Q9 for the flopped straight, CO has QT for trips and MHIG.

Considering what they held I pretty much played it perfectly, but my line is awful against JT since it's going to cost me all my chips when the club hits.

[Side Note]

"Drawing dead" is one of my favorite poker phrases. I'm not sure if everyone has thought about this or not, but it has a fun second meaning besides the normal "no card in the deck will help you". When you have say five outs you are "drawing to hit five outs." When you're drawing dead, you're often "drawing to go broke." In other words, you're drawing to a certain number of cards that will break you if they hit. If UTG holds JT, I'm drawing to 13 cards that will break me. I'm literally drawing to become dead. Hence the phrase, "He was drawing dead and he got there."

[/Side Note]