Hi Jay,

I would have folded the river definitely after the raise and possibly even for the first bet by the BB. In a family pot (especially at PP), players act more predictably at the river because if they bet in early position, they must have a good hand because they WILL be called. The pot is "protected." With both str8 and flushes out there after everyone kept flat calling through, I feel you should fold hands that have reverse implied value and save yourself those extra BBs once people who remained silent throughout the hand start firing. You can bet a hand like QQ with less and less confidence as the hand goes from preflop to river in a big pot. I bet while you were in this hand, you felt a particular "gut" that you were beaten by the river. Am I right? In this case, I try to follow the gut and save the extra bets when I'm fairly sure I'm beat (especially once someone has raised behind my call).