[Buzz]

Johnny - Hard to tell but I think you might have done about as well as you could have done.

You might have raised before the flop, but I think that would have worked out about the same. If you raise before the flop you're forced to bet the flop yourself and might then lose almost everybody on the second betting round. And you don't get the raise on the river

I would have bet the flop, but since Button bet for you, maybe checking worked out better for you as it turned out. However, note that if Button doesn't bet, you lose a bet from everybody on this round.

If you check-raise on the flop, you might lose everybody behind you except another nut low and you have no high at this point.

SB bets for you on the turn. If you raise on the turn, you might lose everybody behind you. (As it was, you only lost Button). Also, if you raise on the turn, you might not get any action or even a call from SB on the river.

I like your raise on the river. If you don't raise on the river, MTG+1 and /or MP3 might call - but they might call your raise too, and they might fold anyway, even without your raise, so that it's hard to say what's best. At least you got an extra big bet out of SB.

Since you ended up with nut-nut, things might have worked out a bit better for you if you raised earlier, but maybe not - and you weren't assured of nut-nut earlier. Had the cards turned out a bit differently, you would have done more poorly by raising earlier.

All in all, I think you played the hand solidly and well.

Just my opinion.

Buzz