Marginal River Bet with 3-suited board

[BonJoviJones]

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

Preflop: Hero is UTG+1 with 8[img]/images/graemlins/spade.gif[/img], 8[img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img]. CO posts a blind of $2.
UTG calls, Hero calls, UTG+2 calls, <font color="666666">3 folds</font>, CO (poster) checks, Button calls, <font color="666666">1 fold</font>, BB checks,

Flop: (6.50 SB) 9[img]/images/graemlins/diamond.gif[/img], 2[img]/images/graemlins/diamond.gif[/img], 8[img]/images/graemlins/club.gif[/img] <font color="blue">(6 players)</font>
BB checks, UTG checks, <font color="CC3333">Hero bets</font>, UTG+2 calls, CO folds, Button calls, <font color="CC3333">BB raises</font>, UTG folds, <font color="CC3333">Hero 3-bets</font>, UTG+2 calls, Button folds, <font color="CC3333">BB caps</font>, Hero calls, UTG+2 calls.

Turn: (9.75 BB) K[img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img] <font color="blue">(3 players)</font>
<font color="CC3333">BB bets</font>, <font color="CC3333">Hero raises</font>, UTG+2 folds, BB calls.

River: (13.75 BB) 5[img]/images/graemlins/diamond.gif[/img] <font color="blue">(2 players)</font>
BB checks, <font color="CC3333">Hero bets</font>, BB calls.

Final Pot: 15.75 BB
<font color="green">Main Pot: 15.75 BB, between BB and Hero.</font> &gt; <font color="white">Pot won by BB (15.75 BB).</font>

Results in white below: <font color="white">
BB shows 9c 9h (three of a kind, nines).
Hero shows 8s 8h (three of a kind, eights).
Outcome: BB wins 15.75 BB. </font>

With all my raising, I couldn't see him checking a big flush on the river. I didn't read him as capping the flop with a weak flush. I concluded then that he didn't have a flush, so I bet.

At least I was right about him not having a flush...