AJ Suited - Preflop Raise Question

[jvphish]

Alright, this is my first post here. I just wanted to throw this question out there for ya'll.

I play on Bodog.com...anyway, I was in a ring game, and raised to 8x the blind preflop. I was content just to take the 4 limper's blinds if that would have been the case. Anyway, my thinking was raise 4x the blind + 1 for each limper. Hence the 8x.

One person calls.

I have A [img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img] J [img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img]

FLOP: 6 [img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img] 5 [img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img] A [img]/images/graemlins/spade.gif[/img]

hmmmm...im liking my position here. i check, he bets fairly small...i call.

TURN: 4 [img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img]

hmmmm...the nut flush. he bets a little more...i call.

RIVER: 10 [img]/images/graemlins/spade.gif[/img]

he bets...i raise...he reraises...i go all in...he calls.

...and flips over 7 [img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img] 3[img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img] for the straight flush. i could NOT believe he called my preflop raise with a 73s. Honestly, I was in disbelief. Bad beats happen, and I've had worse, but this guy's call just boggled my mind. Thoughts?


(oh and worst beat of my life: 4 people left in a $50 SNG. someone reraises me in the big blind...i have QK. i call.

FLOP: Q Q 8

guy goes all in immediatly. i call.
he flips over AK

turn: J

river: 10

to take 4th place. ouch.