I of course do see the straight potential for opponent(s) in the pocket 8s example, but I did not include that in my assessment of the extent of the reverse implied odds (RIOs) against pocket 8s.

Why? Because I reasonably or unreasonably discounted that someone would still be in the hand with something like 34o, or simply 4-rag, or 3-rag and counting on hitting the 3 or 4 on the turn or river. In other words, gave more probabilitic weight to the possibility that the opponent was chasing a flush relative to them chasing a straight. Was this an error in judgement?

I guess my bottom line question has now become: Should one include possible hand reading assumptions in ones assessment of (reverse)implied odds and factor that in, or is it bettter to look at *all* potential opponent come-hands when considering RIOs, and treat the hand read assessment as a secondary consideration to justify or not justify staying in?

It seems to me that the nature of any pre-flop action, and any reads pocket-8s dude might have on his opponent(s) may (and only maybe) help assess the extent of the reverse implied odds working against him. Again, maybe I'm convoluting the issue of RIOs with hand reading again?