extracting value

POKERSTARS GAME #2432976219: HOLD'EM NO LIMIT ($0.25/$0.50) - 2005/08/27 - 03:17:53 (ET)
Table 'Silesia' Seat #6 is the button
Seat 1: JoHoldem ($14.05 in chips)
Seat 2: Alexsander ($82.05 in chips)
Seat 3: cauto ($9.20 in chips)
Seat 4: xxHALxx ($17.95 in chips)
Seat 5: LukeFree ($54.80 in chips)
Seat 6: milo419 ($23.70 in chips)
Seat 7: Scott Owen ($45.75 in chips)
Seat 8: Asm10 ($58.75 in chips)
Scott Owen: posts small blind $0.25
Asm10: posts big blind $0.50
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to Scott Owen [:Ts: :Td:]
Tman187 joins the table at seat #9
JoHoldem: folds
Alexsander: folds
cauto: folds
xxHALxx: calls $0.50
LukeFree: folds
milo419: calls $0.50
Scott Owen: calls $0.25
Asm10: raises $3 to $3.50
xxHALxx: folds
milo419: folds
Scott Owen: calls $3
*** FLOP *** [ :Th:]
Scott Owen: checks
Asm10: bets $4
Scott Owen: calls $4
*** TURN *** [ :Th:] []
Scott Owen: checks
Asm10: bets $6
Scott Owen: calls $6
*** RIVER *** [ :Th: ] [:Jc:]
Scott Owen: checks
Asm10: bets $5
Scott Owen: raises $27.25 to $32.25 and is all-in
Asm10: folds
Scott Owen collected $36.20 from pot
Scott Owen: doesn't show hand
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot $38 | Rake $1.80
Board [5c 8h Th 7h Jc]
Seat 1: JoHoldem folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 2: Alexsander folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 3: cauto folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 4: xxHALxx folded before Flop
Seat 5: LukeFree folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 6: milo419 (button) folded before Flop
Seat 7: Scott Owen (small blind) collected ($36.20)
Seat 8: Asm10 (big blind) folded on the River

call preflop for implieds, the guy clearly had a big pair... i think the flush draw weakened him so he wouldnt call at the river.. so the push was a bad move i guess, whats the idea for the river then, should i minraise his bet? I guess I looked very much like i had a flush, the problem being that even a minraise at the river after his bet was going to look like i had a flush. Should i have perhaps raised the flop or turn?

I minraise the flop there.

Maybe he'll push. He'll certainly call with a big pair. But yeah, the flush scared him away. Your flat-call looks like a draw, so your push looks like a flush.

I agree.

I minraise for value on the flop here. If he has overpair, he aint going anywhere......may even push, especially if he has the Ah.

If you're certain he has overpair, then a raise to about $15 would be about right on the river, I reckon.

There's a 4 card straight and 3 card flush on the board and you check-raise all-in with a set after representing a draw the whole way. This is definitely a losing play.

I'd check-raise on the flop. Why check-call and let a scare card for your opponent fall which cheapens his hand with respect to the board (which is what happened here both on the turn and river), making it harder to get paid off? Plus, he could easily have a hand like A-K of hearts.