Ed, back to the first hand. Lets assume he doesn't have a flush draw. Maybe he limped with Ax. On the turn, AK, AQ, AT, and A8 all have you beat. Just read the board, even if the flush draw didn't hit, that is a damn scary board for AJ especially since they just called pot size bets on the flop and turn.

88 and TT and just letting you build the pot. (If I had a set I would have raised sooner, but others will wait until the river).

As played the turn should be 2.80 or say, river is probably a check fold.


The second hand, the turn bet is $5 or more-- you have more outs to fill up then they do to hit the flush and you probably have the current best hand.