Bad hand?

I know, fold pre flop ...But besides that? This guy had done the same thing to me with AJ high earlier into another decent size ~12$ pot and showed it. I guess i'm beat by a 5 too easy to be wanting to put that much money in with top two pair, but i think i was tilty cuz i had been sucked out by bottom pair twice in the last 5 hands at this table...Sigh, bad afternoon for me.

PokerStars Game #2270362706: Hold'em No Limit ($0.10/$0.25) - 2005/08/05 - 18:25:44 (ET)
Table 'Phaetusa II' Seat #4 is the button
Seat 1: latt 46 ($20 in chips)
Seat 2: HitMePat ($22.50 in chips)
Seat 3: T Durden99 ($25.40 in chips)
Seat 4: gripps555 ($48.70 in chips)
Seat 5: kjtwellman ($23.25 in chips)
Seat 6: gncrash22 ($3.20 in chips)
kjtwellman: posts small blind $0.10
gncrash22: posts big blind $0.25
*** HOLE CARDS ***
latt 46 said, "i knwo i will"
latt 46 said, "got more money that you"
latt 46: calls $0.25
HitMePat: calls $0.25
latt 46 said, "than"
gncrash22 said, "if y you keep rebuying"
T Durden99: folds
gncrash22 said, "and were happy your here"
latt 46 said, "good me too"
gripps555: raises $0.50 to $0.75
kjtwellman: calls $0.65
gncrash22: calls $0.50
latt 46: calls $0.50
HitMePat: calls $0.50
*** FLOP *** [2d 7d 8c]
kjtwellman: checks
gncrash22: checks
latt 46: checks
HitMePat: bets $2
gripps555: calls $2
kjtwellman: folds
gncrash22: folds
latt 46: folds
*** TURN *** [2d 7d 8c] [6h]
HitMePat: bets $5.25
gripps555: calls $5.25
*** RIVER *** [2d 7d 8c 6h] [4d]
HitMePat: bets $5
gripps555: raises $10 to $15
HitMePat said, "rivered me again"
HitMePat: calls $9.50 and is all-in
*** SHOW DOWN ***
gripps555: shows [Ad 9d] (a flush, Ace high)
HitMePat: shows [8h 7c] (two pair, Eights and Sevens)
gripps555 collected $44.95 from pot
HitMePat said, "ridiculous"
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot $47.25 | Rake $2.30
Board [2d 7d 8c 6h 4d]
Seat 1: latt 46 folded on the Flop
Seat 2: HitMePat showed [8h 7c] and lost with two pair, Eights and Sevens
Seat 3: T Durden99 folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 4: gripps555 (button) showed [Ad 9d] and won ($44.95) with a flush, Ace high
Seat 5: kjtwellman (small blind) folded on the Flop
Seat 6: gncrash22 (big blind) folded on the Flop

So many draws are completed by the time that river comes. I would have just checked and hoped for a cheap showdown. When he reraises you have to know you are beat for sure and just lay it down. Betting more on the flop is probably a good idea with a connector and 2 of a suit out there. On a side note, a lot of people show their bluffs so when a situation like this comes up later and they hold the nuts people call them down. You gotta let go of this one.