Didn't play this one too well.

[r8ed]

He had no right calling the river but, I had not right calling the turn.

***** Hand History for Game 2815885233 *****
$25 NL Texas Hold'em - Sunday, October 02, 23:33:15 EDT 2005
Table Table 36807 (Real Money)
Seat 7 is the button
Total number of players : 10
Seat 9: janje ( $62.68 )
Seat 3: Penrif ( $34.85 )
Seat 4: mt_christo ( $22.95 )
Seat 2: See_U_At_Rvr ( $30.65 )
Seat 6: AAAKK52 ( $35.20 )
Seat 5: ctx2515 ( $22.40 )
Seat 7: TheRedBaron9 ( $43.60 )
Seat 8: bigG61 ( $7 )
Seat 10: EvilStimpy ( $2.45 )
Seat 1: get_erdone1 ( $25 )
bigG61 posts small blind [$0.10].
janje posts big blind [$0.25].
** Dealing down cards **
Dealt to janje [ Jc 8d ]
EvilStimpy folds.
Penrif calls [$0.25].
mt_christo calls [$0.25].
ctx2515 folds.
AAAKK52 folds.
TheRedBaron9 folds.
bigG61 folds.
janje checks.
** Dealing Flop ** [ Js, 7d, 6h ]
janje bets [$1].
Penrif raises [$3].
mt_christo folds.
janje calls [$2].
** Dealing Turn ** [ Qh ]
janje checks.
Penrif bets [$3].
janje calls [$3].
** Dealing River ** [ 4h ]
janje bets [$8].
Penrif calls [$8].
janje shows [ Jc, 8d ] a pair of jacks.
Penrif shows [ Jh, As ] a pair of jacks.
Penrif wins $27.45 from the main pot with a pair of jacks with ace kicker.

[dsaxton]

Easy fold on the flop.

[Lexicon Devil]

Your turn call is fine. The pot odds are almost there for the flush draw alone (not to mention the 3 other 8's in the deck) and should you hit you should be able to value-bet a few bucks to make it more than worthwhile (indeed you were able to).

It's your flop play that I don't like. What are you doing by calling? Are you ahead in the hand at this point or not? If you are, raise. If you aren't fold, since you have nothing to draw to.

[r8ed]

Poor decision on the flop. I bet the pot on almost every hand I'm in for the following reasons:
a) See if anyone will fold
b) Hide the value of my hands
c) See where I'm at

I think people get sick of it and reraise me after a while. I didn't value this player's raise much, so I thought that's what he was doing (therefore ignoring c). Then I tried to play like I was on a draw (flush or stright). Since the river came out with both possibilities I tried to take advantage.

Poor play. I'm trying to improve my post flop play and tried to get to cute here when I shouldn't have. I usually only do these plays in position, but wanted to mix it up.

I also don't want to just post hands where I win every time. Posting hands where I'm fairly sure I'm playing poorly will help me get better. Thanks for the feedback.