Sprit Pot! (Part 3)

Virrain is a very nittish regular....

Full Tilt Poker, $0.50/$1 NL Hold'em Cash Game, 9 Players
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UTG: $69.80
UTG+1: $147
UTG+2: $102.50
MP1: $18.50
MP2: $39
CO: $100
BTN: $159.20
Hero (SB): $104.05
BB: $198.80

Pre-Flop: dealt to Hero (SB) (Raising this every time, even though it's diamonds)
7 folds, Hero raises to $3, BB calls $2 (Not excited about this call. He's not just defending with trash, so I'm only putting in maybe one c-bet unless I...)

Flop: ($6) (2 Players) (...flop the nuts?? With a backdoor flush draw? Let's waste no time building this pot, hopefully he has slowplayed KK or something retarded like that.)
Hero bets $4.50, BB calls $4.50

Turn: ($15) (2 Players)
Hero bets $10, BB raises to $29, Hero raises to $96.55 and is All-In, BB calls $67.55 (Obviously the 8 isn't the best card because I no longer have the nuts. I think the better play here would actually be to flat call on this turn. The reason is that, even with one of the sevens already in my hand, I think it's very unlikely he has anything but a seven here. Which means, unless he has 67 of clubs, a club or the board pairing on the river is going to scare him, and I might be able to steal back half the pot. So I think flat-calling this turn and shoving every river is better than coming over the top on the turn.)

River: ($208.10) (2 Players - 1 is All-In) (Turns out it didn't matter, as he wouldn't fold to a shove on this river card....)


Results: $208.10 Pot ($3 Rake)
Hero showed (a straight, Eight high) and WON $102.55 (-$1.50 NET)
BB showed (a straight, Eight high) and WON $102.55 (-$1.50 NET)