Set on a dangerous board

[bobcorn]

PokerStars Game #3452272264: Tournament #17128325, Hold'em No Limit - Level I 10/20) - 2005/12/27 - 17:44:47 (ET)
Table '17128325 1' Seat #5 is the button
Seat 1: bobcorn (1500 in chips)
Seat 2: Darryn83 (1480 in chips)
Seat 3: whywhy (1400 in chips)
Seat 4: biggroce (1760 in chips)
Seat 5: gillys713 (1860 in chips)
Seat 6: mpkessler (1360 in chips)
Seat 7: Negerkongen (1180 in chips)
Seat 8: 26293235 (1500 in chips)
Seat 9: samg (1460 in chips)
mpkessler: posts small blind 10
Negerkongen: posts big blind 20
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to bobcorn [8s 8c]
26293235: folds
samg: calls 20
bobcorn: calls 20
Darryn83: folds
whywhy: folds
biggroce: calls 20
gillys713: folds
mpkessler: calls 10
Negerkongen: checks
*** FLOP *** [Js 5d 8d]
mpkessler: checks
Negerkongen: bets 80
samg: folds
bobcorn: raises 180 to 260
biggroce: folds
mpkessler: folds
Negerkongen: calls 180
*** TURN *** [Js 5d 8d] [Ad]
Negerkongen: checks
bobcorn: ???
bobcorn: bets 1100
Negerkongen: calls 900 and is all-in
*** RIVER *** [Js 5d 8d Ad] [3s]
*** SHOW DOWN ***
Negerkongen: shows [Kd 6d] (a flush, Ace high)
bobcorn: shows [8s 8c] (three of a kind, Eights)
Negerkongen collected 2420 from pot

Should i have raised more on the flop? What's your play on the turn? Any bet other than all in would pot commit me. I need to protect my hand from draws but still be wary of the possible flush.

[mervhage]

Being so early I vote to check behind on the turn. The flush threat is enough to slow me down. On the river, depending on the bet, I might pay it off but if he's pushing hard, I'd give him credit for the flush and dump it.

Cut your losses if you have to, you still have plenty of chips and time to play poker.

[scottie_g]

I like it, except I like raising more on the flop. Also, after the 3rd flush card comes out, I am folding to any resistance. In a Party SNG, I push all in on the flop after he bets. This way, there is no risk of being drawn on (at least that you can control). Believe it or not, people will call all-in with flush draws. If they hit, well they hit, that's poker. You were 70% favored to win the hand, and that's something to be happy about.

[zardnok]

I think at this point you have to check it and hope you are best. If the 4th diamond pops on the River, well you were probably not meant to win the hand anyways.

It is SO very hard to give up a hand that you know is or was best. I had an almost identical situation happen two days ago, but it was a tad later in the tourney. I had 7-7 and flopped my set. I bet out the pot and got TWO callers. The turn put 3 to the flush AND 3 to a straight on the board. I had already invested half my stack in the hand, but with two callers and the scary board I merely checked it and folded when they bet it out hard. The board paired on the River and one player showed his flush while the other showed a Boat. His boat was bigger than mine would have been, so I was glad I gave it up when I did. Folding that set was the difference between a 2nd place finish and OOM.