Bad beat, any suggestions

The guy called a raise preflop with an 8 2 suited. What a horrible call. Luck plays a huge role in the game.

We all get hands that we 'FEEL' are good ones. An 8 2 suited and 2 of your suits are on the flop! How is that not a good play? Both played their hands well.

I've played a pair of 2's to the river with, I think nothing but face cards around them. Got one 2 on the flop and the other came on the river. I had a feeling and stuck with the hand. I had 3 two's on the flop and I had to pay dearly to see that other 2.

... and that's why they call it gambling.

An 8 2 suited before the flop is garbage. Even at the turn card, he was only a little worse than 3 to 1 to win with a flush. Well, I don't believe in psychic abilities. I usually play the odds and my opponents, if they allow me to.

Your pair of pocket 2s was actually a slight favorite to win over 2 face cards that aren't paired. Then you flopped a set. That turned your good hand into a monster hand. After that, you got an automatic winner on the river: the four of a kind. So, you weren't really doing much gambling, since you were the favorite to win the entire time and the chips were likely to come back to you. Honestly, I would have checked a hand like that until the river card and then raised on the river. None of them would have ever seen it comming. It's a good way to sucker your opponents in when you have a killer hand like that.

Calling a raise pre-flop with an 8 2 suited is horrible. And I doubt that he was a good player...good players don't play and win consistently with luck. You have to play odds...heads up is different but not in a game with 8 players. You played the hand well, and would have won had he not entered like he should not have. You just take a deep breath, and get ready for the next hand. Just keep that in mind about your opponent. In the future, you may want to come a little higher to root out the drawers.

No offense but you played horribly, your bet on the Flop gives a player with a flush draw or a straight draw good enough odds to call. Then when neither player raised you made the worst mistake of all and checked the Turn. Why were you afraid of a full house? If a player had 2 pair don't you think they'd have raised to force the draws to fold.

You made a very common mistake of being afraid that the hand that can beat you will beat you. next time stop for awhile and really think it through.

i don't think you made that huge of a mistake by checking the turn. Let's face it, If 8-2 called pre-flop, and then he called any bets on that flop, 8-2 would've called on the turn. 8-2 is obviously one of those players that play horrific cards but likes to gamble. Sometimes it pays off for him, but usually you will take all of his chips.

i think u should have bet on the turn to knock him out but then again it was a bad call preflop, i mean who keeps 8-2 suited in pretty much any situation.