Still at the same table at Pokerroom, I just took down a big pot playing a pair of 8s aggressive and turning a set to take a 30BB pot. I felt I had good to great reads on everyone playing, especially since I was playing at work and could only single table.

edit:: this is 1$/2$ limit

I am in MP CO-2 with



everyone folds to me I raise to represent a big hand and to try and scare of the elephant that is sitting 2 positions up on me, sure enough the elephant folds as does everyone up to the BB. The BB is a solid player who has only shown big hands, very tight and somewhat aggressive. The BB calls.

The flop:


well as the pre-flop raiser I continue representing a strong ace, the BB calls. Either he is slowplaying something or he has nothing.

The turn:



I continue my aggressive play and bet, he raises very quickly. To me this screams he is full of it, since he would have protected a weak ace after the flop and raises a big ace pre-flop. I figure he is either trying to bluff me or has a 9, so I re-raise him hoping that he'll fold. He thinks for his full allotted time before calling.

The river:



The villian checks, hero comtemplates betting but reluctantly checks.

Was this hand messed up? should I have gotten away from it after he called my flop bet? Again results aren't that important to me.