I've been reading alot about poker and I've learned several tricks. One of these tricks is if you have second highest pair off the flop, and you want to know if someone else has the higher pair or better, bet alittle and if they just call, they probably don't have it, if they raise, they probably do have it.

Well, this little trick has helped me out quite a bit. However the other night, I ran into a scenario that kind of flushed that strategy down the toilet.

I was blind with JTos. The only other caller was the girl directly to my right. (on the button) The flop comes Ac Jd 3d. I bet and the girl calls. I'm
assuming she doesn't have the Ace.

A rag comes on the turn. I bet 4xBB (which at this point isn't all that much yet) to keep her from catching the flush if she has one. But she calls.

The river comes another diamond.

What do I do at this point? I'm not sure if she has the flush because calling my bets would be a horrible play, but these people I play with suck. What should I have done before the 3rd diamond?

Is this just a bad beat or what?

Well, my next decision was a bad play on my part but an even worse play on her part. Throughout the game I got a few tells on her. This hand told me she was planning on bluffing. So I went all-in. If she was going to bluff this round, she would fold. At worst, she probably had two crap cards that were suited (diamonds) and would hopefully make the right decision and fold with such a low flush.

She thought and she thought and she thought. Then called. She had 8d 2d.