Quote Originally Posted by RiverMonkey
I of course do see the straight potential for opponent(s) in the pocket 8s example, but I did not include that in my assessment of the extent of the reverse implied odds (RIOs) against pocket 8s.

Why? Because I reasonably or unreasonably discounted that someone would still be in the hand with something like 34o, or simply 4-rag, or 3-rag and counting on hitting the 3 or 4 on the turn or river. In other words, gave more probabilitic weight to the possibility that the opponent was chasing a flush relative to them chasing a straight. Was this an error in judgement?
What about a suited A (or even K) with a kicker less than 7? A small pair like 33 or 44? Those are pretty reasonable scenarios for a 5-way unraised pot. Also, the BB could have anything, and SB could have very close to anything.