Help and analysis needed

This seems to be happening to me way too often lately. I hit my sets but still don't get paid.

I probably shouldn't have slow-played, but I was also looking to try to win a decent sized pot. I saw the straight possibility on the river, but I did not in any way think that villian had 5-6. I put him on two pair or TPTK. No real reads on the guy, as he had just recently sat down at the table. Should I have folded to his push over my re-reaise? Anything I should be doing differently, besides maybe not slowplaying, in the future to avoid this?? Or is this just a bad beat and go get 'em next time????


FullTiltPoker Game #949018023: Table Ballinger - $0.10/$0.25 - No Limit Hold'em - 22:54:23 ET - 2006/08/29
Seat 1: TiffanyAmber ($21.95)
Seat 2: Muley05 ($25.20)
Seat 3: jwatt ($22.80)
Seat 4: BoG75 ($31.35)
Seat 5: aenema ($31.15)
Seat 6: El Tee ($11.10)
Seat 9: DensityMan ($13.05)
BoG75 posts the small blind of $0.10
aenema posts the big blind of $0.25
The button is in seat #3
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to Muley05 [3s 3c]
El Tee folds
DensityMan folds
TiffanyAmber folds
Muley05 calls $0.25
jwatt folds
BoG75 calls $0.15
aenema checks
*** FLOP *** [3d Qc 7s]
BoG75 checks
aenema checks
Muley05 checks
*** TURN *** [3d Qc 7s] [8d]
BoG75 checks
aenema checks
Muley05 bets $0.50
BoG75 calls $0.50
aenema folds
*** RIVER *** [3d Qc 7s 8d] [4h]
BoG75 checks
Muley05 bets $1
BoG75 raises to $4
Muley05 raises to $10
BoG75 raises to $30.60, and is all in
Muley05 calls $14.45, and is all in
Uncalled bet of $6.15 returned to BoG75
*** SHOW DOWN ***
BoG75 shows [5h 6s] (a straight, Eight high)
Muley05 mucks
BoG75 wins the pot ($48.15) with a straight, Eight high
Muley05 is sitting out
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot $50.65 | Rake $2.50
Board: [3d Qc 7s 8d 4h]
Seat 1: TiffanyAmber didn't bet (folded)
Seat 2: Muley05 mucked [3s 3c] - three of a kind, Threes
Seat 3: jwatt (button) didn't bet (folded)
Seat 4: BoG75 (small blind) showed [5h 6s] and won ($48.15) with a straight, Eight high
Seat 5: aenema (big blind) folded on the Turn
Seat 6: El Tee didn't bet (folded)
Seat 9: DensityMan didn't bet (folded)

raise pf ,...bet the flop,not 2 much but build the pot a lil bit...this is just a bad beat..keep at it.....if your having trouble getting paid off your sets , just raise your PP's preflop, there's a thread where this is talked about .....

Don't slowplay in an unraised pot. It sucks if people will all fold, but in an unraised pot you need to inflate it quick, plus hand ranges are very wide so there's a bigger risk of people hitting their hidden monster, so price them to try to hit it. In a raised pot hand ranges are more defined and the pot is somewhat bigger so it works better to slowplay there.