I'd like to know what you have to say about this hand:

Villain1 is a competent older man, 40s, sunglasses. has tried some bluffs in good spots but I caught him.

$1/$3 NL Live (200$max)

Hero (~$700)
Cutoff
Button
SB
Villain1 (~$500)
UTG (~$300)
UTG+1
Villain2 (~$60)
MP2

Hero dealt 79
UTG raises to $10
Villain2 calls
Hero calls
Villain1 calls


Flop: Q68 (Pot: $40)

Villain1 bets $20
folds
Villain2 calls
Hero raises to $80
Villain1 calls $60
Villain2 calls ~$50 and is all-in

Turn: A (Pot: ~$200)

Villain1 bets $80 (I ask how much he has left and he answers very confidently and announces he will call if I push)
Hero calls (???)

River: 8 (Pot: ~$340)

Villain1 bets $100
Hero calls (???)


What should I have done here differently?

Last time i checked there is only 1 8s

Slow pony is slow beat me to it

What one should expect when he/she plays small suited connectors.

Only way to avoid it is not to play them.

my bad, my memory failed me. it was a straight+fd not straight flush draw

I don't want to be results orientated, but in this specific case after seeing the flop this hand wasn't going to play out any other way. Top 2 (Villain 2) pair short stacked was never folding. Nut Flush (Villain 1) draw (and picks up top pair on the turn) was never folding.

It wasn't even clear if any of your outs were clean. If either had J9 (drawing to a double gutter), you were drawing to a chop with a 5, and the smaller straight with a 10.

Its one of those situations where we see the flop and salivate thinking "zomg, look at that flop" (and start to play only level 1 poker) yet forget to stop and assess the situation, assign ranges, and realize that going to war with a trouble hand can sometimes lead to getting yourself in trouble.