Re: How did I play this hand? (total newbie)
I agree with LesWormMurphy. The only thing you may want to consider is this. My father in law wanted to start playing poker so I gave him a copy of Small Stakes Hold'em and he actually got a little worse because he didn't fully understand some of the concepts that were presented. I ended up giving him the Winning Low Limit Hold'em book by Lee Jones and he stopped leaking so much money and then after a bit of time, he ended up reading Small Stakes Hold'em and improved even further.
This doesn't mean that SSHE isn't as good as WLLHE. Far from it. It's just that sometimes as a beginner, you think you know what's going on when you really don't and if you end up losing money you will get discouraged. WLLHE sometimes gives some weak advice, but personally, I realized that I WAS learning when I was able to pick up SSHE and see where WLLHE was giving marginal advice.
Just something to consider.
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