[jba]

Hi Steve -

this is a Very Bad Fold on the turn.

preflop is fine.

The flop is definitely not a "loose" call, you have overcards and a gutshot in a good size pot. A raise should be considered, it will be a lot easier to win this pot with a pair of kings or jacks headsup than it will be four handed.

now chai tam c/r you, what does that mean? Well it often means a strong hand like two pair but against a strong player it will often just be s split pair of 9s or Ts. good job just calling there.

when it comes back to you on the turn you are getting decent odds and there's just no way you can fold there. you have 8 outs to a straight. The diamonds need to be discounted and the spades to a lesser degree, but even fully discounted to 4 outs (which is wrong -- they dont both have separate flush draws) you need to call here. While true that a 7 often results in a chop, the high implied odds of the Q (you will get action from another J) make up for it. gotta call dude.

edit: took out miscalculated odds .... can't read that board