I don't like this hand.

[mungpo]

UTG is 30/13/2 over 70 hands.

Party Poker 3/6 Hold'em (6 max, 6 handed) converter

Preflop: Hero is Button with Q[img]/images/graemlins/diamond.gif[/img], T[img]/images/graemlins/diamond.gif[/img].
UTG calls, <font color="#666666">2 folds</font>, <font color="#CC3333">Hero raises</font>, SB calls, BB calls, UTG calls.

Flop: (8 SB) J[img]/images/graemlins/diamond.gif[/img], T[img]/images/graemlins/spade.gif[/img], 2[img]/images/graemlins/club.gif[/img] <font color="#0000FF">(4 players)</font>
SB checks, BB checks, <font color="#CC3333">UTG bets</font>, <font color="#CC3333">Hero raises</font>, SB folds, BB calls, UTG calls.

Turn: (7 BB) 3[img]/images/graemlins/spade.gif[/img] <font color="#0000FF">(3 players)</font>
BB checks, UTG checks, <font color="#CC3333">Hero bets</font>, BB calls, UTG calls.

River: (10 BB) 5[img]/images/graemlins/diamond.gif[/img] <font color="#0000FF">(3 players)</font>
BB checks, <font color="#CC3333">UTG bets</font>, Hero calls, BB folds.

Final Pot: 12 BB

Should I have taken a free card on the turn? What about the river call?

[Transference]

Looks good to me, no way im taking a free card on the turn. On the river I make a crying call absent a specific read on UTG.

[Surfbullet]

We raise the flop because there's a good chance our hand is best and we'd like to protect it... On the turn nothing has changed, our hand is still likely best so bet again, no free cards here.

the river action is very odd - but the pot is large so I'd call, despite the risk of the overcall behind us, remember, we figured to be ahead of BB given the previous action so we aren't TOO worried about an overcall.

Surf