n00b hand

[1337 skills]

I've been sweating a friend lately (he just started reading GSIH fwiw) and we've been talking about hands after his sessions and all that good stuff. It's been going pretty good because he's learning a lot and it's making me think too. This hand came up and generated a lengthy conversation on AIM so I thought I'd post it here to reinforce and drive home what I was telling him (assuming I even gave the correct advice [img]/images/graemlins/shocked.gif[/img] ).

This was played at .05/.10 at Stars

Preflop: Hero is UTG with K [img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img] J [img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img] UTG+2 posts .05

Hero calls, <font color="red"> UTG+1 raises </font> , UTG+2 calls, 6 folds, BB calls, Hero calls

Flop: J [img]/images/graemlins/club.gif[/img] 5 [img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img] A [img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img] <font color="blue"> 4 players 8.5 SB </font>

<font color="red"> Hero bets </font> , UTG+1 folds, UTG+2 calls, BB calls

Turn: 2 [img]/images/graemlins/club.gif[/img] <font color="blue"> 3 players 5.75 BB </font>

checks through

River: K [img]/images/graemlins/diamond.gif[/img]

<font color="red"> BB bets </font> , <font color="red"> Hero raises </font> , <font color="red"> UTG+2 3 bets </font>, BB calls, <font color="red"> Hero caps </font> , both call

Obviously our hero played this hand pretty badly but I'll save what I told him for later.