my noob post & an $11 AK hand

[justatrey]

I've been a lurker for around 6 months, and should start by thanking all you STT regulars for all the great advice. I'm 24 and started playing live 2 years ago, and online about a year later. I work on a computer all day which makes it tough to come home and put in alot of hours playing (tough on eyes), but I've decided to start committing more time to the game. [censored] my eyes. I've made around $1000 playing almost entirely $5 and $10 sngs...one tabling. This is really pretty pathetic considering how much time I probably put into 1 tabling with around 100 buy-ins. I know this is a waste of time and money if you're beating the game but I've heard it's the best way to really learn how to play. I just started 4 tabling last week after deciding it's time to really put some effort into playing more, reading/posting here, and moving up faster. My biggest weakness is not putting in the time/effort to play or study/improve, so starting today thats what I'm trying to do.

On to the hand - Its early so no reads. I'm mostly interested in what your river play is, but any help is appreciated.

PokerStars No-Limit Hold'em Tourney, Big Blind is t20 (9 handed) Hand History Converter Tool from FlopTurnRiver.com (Format: 2+2 Forums)

SB (t1430)
BB (t1440)
Hero (t1500)
UTG+1 (t1690)
MP1 (t1040)
MP2 (t1415)
MP3 (t1940)
CO (t1575)
Button (t1470)

Preflop: Hero is UTG with K[img]/images/graemlins/spade.gif[/img], A[img]/images/graemlins/club.gif[/img].
<font color="#CC3333">Hero raises to t70</font>, UTG+1 calls t70, <font color="#666666">1 fold</font>, MP2 calls t70, MP3 calls t70, <font color="#666666">4 folds</font>.

Flop: (t310) 9[img]/images/graemlins/diamond.gif[/img], 9[img]/images/graemlins/club.gif[/img], A[img]/images/graemlins/diamond.gif[/img] <font color="#0000FF">(4 players)</font>
<font color="#CC3333">Hero bets t150</font>, UTG+1 folds, MP2 folds, MP3 calls t150.

Turn: (t610) 8[img]/images/graemlins/club.gif[/img] <font color="#0000FF">(2 players)</font>
<font color="#CC3333">Hero bets t300</font>, MP3 calls t300.

River: (t1210) 7[img]/images/graemlins/diamond.gif[/img] <font color="#0000FF">(2 players)</font>
Hero?

Final Pot: t2170