50NL, I'm trying to catch one of my two overcards with pot odds....

[dtan05]

Texas Hold'em $0.50-$0.50 NL (Real Money), #832,714,222
Table Lancaster, 10 Aug 2006 4:30 PM ET
Seat 3: Big_Steve23 ($106.90 in chips)
Seat 4: Hodo10 ($54.30 in chips)
Seat 5: WTFNOWAI ($50 in chips)
Seat 7: babytrump ($55.55 in chips)
Seat 9: foosh99 ($21.10 in chips)
ANTES/BLINDS
Big_Steve23 posts blind ($0.50).

PRE-FLOP
Hodo10 bets $2.50, WTFNOWAI calls $2.50, babytrump calls $2.50, foosh99 folds, Big_Steve23 calls $2.

FLOP [board cards 7[img]/images/graemlins/spade.gif[/img],3[img]/images/graemlins/spade.gif[/img],8[img]/images/graemlins/diamond.gif[/img] ]
Big_Steve23 checks, Hodo10 checks, WTFNOWAI checks, babytrump checks.

TURN [board cards 7[img]/images/graemlins/spade.gif[/img],3[img]/images/graemlins/spade.gif[/img],8[img]/images/graemlins/diamond.gif[/img],6[img]/images/graemlins/club.gif[/img] ]
Big_Steve23 bets $3, Hodo10 calls $3, WTFNOWAI calls $3, babytrump folds.

RIVER [board cards 7[img]/images/graemlins/spade.gif[/img],3[img]/images/graemlins/spade.gif[/img],8[img]/images/graemlins/diamond.gif[/img],6[img]/images/graemlins/club.gif[/img],J[img]/images/graemlins/spade.gif[/img] ]
Big_Steve23 bets $3, Hodo10 bets $15, WTFNOWAI folds, Big_Steve23 folds.

First hand of the table, so no reads. Do you think I should've dumped it preflop? Flop I check b/c of no reads, turn, I call because of pot odds (or so I think?)River, a PSB is made, and I fold because it seems annoyingly strong. Am I throwing away money here?

P.S. How do you "convert" a hand? I couldn't do it by pasting it into the FTR converter. Thank you all.

[Albert Moulton]

Who is hero?

What are his hole cards?

Is this full ring short handed? Or full ring and you only list some of the stacks?

This is hard to follow the action, so I can't help much.

The FAQ stuck at the top of this forum as "SSNL Posting Guidelines - ALL POSTERS MUST READ" has the links to some converters.

[dtan05]

Hero is WTFNOWAI, hole cards JcAh, 5 people table.

i tried to follow the converter, but when i copied and pasted HH into it, it didn't work [img]/images/graemlins/frown.gif[/img]

[RIDGE45]

I would just fold the turn. Even if you hit your J or A, if you face any pressure you aren't going to be happy.

Without a good read this is a pretty easy fold.

[dtan05]

Alright, thanks ridge + albert.

[deaders]

Just fold it preflop, AJo is junk.

[babaloo]

5 handed AJo is a very good hand. I would fold the flop here though, beceause given the texture of the board you might hit your overcards and still lose the pot. A jack puts a straight out there if someone stuck around with 9T, and any spade puts a flush out there, which reduces the number of outs you have. This is not the kind of flop you generally want to be floating on given how drawish the board is, and given the amount of people in the pot. Fold the flop. After you called on the flop why on earth would you want to continue on the turn when a 6 comes which completes so many draws.

[dtan05]

babaloo, i'm multi-tabling, that's why I didn't notice the 6 completes the stragiht draw. But do 50NL people call with trash like 45 and 9T pref for 5xbb?

deaders, are you serious? what about AQo?