A hand from Petulie

[supa]

No think it was the other way around, UTG opened, BB called.

I see what you mean about UTG being tight now on opening, I hadn't really appreciated that before. Think I was focusing more on the number of hands folk were playing. I will definitely
keep this in mind for future

UTG opened pre, BB opened flop.

[Petulie]

UTG opened pre, BB opened flop.

Ah I see, somehow missed the whole flop bit in his comment. I stand corrected.

[Carroters]

Silly girl feesh!

Okay the reason I say i don't like a call on the flop when the BB leads on the flop and UTG calls is that by just calling UTG's range is weakened since he probably raises with overpairs fairly frequently on this flop. If he has less ovepairs in his range, then you have less chance of stacking him should you make your straight and hence your call on the flop is worse because you don't stand to win as much on the rare ocassions when you make your hand. In a nutshell, your implied odds aren't that great.

On the flop I figured I had a chance at a straight so call

This isn't a sufficient reason in itself to call. What matters is whether you have the right pot odds (the money in the pot already) + implied odds (the money you can win on future streets from you opponents) to make the call. We'll talk about that very soon, but remember to evaluate how many outs you have or better yet your equity with draws vs how much you're putting in the pot. Pokerstove can help you familiarise yourself with equity in these common situations, have a play around with various draws.

but at the time I figured he was playing pretty loosely and didn't appear to be positionally aware.

This is true, but bear in mind his PFR stat is what matters here, not VPIP, and even if he isn't positionally aware, he's still opening very tightly from any position.

[daven]

fold pre
fold flop although flop may be perceived close cos odds vs RIO - stack sizes matter etc
fold turn