So this was yesterday during my first ever real money poker session, so I have less than 500 hands under my belt and just started learning about poker. I actually came out winning with double what I entered with ($2 buy-in, left with $4)! Not much but I expected losses. I was really excited to see that some of the stuff that I thought was really complicated from the course was starting to click.

Anyways, this hand bothered me a bit because while I was playing I thought I was doing things correctly, getting value for what I thought was a good hand post-flop.

But then I lost to A7s that the BU had.

Was there any way I should have seen that coming? Where did I make mistakes? How should I have played it in retrospect?

I think I struggle to put Villains within a range, but I don't know what clues should have told me to fold. So any tips on that would be amazing.

Any feedback appreciated!