Hand of the Week: 1/2 NLHE

This hand of the week was one that I wasn't even involved in, but witnessed. A friend of mine (let's call him Johnny) was in the BB in a hand against 5 limped in players. Now, this game was kind of special, as it occurred immediately after a tournament, and there were plenty of tournament players ready to gamble. Let's just say that on a scale of difficult to soft table selections, this one was like warm butter.

Anyway, so Johnny was in the BB w/ 5-2 offsuit. BE-AUTI-FUL hand! It got limped in 5 ways and Johnny checked. The flop comes up A-3-4 rainbow. I think I might have this wrong, but I think Johnny check raised, and going to the turn the pot was three handed. The turn was an offsuit jack, bringing no flush possibility. Johnny bets out again about half the pot, I assume to get action on the nuts. The UTG player (a tournie player) calls. The river is an 8. Johnny once again bets the same amount he did on the turn. Now, "Johnny" whom we all know, won't check-raise the flop and continue pushing, without a set, two pair, or the nuts straight. And here is where the hand gets funky. The UTG limper (tournament player) RAISED! At this point trying to read him, which is sort of diccicult as he plays an unorthodox style. I'm thinking he's sandbagging a big hand like a set or two pair. Maybe he has two eights, or two jacks which wouldn't be out of the realm of possibility. He could've slowplayed the nuts straight. He maybe even could've had an ace and hit his kicker on the river. Johnny sat and thought for a moment (counting the board and his hole cards "A-2-3-4-5, yep it's the nuts all right") and went all in. After a moment the limper called.

Any guesses to what his hand was? Post some comments. I'll let you know what he had in the next HAND OF THE WEEK