9 SNG $2.25 End 7th

Off to a poor start and down 410 chips by hand 4. Hand 2, SB w/78o, limp to UTG limp. Flop 7h 9s Ah, bet 1/2 pot (60), a raise to 120, a call & I call. Qs on turn. All check. River Kd, all check. Other 2 players had Ax and chopped the pot.

Hand 4, I'm CO, no limpers, try steal w/3 BB bet (90), button & BB calls. Flop 4c 9d 4h. all check. Turn Ac. Button bets 200, I call. Not a good decision. Gambling on fllush draw and that Jc would be high enough to win. River Qh. Button bets 330 and I fold.

Two hands I should have stayed out of and now I'm down 410 chips.

Make a come back hand 11 w/As Kc SB and Bet 4 1/2 BB's to two limpers (180); UTG & EP limpers call. Flop 3s 2c 2s. I bet 250 (a little under the pot) and UTG folds and EP raises to 500. I think about it a bit and decide they likely didn't hit the flop and probably don't have a big pair, so I re-raise them to 870 putting me all in, they call. They have Ah Qc. River is Jh, I win and am back in the game.

Hand 20 I do myself in again. On button I have Ad 9c. No limps to me, I bet slightly more then 3 BB's, SB folds & BB calls. Flop: 3d 2d Jc. BB bets 300 I call.  I don't really see a good reason for having done that at this point in the hand. At best I have Ace high at the moment. The turn is Qd giving me a nut flush draw on the river. BB now bets 1020 all in and I decided to call, gambling on the nut flush draw. River is a 3c. BB had Jd 10h and wins with a pair of J's. I am now back to 770 chips.

There really aren't any good reasons for my letting all those chips go so early in the session with 8 players still left. It's one of the ways I kill myself when playing.

By hand 50 I was back to 1680 chips and after QQ in hand 51 I was up to 2155. On hand 52 I decided w/Ah 9c in the CO position and no limpers to try & steal the 60/120 blinds and bet 360. The button folded and the SB with their last 915 chips went all-in, the BB folded. I think about it a bit then decide to chance it and call. SB had 6d 6c. The flop was 6s 9d 8c, hitting both of us but gave the SB a set. Turn Jc, River 5d. Leaving me w/1240 chips.

 On hand 58 I had pocket 2's on the Button. No callers to me, and per poker group's Loki Excel chart as low stack I should go all-in. I did. SB calls and has Ac Ah. Nothing changes over the next 5 cards. I'm out in 7th place.