9 SNG $5 + .50 End 3rd 81 hands.

The good news is I played decently and made the money ending up 3rd. Session just finished and the person who played loosest came in 1st, often playing very poor cards. He had VPIP of 46% at the end. Last hand I had AK suited to his pocket 3's and I didn't hit anything.

Hand 16 w/Qd Jh on the Button all folded to me. I limped (50), SB folded, & BB checked. Flop 4c Ks Ac. BB checks and I decide to bet 100 into 125 pot to see if BB has interest & hoping he folds, alas he calls. Turn Ad  We both check and Turn Jd, pairing my J. BB bets the pot (325) and though I'd like to see what he has, I fold. Two A's and a K are out there that he could use to easily beat me.

Hand 20. Four hands later I get pocket Q's in EP2. UTG (the player I mentioned at start) limps w/50 and I raise to 150, all fold to the UTG who calls Flop Kd Qd As which make my Q's a set and if UTG has an A or  K I'm still in good shape. UTG limp bets 50 and I raise to 200.UTG calls. Turn 6h. No damage to me.UTG checks and I bet 500 leaving me with 425.

UTG has show a wide hand range with some very ragged cards carried to the river so when he reraised me to 1000 that will put me all-in if I call, I'm not giving him any credit for having a winning hand. I'm sure he doesn't have pocket K's or A's, and I didn't think about the 6, which with what I had seen of his range this early is possible. I'm thinking, what could he possibly have that could hurt me, and, as it turns out miss the obvious and call. Turns out he has Jc 10s. He has a straight and has had it since the flop!! & he has slow played it until the turn, likely because I gave him action. At this point I'm feeling pretty glum as it's looking like I'm out of here. River a 6d giving me a FH. PHEW!!! The poker gods were kind to me and I now have a decent chip stack of 2625 to move forward. I was VERY LUCKY!

Even if I had thought about the possibility of him having the straight post-flop I would probably have bet anyway once I had my Q's set. Mainly because of his very loose play and the poor cards I'd seen him show earlier, that, indeed some of the time he got lucky with. Now I can relax a bit and look for decent cards to jump back into the fray again.

Hand 24 was an interesting and nice one. I had 3h 7c on the Button, Blinds 30/60,  and it folded to me, so I decided I's try a blind stead and bet 3 BB (180). SB folds but BB calls. Darn. Flop Kd 6h 3c. I hit bottom pair. BB & I check. Turn 10h. BB & I check again. River 7s. That gives me 2 pair and since the BB has been checking I might have a winning hand here. BB bets the pot (390) and I just call. He may not have more than a big pair that I could beat, but he might have 2 pair as well with a bigger pair then me. He shows Qd 10s, only pairing the 10 and I win the pot - 1170 chips.

Hand 46 as SB I had Qc 8s, all had folded to me and I bet 2 BB (200) to the BB who called. Flop 4s Qh 10h. I decided to bet the pot (400) since I had top pair and BB only had 750 chips left. They decided to re-raise me all-in. I pretty much instant called. The call may still have been right for me as I would still have 1655 chips left,  BUT I didn't take any real time to consider what the BB might have to risk all their chips and if it was really in my interest to risk another 750 of my hard earned chips. BB had Jd 9s, and open ended straight draw, that I was not pleased to see. .Turn 5d and River 6d so it worked out great for me and I took in the 1900 pot. BUT I WAS VERY LUCKY again.

Nothing else of  any real interest until the last hand 81.

Hand 81. I had Ac Kc as the Button, 3 of us left, blinds 100/200. I bet 2 BB (400), SB folded, and BB went all-in. Since this is the wide hand range person I decided I'd call and be all-in as well. They had pocket 3's as I said earlier, and I didn't hit the board .... Qc 4h 7s 5c Qs.  Poker Stove has it basicall a toss-  up 49/51 in favor of the 3's.