Rush 6 man .05/.10 & a bit of catching up

I played 252 hands of Rush tonight and for the 1st I was coming out ahead and had even doubled up by original $10 at one point ..... BUT decided to keep playing a few more hands, so my initial 100 kept going! Some quick results on the way: 50- $8.12, 100 - $5,81, 150 - $7.00, 200- $18.80, 252 $0.00.


It was nice to be on the plus side and overall I feel I played decently. I'll go over my downfall hand. I started out with Ah Jh in the BB. UTG limped and middle position bet .45 and SB folded. Since I had a little over $18 I decided to call and UTG folded. MP had just about the cash I did. The flop came jh 10c 10h giving me a nut flush draw. I liked the feel of that! .

I bet $.55 into the $1.05 pot and MP raised to $1.50. I called. Turn was a Kc I checked and MP bet $3. That was richer then I'd have liked but I decided I'd take a chance on the nut flush draw and called. River was a Qh! YEAH I hit my nut flush draw and my mouth was watering at the possibility of doubling up $18+ and I bet $4.45 into the $10.05 pot.

I was trying to pick an amount he might be willing to call if he had something halfway decent, which he had indicated from his betting pattern up to that point and completely scare him off now that a flush possibility had shown up. He raised to $12.64 that would put me all but 45 cents in.

I both liked and disliked that bet. If I call and win I'll get the double up I was hoping for, BUT might he have something that could beat my nut flush. Well, looking at the board the possibility of a FH was there since the board paired 10's on the flop, and I did think of that. He could also have quad 10's but I did not think of that. My hope was that he only had set or a straight so I called. He had Qs 10s thus a FH and I was just about broke. :-/

I'm not completely unhappy that I called but if I'd folded on his raise I'd still have $8.64 (most of my original $10), and if I'd have checked the River and folded to a large bet from him I'd have $13.09, still $3.90 ahead. Good points to keep in mind. Yes I'd have lost the battle but not the war.

I wonder too if I'd been more aggressive on the flop or the turn if maybe he'd have folded, though I think it would have been hard for him to give up trip 10's based on what the board showed, and without the flush I did not have a winning hand. Well more food for thought.

As I've said before, sometimes getting the card you want on the River isn't, in the end, in your best interest. Indeed it may give you what you wanted but also give your opponent an even better hand!

In other sessions I played it's not been a good day (Friday). I lost 2 HU sessions, came in 6th in a $5 18 person SNG , and 4th in a $5 9 person SNG.

Wednesday after that 1st 18 person Tier One lost I played two more. Though I didn't win the $26 token I did take 6th place and won $14, so dollar wise those were OK. My Wed play wasn't great but it wasn't bad and I generally stopped myself from making fatal mistakes much of the time.

I'd gotten behind in posting the sessions and debated catching up, but decided, no, let’s just move forward, and get the next one’s in here in more detail. Although I like writing up my sessions and I do feel that is helping my see how I play better so I’ll do better in the future, it does take a lot of time and time away from PLAYING.