Overall a good session. Only one big hand loss of $2.20.
Hand 76. SB w/Ac Jh one EP .20 raise and BT caller, I & BB called. Flop 7c 10s 8s. I bet $.35 into the $.80 pot, BB calles EP & BT fold. Turn 9c, giving me a straight 7-J, and though board could be giving BB a flush I feel good about it. I bet $.55 into the $1.50 pot and BB just calls again. No indication he has anything special. He only had $2.89 at start of hand.
River is Kc, making a club flush possible. I decide to give it a shot and bet $1.10 into the $2.60 pot and BB calls. BB shows Qh Jd, having a straight 7-K which he hit Q high on the Turn, and I lose. I have $8.49 of my $10 left.
Hand 85 I win a $1.45 pot with pocket 10's vs pocket 8's and pocket 2's. I was worried on this one as the flop came down Jd 5h Jc. I'd min bet .10 on the flop, they called and we all checked on the Turn & River.
Hand 103. I had Jh 3c on the button. All folded to me so I tried to steal the blinds w/.20 bet. SB folded and BB called. BB has $9.77, just a little more than me. Flop Jc Jd 10h which gives me trip J's with a weak kicker in case BB also had a J (IT HAPPENS!! :-) ). BB bets $.40 into the $.45 pot and I call. I don't want to give up my trip J's yet. Turn Qd which if he has AK or K9 would give BB a straight. BB bets $.80 and I call again. Since he's not betting really big, I decide to stay in the hand. Now he might be slow-playing a hand that will beat me, but I'll take that chance. River is 4h. Shouldn't improve his hand.
To my surprise he check's and since he could beat me in several ways, I breathe a sigh of relief and check. If he wins I don't lose any more $$$. He shows pocket 9's and I win the $2.66 pot. I'm now up over my original $10 with $11.02. Maybe I'll come out ahead after 150 hands. Next comes my best hand.
Hand 132. I have Ac Kc EP2. UTG limps with .10 and I raise to .40, LP1 calls and UTG raises to $1.35. I'm not happy to see that but decide to call and see the flop; LP1 calls as well, making for a nice $4.20 pot. Flop Qc Ah 5c. I like that as it pairs my Ace and gives me a nut flush draw and I wonder how that sets with UTG. Would he have limped w/ AA, KK, or QQ or JJ? AK? I don't know. Instead of betting he checks as do the rest of us.
Turn is 9d.. UTG bets $1.45 into the $4.20 pot, I call, still looking for the flush draw, and LP1 folds. River Jc. I hit my nut flush and I don't see anything out there that could beat me. UTG checks and I try to figure out how big of a bet I might be able to make and get him to call if he has a piece of the board. I decide on $2.45 and UTG calls. UTG has Ad Ks and I win the $11.20 pot!! I now have $17.02.
Hand 143 was a bit scary. I had pocket J's in EP2 position. UTG bets .30, I call, LP2 and SB calls. Flop 8s 6h Jd. I hit a set. SB & BB check to me and I bet $.70 into the $1.50 pot. All fold except LP2 who calls. Turn 8h giving me a FH. I bet $1.45 into the $2.71 pot and LP2 folds. Hmm, that doesn't appear so scary after all. I was worried about the 8's in terms of what he might have, but unless he had Quad 8's I don't see any way he could have won.
Blind stealing wasn't as effective as I hoped it would be. All too often someone before me would jump in killing my chance to steal and too often SB & BB didn't fold. Still it worked a few times and helped with the SB & BB eating into my profits. I was BB 16 times costing me $1.60 and SB 11 times costing me $.55.
Nothing special the rest of the way. Nice to come out ahead my last two times in Rush.
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