Rush 9 person .05/.10 109 hands start $4 + $4 end down -$.74

Played 106 hands, was BB 12 times and SB 15 times. In ordinary cash play either of those should have happened only about 12 times.

One big all-in loss w pocket Q's.on hand 4. I'm the button.  Didn't hit a set. Flop 7c 6d 9s Other 2 check, I decide to bet $.60 into the $1.35 pot. UTG folds and CO raises me to $1.20.and I decide to reraise all in for $4.02 he calls and shows pocket 10's. Turn is an 8 which gives him a gutshot straight. River is a 4s and I'm broke! :-(
Decide to put in another $4.

Was mainly looking for pocket pairs to hit a set to play but also played better cards such as AK to see a flop as long as there was no big bet before me. If I had small pocket paris I'd fold to any $.30 bet; more often I was folding to $.45 bets. Pocket pairs only showed up 8 times and I was only able to play them 5 times. Only had one set w/AA on the river, the others won by being best pair.

Hand 20: AKo lost to pocket 10's .

Hand 29 w/AKs in HJ position, bet 3 BB (no limpers), rest folded.

Hand 54 w/AQs in SB postion called EP limp. BB called too. Flop Qh Jc 9c. I bet $.10 into $.30 pot, BB folded and EP called. Turn 7d. We both check and the river is 3c.I bet $.25 into $.47 pot; EP folds and I win $.47.

 Hand 56 my best hand. I have pocket A's as Button. All fold to me and I make a small 2 BB bet ($.20), SB raises to $.70, BB folds. I decide to reraise all-in with $3.06 and BB calls showing 5h 6h. Flop is 2s Kh 9c, Turn 6s  giving SB a pair. River is Ac. Only set I hit, but is overkill as long a 5 or 6 didn't show up on the river. I win $6.18 and have a little over half the original $4 I lost back.

Hand 75 I have pocket 9's in middle postion. SB and I limp in, BB checks. Flop is 3s 6c 2h. SB bets $.10 and BB & I call. Turn is a 2s. SB bets $.20 and BB & I call. My assumption is neither have a 2. River is a 5 and SB bets $.30. BB and I call. Again I'm assuming neither have better than 55 or 66. I could be wrong but all were small bets. With only 99 high I didn't feel it was prudent to bet more in case my assumptions were wrong. SB had A6s and BB had 53. My 9's were best and I won $1.96.

Hand 84. I had As Kc UTG. I limped with a $.10 bet, 2 other players called along with the SB & BB.  The flop was 10s 5s 2c. SB, BB & I checked. HJ bet $.30 into a $.50 pot and CO called. BB. SB & myself folded. Although I had 2 overcards I didn't feel it was worth pursuing further. Even if I paired I couldn't be sure they didn't have something better.

Now that I can see how that hand played out, there was a Kd on the turn and a 4c on the river, which would have given me a pair of K's. They bet $.50 on the turn and then a $1.70 on the river making a nice pot of $5.14. HJ had Qd 10d and CO had Qs Js. Neither very good starting cards in a game like Rush. Which I find is one of the things that makes it hard to play as it's difficult to tell what your opponents may really have, and my early experience was they more often than not had better cards then me even if I had AK.

Hand 88. I had Ah 5h in CO postion. All folded to me and I decided to bet $.20. Button & BB folded, SB called. Flop: 6h 9d 7d. SB bets $.30 and I decide to call. Not sure why now. At best I have a gut shot straight draw and a runner, runner flush draw. Anyway that's what I did. Lo & behod turn is an 8 which gives me my straight BUT opens up the possiblity of the SB having a flush or flush draw.

They check & I check. Not being sure about their having a flush decided to be cautious. Flop is a 3s. SB checks again. I think about it and decide they likely don't have that flush so I bet almost 1/2 the pot $.50 and SB folds. I win $1.03.

Hand 97, had small $.24 win.

And that was it. Would have been nice to continue and get it all back, but I'd decided before hand I'd play 100 hands and stop. Too often in the past I've let myself play on in cash games after having won a bit, only to find I let myself give it back again.