2 HU $2 + .15 End 1st 85 hands

I was playing this HU just to get a HU game before the Tucson Open. I started it too close to the TO and was distracted part of the time looking to see if TO was going to happen. It didn't, so I was able to get back to the HU's. I had mixed play and in some ways was lucky to win. I wasn't aggressive enough a lot of the time which gave my opponent opportunities to hit something and get my chips. Fortunately, for me he didn't.

Hand 2. I had pocket A's, A♠ A♥ was BB. SB opened with a bet of 60 and I raised to 120, SB called. Flop  3♣ Q♣ 8♦. I checked and SB bet 120, I raised to 240 and they folded winning the 480 pot.

Hand 28. This one took me below 1000 chips. I was BB w/A♥ J♥. SB bet 30 and I raised to 90, SB called. Flop 2♠ 6♠ 10♠. Wrong suit for me. I bet 120 into the 180 pot and SB calls. Turn Q♣. I check and SB bets 330, I fold. By hand 46 I was down to 710 chips. Then cards started falling my way.

Hand 49. I was SB w/ 9♠ 10♦. I limp in opening w/40, BB calls. Flop 8♣ Q♦ 7♥, giving me an open ended straight draw. BB checks and I bet the pot (80), BB calls. Turn 6♥. I now have a straight 6-10! BB checks and I bet 1/2 the pot (120) and BB calls. River 10♣. Unless BB has something like J 9 my straight should win. BB checks again and I bet 300 into the 480 pot and BB calls, showing Q♥  2♣. A much weaker hand to be calling me than I expected. I win the 1080 pot and feel like I'm back in the game w/1230 chips.

Hand 56. Another where I was lucky on the River and that SB had something as well. A position I've been in many times .... I hit the River with something good BUT it makes an even better hand for my opponent!! I'm BB w/1350 chips and A♥ 6♠. SB opens with a 3 BB (120) bet and I call. Flop 5♦ 7♣ 8♥. I have a straight draw. I check and SB bets 120 into the 240 pot. I call. Turn 2♠. No real help to me. I check again and so does the SB, which is nice as I don't really want to put more money into the pot at this time. River 4♣. I get my straight!!! I bet the pot (480) and the SB calls. They show 4♦ 4♠ hitting a set. I win the 1440 pot and am ahead in the chip count!! We did a bit of back & forth until the last hand.

Hand 85. I'm SB w/2160 chips and  K♦ 10♦. I open with a 3 BB bet (150) and BB calls. Flop K♥ 3♣ 7♣. I have top pair. BB checks and I bet 175 into the 300 pot and they go all-in w/their last 690 chips. I think briefly about it and decide to call. They show 10♣ 8♣, giving them a flush draw. So now I hold my breath for the turn & river. Turn A♥. River 5♠. Game over. I win. Phew!

I decided to try using the card symbols this time but it is a lot of extra work, particularly since I have to change the font color to red for the heart & diamond every time I use them even though I'm copying a colored heart or diamond character I'd already changed to red. The copy doesn't hold the color. So I think I'll go back to the letter notation unless I can find an easier way to work with the card symbols.

Here's a link that shows this hand from the CardChat site. It says after conversion I could get the HTML code but I only see this link:  http://www.cardschat.com/hand/10492