2 HU $5. + .50 End 2nd 41 hands

Not well played by me. I had some trouble with the other players betting patterns. When he raised he often went 6-10 times what the bet was and I didn't have cards I wanted to check him out with. That cost me chips and my stack dwindled.

Hand 36. I'm BB w/680 chips and 10h 9s. SB calls and I check. Flop  7h 7d 9c, giving me top pair. We both check. Turn 6d giving me a gutshot straight draw. I check and SB bets 40 into the 80 pot. I raise to 80 and he reraises to 120, I call. Not sure why I played that way on that hand. There wasn't much point in making such a small raise to his 40 bet and even less reason to call his 120 reraise. He could have already hit a straight was my main thought and I didn't consider other possibilities such as trips or a FH, if I had I'd probably have folded.  River 2d, adding a flush possibility to hands that could beat me IF I had hit my straight. I check and he bets 200, I call. Why you might ask, and I don't have any good answer. The only play for me there is to FOLD! He shows 7s 8s winning w/trip 7's.

Now I'm down to 320 chips and for the next few hands it's all-in or fold time that brings us to the last hand.

Hand 41. I'm SB w/Kc 6d and 380 chips. I go all-in and BB calls w/Jc 9c. Flop  9s 4d Kh. I hit K's, he hits 9's. So far so good. Turn Qc. One card to go. River Jh, giving BB two pair.

As I said as at the start there's not much more to say then I played poorly, at best.