9 SNG $5 + .50 End 7th 7 hands

Short & sweet (well not for me) as they say. I decided to push QQ to a raise to all-in and came up against KK.

Hand 7. Two are already out. I'm down 300 chips to 1200. I see pocket Q's and think, oh boy, maybe I can get a few chips here. UTG +1 limps and I raise to 135. CO raises to 230 and I decide to take a chance and maybe double up and go all-in.

He's been in 4 of 1st 6 hands (for 45 hands he's still VP of 71), bets aggressively post flop. Only hand I saw he had J 10o and raised limp to 3 BB; was lucky and hit trip J's on flop and slow played them. Hoping he has similar hand this time. Unfortunately for me he had pocket K's. The board turned out 8d 3s Jh 10h Kh and I was out in 7th place.

I don't feel too bad about that play. I knew going in pocket A;s or K's would have me and even if he had Ax or Kx I could have been beat on the board. Poker stove gives pocket Q's against random hand 80/20 odds. On to the next session.