Rush .05/.10 113 Hands Up $2.67 Blinds ate $2.05

In spite of my better judgement and knowing I should be in bed, I decided to head back to FT and give Rush another try. Wanted to try something MW had told me. Since I did so poorly yesterday I decided to only go in with the min of $4. That may have messed up a bit what I was trying to test.

What I wanted to test was raising the CO or HJ when they raised pre-flop and I was on the BT or SB. MW has had experience where that got them to fold. My experience this morning was they always called. After losing a few times trying this I decided to stop and retry it at a later date.

I got off to a bad start on hand 2.

Hand 2. I'm SB w/$3.75, have Ac Kh. It folds to the CO w$6.78 who bets .30, the BT w/$10.37 calls and I decide to raise to .60, BB folds, CO raises all-in w/$7 and BT folds. I have a decision to make, and think maybe I can double up here, but what might the CO have. I really don't know. A limp  and then an all-in to a relatively small raise seems extreme. Could he have AA or KK? I decide to call and CO shows JJ. At least I have two overcards. Board comes up with 4s Jc 9s 2d 10d and I'm down $4 in two hands. :-/ And I haven't even been able to test out what I want. I put in another $4.

Hand 9. I'm BB w/$4.20 and 9c 5s.  It folds to the SB who has $4.05 and bets .30. I decide to raise them to .60 to see if they'll fold, they call. Flop 4h 5c Jd, pairing my 5. SB checks and I bet .45 into the $1.12 pot, again hoping to get SB to fold and they call. Turn 2h. At least not an other overcard. SB bets .60 and I call. No special reason, just decide I'd like to see the River. River 5h. That gives me trip 5's. I did NOT NOTICE that it also set up a possible heart flush. SB checks again and I decide to risk a $1. SB check raises going all in w/$2.45 and I call leaving me with .20. He shows Ac Qh and I WIN.A $7.66 pot. I'm almost even again!!

A few hands later I make to $8.01 and want to take $4 out, so I'm only playing with my original $4. Not quite sure how to it and as I quick fold I fall back to $7.86.

Hand 23 in CO position I have Ad Kh w/$7.86. That dangerous AK again. MP2 w/$3.59 limps, HJ w/$14.91 calls, I raise to .35, BT, SB & BB fold as does MP2, HJ calls. Flop Qs 4s 4h. Doesn't help my AK. HJ & I check. Turn  4d. Hmmm, what might HJ have? They check. I decide to bet .35 into the .89 pot to see if HJ has anything they might want to bet, including the 4th 4. They fold. I now have $8.40. I take $4.40 out. Yes to some degree this is loss aversion, but I didn't want to repeat what I'd done earlier for the whole amount if I choose to make another bad play.

Hands 28 & 30 I got to practice raising the CO when they bet .30/.35. I doubled their bet. Both times they called, and in the second the BB called as well. My $3.50 at the start fell quickly to $1.95. Not good. This was a very small sample of how that technique might play out and obviously I need more $$$ on hand so I can afford those calls and still have enough $$$ left to use it later when I might win a few. Anyway, at this point I stopped trying that and worked at building up my $1.95 to at least $4 so I'd be even (actually up by .40 since I took $4.40 out).

Hand 50 I was able to double up my $1.65. I was BB w/pocket 10's. MP2 w/$3.50 limped in and everyone else folded. I decided to go for the gusto and went all-in. MP2 called showing 10h Jh, one overcard to my pair. The board came up with Ad 2s 5d Kc 6d and I now had $3.13, well on my way to getting my $4 back.

By hand 63 I was down to $2.58 in HJ position w/Kd Js. It folded to me and I bet .30, SB w/$23.30 called and the BB folded. Flop 9s 9d 9c. Darn!! Not the kind of flop I wanted to see. SB checks and I do the same. Turn Qs. SB bets .50 and though I'm not sure I want to, I call. I don't think he has the 4th 9 but he might have a pair for a FH or Ace something. Either way it would beat me. River is a 3h, SB bets $1.30 and I fold. Now back to $1.88.

I have some small wins along the way and by hand 80 I'm up to $2.98. 20 hands to go. At hand 100 I've lost a bit and am back to $2.54. I think about it and decide I'll go to 150 hands.

Hand 107. I'm BB w/$2.49 and have pocket A's. MP2 w/$6.90 bets .40 rest fold to me and I go all-in. I expect he'll fold, but instead he calls and shows Kc Ks. Now if I can avoid a King showing up. The board shows 10d 8h Qh 4s 6s and I now have $4.89.

Hand 108. I'm the BT w/$4.89 and have Ks Jd. All fold to the CO who w/$1.43 who bets .30, I raise to .60, SB & BB fold, and CO goes all-in, I call. They show Ac Qc, two overcards. Flop Kh 7s 4s. Turn Js. River 2h. I win. and now have $6.27. OK, I'm ahead by a couple of $ and I'm tired, why not quit here instead of going to 150 and I do.