Rush 6 .05/.10 102 Hands down $20 Blinds ate $2.55 (2/2/10)

Basically poor play on my part overall. Overplaying my hands. Getting into hands I shouldn't.

Hand 1. Nice start. I had Ah Kh, CO position. Folded to me and I bet .30 SB w/$16.30 & BB w/$3.70 call. Flop Ad Kd 5d. Nice flop for me EXCEPT for the suit. Diamond flush possible. I bet $.40 into the $.84 pot, SB folds and BB raises to $.80, I call. Turn 2c. BB checks, I check. River Js. SB bets $1 and I decide to risk it and call. They show Kc 10d. I win the $4.20 pot and am up $2. Four hands later I give much of it away.

Hand 5. I have pocket 7's. HJ position folded to me and I bet .30, BT bets .80 and I call. Flop 5d 9d 9h. An overpair. I bet .45 and BT raises all-in w/$6.93 and I fold. I now only have $.75 of that $2 left.

Hand 34. Chased a flush draw. I'm BB w/$7.17 and Ks Js. BT bets .25, SB calls, & I call. Flop Qd 4s 5s. I bet .35 into the .70 pot, BT folds, SB calls. Turn 3c. SB checks and I bet .50 into the $1.36 pot. SB calls. River 8c. I did not hit my flush. SB checks & I check. SB has Qh 7h. That cost me another $1.

Hand 36. I have Ac Jc UTG + 1, $5.97. I bet .30, SB who has only $1.05 goes all-in. I call. I really didn't notice he was all-in until after he went all-in; I had called. He shows Ah 8h. We both have A's but I have the better kicker. The board came up Kd 6c Ad 2s 3d. I win the $2.06 pot.

Hand 46. I'm BT, have $4.33 w/Ad Jd. UTG w/$19.59 bets .35 and I call, SB & BB fold. Flop 9d 2d Kc. I have a flush draw again, this time the nut flush. UTG bets $.85 into the $.80 pot I call. Turn 4s. UTG bets $2.55 into the $2.38 pot. Darn, that's a big bet. I wonder what he might have. Might he already have the flush, hit a set, just paired the K's? I don't see anything on the board that has him betting that much so decide to gamble on the nut flush draw. River 4d. I hit it!!!  He makes a very small bet this time .60 into the pot of $7.14. Hmm, that suggest he may not have much and he is concerned about the possible flush. How much can I bet and still get a call from him? Well, I only have .58 cents left. Ah, why he bet only .60. hehehe I missed that during the actual play!! I go all-in and he shows Ks Qs. I win the $8.23 pot and am getting back to my starting point of $10. Things are looking up and by hand 50 I had $8.99. Alas that was not to last.

Hand 82. I was back down to $5.94, UTG I had Kh 10h and decide to limp in. CO w/$11.93 raises to .30, BT folds, SB calls, BB folds and I call. Flop Qd Jh As. .For reasons unclear to me, at that point I didn't realize I had a straight. I was thinking I had a straight draw. SB checks, I bet .60 into the .94 pot, UTG & SB call. With my current thinking pattern I don't think I'd have gone all-in even if I realized I had the straight, though in Rush that might have been a good idea. I had the nut high straight.

Turn  Qh. I'm thinking now I have a flush draw and could have a straight flush witn an Ace or 9 of hearts. SB & I check. UTG bets $1.70 and SB folds. At this point I realize I have the nut high straight and a flush draw, so I go all-in. I didn't think much about what UTG might have that would beat me and thought likely they might have a straight too, maybe two pair, or a set. They call and I see the bad news. They have Qs Jd. Not great cards but the have a FH!! Grrr. I did not think about that. If I had I doubt I'd have done more then call UTG's bet, and might have even folded, though going for a straight flush draw would have been very tempting. So BINGO my $10 is wiped out and I still have another 18 hands to play to get to 100. :-/

I do see I have a big leak in my thinking that when my hand looks good I overlook pairing on the board that could mean the other player(s) have a FH. I need to see that I bring that to my attention so it's, at least, a consideration, in what my next play will be!!

Well, only 18 more hands, how much damage can I do putting  another $10 up for grabs???? Well, it may well be I shouldn't be playing right now, at least not Rush. Maybe in a regular SNG I'll sit back and take the time I need to think before I play. So $10 more went in. What do you think the results were???? Not good. :-/
Hand 83, the next hand w/Ah 2s I let go of $1.78 vs Qh 10d. On the flop the board showed Qc Jd 10c. The Turn an As when the BT made a $1.40 all-in raise to .30 bet & call. BT had $1.78 at start of hand. I decide to call with my A's paired in spite of the likelihood of a straight out there, basically hoping he has done no more than pair the board and not with an Ace. He shows 10d Qh, two pairs. River is 7h. I'm down to $8.22.

 Hand 89. I'm in HJ position w/$7.22 and have Kd Jh. UTG folds & I bet 2 BB (.20), CO folds, BT w/$13.17 raises to .30, SB & BB fold, I call. Flop Jd 9h Ac. Hits my Jack but has the Ace overcard as well. I check & CO checks. Turn 7d. I check again & CO bets .75 into the .70 pot. I call. Turn 4s. I check & CO bets $1. Darn I say and wonder if he has an Ace. He didn't bet it on the flop. Only bet on the turn & river, so I decide to call hoping my Jack pair will be good.  Of course it wasn't, he shows Ah Qc.

The turn & river came very nicely for his paired Ace and his betting could/did have me wondering if he'd only hit the 7 or the 4. Good play on his part. I'm down to $5.17 with 11 hands to go.

Hand 99. UTG position with $4.63 I have Ah 8h I bet 2 BB (.20). HJ calls, CO & BT fold, SB calls & BB folds. Flop 6d 3h 7h. Another nut flush draw for me. SB checks, I limp bet .10, HJ w/$3.25 raises to .20, SB folds, I call. Turn Ks. HJ bets $1.10. Not good, but I'm still hoping I can hit my nut flush and call. River 2d. I did not hit and have only Ace high. CO goes all-in and I fold. I'm now down to $3.13 with one hand left.

Hand 100. I'm SB with pocket 5's. UTG folds, HJ w/$4.15 bets .30, CO & BT fold, I want to see the flop and  raise to .50. I believe that was an accident on my part with the slider as my intent was to just call. BB folds & HJ calls. Flop 6d 10s 10c. I check and CO bets .70 into the $1.03 pot. I call. There is no good reason for me to make that call, period. Turn Kc and we both check. River 9h and we both check again. CO shows pocket 8's. and wins. I have $1.93.

Here is where Rush and number of hands played can get a little confusing. I'm not sure when Full Tilt records the hand as played. Is it when I fold & leave, or not until the actual hand is over, even though I've moved on? It seems to me it's the later. Anyway I ended up playing two more hands because I wasn't sure I was at 100 yet.

Hand 102. I'm on the Button, have $1.93 and Ah 9s. UTG w/$6.72 bets .10, HJ & CO fold, I raise to .20, SB & BB fold, UTG calls. Flop Kc 2s 10s. Both UTG & I check. Turn Qs. Putting me on flush draw as well as a gutshot straight draw. River Jc. I hit my straight, UTG goes all in and I decided to go all-in as well with my last $1.73. I was hoping I would win and that he had no better then a straight too. UTG shows Ks 5s. Having hit his flush on the Turn, but not betting it. I'm down to 0, and down overall $20. Not a good playing day on Rush here in Mudsville. :-/

Again this may not be a good time for me to be playing. I'm making too many errors in judgement and costing me good $$$ from my bankroll!!