Tour 79 50 FTP End 39 25 Hands Sat to BLT

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Not much to write about. I played fine until the last hand when I called all-in on the River where it was likely the player had a straight one higher than mine. :-/ I didn't want to fold, I told myself he probably had the 7 and he did! Maybe I could have bet stronger sooner and got him off the draw (he needed a 6 or an Ace on the River or he had nothing), but he had an open ended straight from the flop so he might have gone for the draw anyway.

I'm BB w/6c 4s. UTG limps in w/60, as does MP1 & MP2 and the BTN, I call. Flop 3d 2h 5s. I hit a straight and not an obvious one. I decide to slow play it and check. UTG bets 60 into the 330 pot, MP2 & BTN call, I raise to 180. UTG folds, MP2 & BTN call. Turn 8c. That wasn't a card I wanted to see. A face card would have been very nice. I bet 250 into the 930 pot, MP2 calls, BTN folds. At this point I didn't want to bet too much and scare the other players away. Maybe it would have been better if I went all-in to make a possible draw very pricey and  take a 930 pot. River 6s. Another card I didn't want to see. If the other player had a 7 , I'm beat. :-/ I make another small bet of 270 into the 1430 pot and MP2 raises me to 1380 which will put me almost all-in if I call. Phooey. I don't want to fold and I don't want to call; I'm between a rock and a hard place where the best option for me is to fold and lick my wounds, but still be there to continue the fight. I call. and indeed MP2 shows the 7 and I'm down to 33 chips. Next hand I'm gone.

Two hands earlier I had a laugh at myself and/or to myself. I wasn't in this hand. Two players were battling it out, UTG & BB. Flop was Ac 7c 7s. Turn Kc. Flush looks possible. Not sure what the paired 7's might do. River Js. I was still mainly thinking one of them might have a club flush. Then as I looked at the cards I said to myself, "well one of them might have a Q 10 to make a straight" and then dismissed it as unlikely. They turn over the cards, UTG has Kd 6d and BB had 10d Qc, that darn old QT and they win with it!  No wonder I'm on the losing side of those kind of situations so often; even watching other players I still dismiss that option!! :-/