2 HU $5 + .50 End 2nd 22 Hands

OK play at start to poor play at end. He was a very aggressive player. To some degree I was able to use that against them.

Hand 1 I was BB w/3c 4c. SB open raised 3 BB (60) and I called. Flop 10c 5d 4d. I min bet 20 and he raised me to 60, I called. Turn 4h. I now have trip 4's. I check and BB bets 120 into the 240 pot, I raise to 240 and BB folds. I have a small lead w/my 1740 chips.

Hand 3 I'm BB w/6h 9h. BB open raises 3 BB (60) and I call. Flop 9s 7s 4s. I check and BB bets 100 into the 120 pot and I raise to 200. BB folds. I have 1840 chips.

Hand 5 I'm BB w/pocket 5's (5c 5d). SB open raises 3 BB (60) and I call. Flop 3h 4c 3c. I check and SB bets 80 into the 120 pot and I raise to 190 and SB re-raises me to 300 and I call. Turn 10s. I bet 340 into the 720 pot and the SB folds. I now have 2220 chips to their 780 and feeling pretty good about how this session is going so far.

Hand 7. My 1st set back. I'm SB w/Qs 7h. I open raise 2 1/2 BB(50), BB calls. Flop 7c Ad Qh. I hit two pair, middle & bottom. BB bets all-in w/840. I think a bit and assume he likely has an Ace, I'm doubting he has AQ. I call hoping this ends it with a with a win for me. BB shows 7d Kc, having only paired his 7. I'm feeling pretty good about this. Turn 2c. One card to go. River Kd. BB pairs his K as well and now has the better two pair. I lose. I'm back to 1220.

Hand 8 I'm BB w/Kd 10d. SB open raises 2 BB (40) and I re-raise to 80, they call. Flop 4c Qh Qc. No help to me but I decide to bet the pot in case they didn't hit the flop either. BB raises me to 340 and I have to fold. I'm down to 980 chips.

Hand 9. Another somewhat strange hand and I make a comeback. I'm SB w/Kd 8h and just limp in. This is part of a pattern I'm trying out. Basically I'll limp, bet 2 BB, bet 2 1/2 BB, and then 3 BB. Next time I restart the cycle. I'm hoping they notice. BB raises me to 100 and I decide to call. Flop 5s Ks Kh. I hit trip K's. BB bets 120 into the 200 pot and I call. Turn 8d. Nice. I now have a FH and feel much better about my 8 kicker in case the BB also has a K. BB bets 100 into the 440 pot and I raise him to 200, hoping I didn't scare him away and he'll call. Well he does better than that and re-raises me with an all-in. I, of course call. BB shows Kc 3s. He indeed did also have a K, though his kicker was weaker than mine. Turn 9s and I'm back up to 1960 chips to their 1040. I'm feeling confident again. Up to this point I feel I had been playing well.

Hand 18 I let myself make a bad choice. I'm SB w/Jd 10s and open raise 3 BB (60). BB re-raises me to 180 and I decide to re-raise them to 360 in case they are just trying to push me off the hand. BB then re-raises me all-in. Um, this was my clue to fold. It's unlikely he doesn't have some kind of cards that can beat me, BUT I call anyway. BB shows Ac Qs, two overcards. The only consolation I have is that I have two good cards. Flop 2d 4h 5h. Turn 4s. River Kd. I'm back to 960 chips.

Hand 22 I think I was still on a bit of tilt from how I played hand 18 as I played this hand just as poorly. I'm SB w/2s 5c and open raise 2 BB (60), BB calls. Flop 9d 2d 4h. I hit bottom pair. BB checks and I bet the pot of 120 and BB raises me to 240 and I call. Turn 3s. I have an open ended straight draw now.BB bets 270 into the 600 pot and I call leaving me w/90 chips. River 8h. I miss the straight. BB goes all-in, and in spite of feeling that my pair of deuces was beat, I called. BB showed 5s 9s having paired their 9 on the flop. It was over for me.