Rush 6 player .02/.05 150 Hands Up $1.71 Blinds ate $1.63 Rake $2.41

On the plus side at least. I was up about $4.50 at 133 hands then gave back some and again a couple of hands later too that sent me on the negative side for a bit. Around hand 141 I had a little boost.

9 SNG $5 + .50 End 6th 62 Hands

  Wasn't able to make much traction and found myself becoming very short stacked. Made it back to 1700 or so then a couple of hands later had AKo as SB (blinds 60/120). The BU open-raised 2 BB, which is something he has done a lot and I re-raised him to 4 BB. He then re-raised me to 7 BB and I decided to go all-in as a call would leave me with only 400 or chips. He called. Bad timing as he had pocket A's this time. They held up and I was gone.

 Today has not done well on the win side of things; play has been mixed.

2 HU $5 + .50 End 2nd 90 Hands

Mixed play. Last hand higher straight beat my lower straight. I also had a flush draw that didn't hit.

Hand 14 was another one of those that I should have folded. I had  10s 5s and flop was 2s 7s 6s. I bet cautiously. Turn 8d. I bet 1/2 pot and was raised 3 1/2 BB's. I called. River 8s. Not what I wanted to see with a 10 high flush and SB only needing an A, K, Q or J of spades to beat me. I checked and he bet a little over a third of the pot, so I decided to call. He showed pocket J's one a spade. That cut me back to 940 chips.

We battled around and I was near break even at one point but then over time I lost small ones and by hand 66 found myself down to 350 chips and all-in pushes. Hand 80 I had pocket 9's and got him to call w/ KJo and I held. I was now up to 1190 chips and breathing a bit easier with the 30/60 blinds.

That took us to the last hand I talked about above. I was BB w/9s 5c. He limped in w/60 and I checked. The Flop 8s 6s As. I have a flush and gutshot straight draw. I bet 1/2 the pot and the SB calls. Turn 7h. I hit my gutshot and bet 1/2 the pot and the SB raises me to 540 (4 1/2 times my bet). Thinking he may have hit the straight as well, but if he was only on a flush draw I wanted him outta there, I re-raised him all-in. He called. Darn. He shows 10c 9d, having hit the gutshot straight on the high side. I have one hope of a spade on the River. River is a Jd and I'm outta there.

2 HU $2 + .15 End 2nd 21 Hands

  This was simply one bad call on my part. I had 9To. The flop came JT8 giving me an open-ended straight draw. I bet half the pot and was called. Turn Qd, giving me the straight. BB checked and I again bet 1/2 the pot. River Ah. Not the card I wanted to see. This time the BB bet the pot. If he has a K I'm beat and with that kind of bet it's likely he does. Can't say I've seen any signs of him bluffing, but I decide to call anyway "just in case" and indeed he did have that K .... KQ and I was down to 305 chips. A few hands later it was over.

Other signs he might have something was I open-raised 2 BB and he re-raised me to 3 BB pre-flop, but since he checked the flop and the Turn, I thought I might get away with it.

36 Tour S.O. 6/tbl $.75 + .15 End 10th Hands ? Sat $200K DD

1st - Entry, 2nd - $3.25,  3rd - $1.75

Didn't make it through the 1st 6 table.

Rush 6 player .02/.05 200 Hands Up $0.75 Blinds ate $2.59 Rake $1.95

Well, at least I ended up on the plus side!

6 SNG $5 + .50 End 2nd 111 Hands

Not a lot to say on this one. One player was very loose and he ended up being on the bubble with the three of us. At the bubble loose player had 655 chips, I had 1250, and big stack had 7095. It got a bit iffy if I was going to be able to hang on but I did. At start of HU I had 780 chips to the big stacks 8220 and blinds of 50/100. I managed to make some gains and by last hand I had 2560 chips. I had AJo and flop was 4 T J. I bet 1/2 pot and was called Turn 8c, I bet the post and was raised by big stack all-in for my last 640. I thought about the possibility of his having a straight w/Q9 in his hand, but decided to chance it and indeed that was what he had.  Not sure if I'd been more aggressive on the Flop if it would have made any difference as he had an open ended straight draw. Overall I was satisfied with my play.

Here is that last hand:

Full Tilt No-Limit Hold'em, 5.5 Tournament, 80/160 Blinds (2 handed) - Full-Tilt Converter Tool from FlopTurnRiver.com



saw flop | saw showdown

BB (t6440)
SB (t2560)

SB's M: 10.67

Preflop:
SB bets t320, BB calls t160

Flop: (t640) 4, 10, J (2 players)
BB checks, SB bets t320, BB calls t320

Turn: (t1280) 8 (2 players)
BB checks, SB bets t1280, BB raises to t2560, SB calls t640 (All-In)

River: (t5120) J (2 players, 1 all-in)

Total pot: t5120
Main pot: t5120 between BB and SB, won by BB

Results:
SB had J, A (three of a kind, Jacks).
BB had Q, 9 (straight, Queen high).
Outcome: BB won t5120

2 HU $2 + .15 End 1st 36 Hands

Been awhile since I've post much here. I'll do some catching and cleaning up those "holding" post in the near future.

This turned out to be a pretty easy HU session. I had decent cards early on, my opponent was willing to fold a lot, I folded to just about all of his raises except the last one when he had only 255 chips left and I had pocket 6's. He went all-in with ATo and my 6's held. When I had cards to play I would double his bet. I considered my play methodical. 2 BB, 2 1/2 BB, & 3 BB pre-flop open raises and usually 1/2 the pot after the flop. Nice start to my poker for today.