7th place in a 1$ 45 SNG

Kept the baby at bay by teaching her the value of reading opponents. One interesting hand came up - not sure I'd call again but here it is....

PokerStars Game #13987440421: Tournament #70997734, $1.00+$0.20 Hold'em No Limit - Level II (15/30) - 2007/12/20 - 15:48:07 (ET)Table '70997734 2' 9-max Seat #6 is the buttonSeat 1: 08BOSS15 (1615 in chips) Seat 2: Cetem (970 in chips) Seat 3: antique1932 (1110 in chips) Seat 4: Tomte75 (5808 in chips) Seat 5: Bloemptje (1303 in chips) Seat 6: m4rr5 (1734 in chips) Seat 7: tootsie1419 (1410 in chips) Seat 8: BWS66 (290 in chips) Seat 9: bigbamboom (3560 in chips) tootsie1419: posts small blind 15BWS66: posts big blind 30*** HOLE CARDS ***Dealt to bigbamboom [3s 2s]bigbamboom: raises 60 to 9008BOSS15: folds Cetem: folds antique1932: folds Tomte75: calls 90Bloemptje: folds m4rr5: folds tootsie1419: calls 75BWS66 is disconnected BWS66 has timed out while disconnectedBWS66: folds *** FLOP *** [2h Kd Qh]BWS66 is sitting outtootsie1419: checks bigbamboom: bets 90Tomte75: raises 240 to 330tootsie1419: folds bigbamboom: calls 240*** TURN *** [2h Kd Qh] [Qs]bigbamboom: checks Tomte75: bets 1620bigbamboom: raises 1520 to 3140 and is all-inBWS66 is connected Tomte75: calls 1520BWS66 has returned*** RIVER *** [2h Kd Qh Qs] [9s]*** SHOW DOWN ***bigbamboom: shows [3s 2s] (two pair, Queens and Deuces)Tomte75: shows [7h 5h] (a pair of Queens)bigbamboom collected 7240 from pot*** SUMMARY ***Total pot 7240 Rake 0 Board [2h Kd Qh Qs 9s]Seat 1: 08BOSS15 folded before Flop (didn't bet)Seat 2: Cetem folded before Flop (didn't bet)Seat 3: antique1932 folded before Flop (didn't bet)Seat 4: Tomte75 showed [7h 5h] and lost with a pair of QueensSeat 5: Bloemptje folded before Flop (didn't bet)Seat 6: m4rr5 (button) folded before Flop (didn't bet)Seat 7: tootsie1419 (small blind) folded on the FlopSeat 8: BWS66 (big blind) folded before FlopSeat 9: bigbamboom showed [3s 2s] and won (7240) with two pair, Queens and Deuces

That call put me in pretty good position - then me and baby snacked away on Doritos (Salt and Lime flavour) and I finished 7th. I got beat out on A8s with two spades on board. Another hand came that kicked my ass was my pocket QQ vs a limper with AQ. I made a decent raise 5xbb to let him know I meant business. He called - an ace hit on the flop and I took two shots at it. I guess I should have checked to him, but I had too much pride in my QQ. In the end he took about half my chips. Leaving me in 8th. Someone busted out in 8 so 7 gets some money. Finally a win....

My next step is to create a PLAN. BANK ROLL MANAGEMENT IS KEY TO THAT PLAN. I'll do a little research and let you know what I come up with. Might be off to the casino tonight - to do a little gambling....