Just another cash game

QJo in the BB UTG+2 raises to 15 (5x BB). Typical raise for this game. Button and SB call. I call as well. Flop comes out QT6. Everyone checks. Turn comes at a 8. I bet $25. One caller who is the small blind. River completes a straight. SB bets $50. I think for a little and call. I had the other J in my hand so that reduced chances for that straight, but he probably wouldn't call 25 for that straight. He could have had a K kicker or better perhaps. 2 pair hands and sets would call my $25 bet, but he could have had a J kicker as well. I won...he had pair of 3's.

AQd in BB Button raises to $12. I call. Possibly I could raise, but I'm sure he would call and I'm out of position for the whole hand. Flop comes out QJx. I got top pair, top kicker and I'm not going anywhere fast. Check, bet, & call for flop and turn with bets of $25 and $50. Check, check river. He mucks. I like that hand. He seemed like a good player. Had me covered easy. I don't know what I would do if HE bet big on the river. I can't remember what those 2 cards where, but they did not help a straight or flush to complete.

AJc in middle position. I raise to $15. One caller. Flop is low cards and turn is low too. I bet out twice. $25 and $45. I win.

AKh in button. A couple of limpers. I raise to $16. Everyone calls. So we have total 5 players on the flop. I get a K, but there is a flush draw and a J. Checked to me and I bet $45. Everyone folds. I get lucky I think. I tell people that my bullets held up. I feel I could have showed my hand.

I had a couple of other interesting hands, but no money gained. A full house on the river, but no callers. I flop a straight, but another player is open ended and I have to split a small pot.

All in all, I think I played well. I betted out and made a couple of good calls and I tried to think about the other player ranges. I didn't rush anything, but at the end when I decided to leave, I played passively. I didn't want to lose my profits. The session turned out to be only 2 hours, but I play BJ before and I was getting tired.

Note: I won $35 playing BJ. Counted but lost the count multiple times. I actually lost $100 and made that back and then some, so it was pretty good.