Profitable cash session, card dead in SNGs

Played two SNGs and got really no hands in either. Made it to 4th in a single-table, but really had no chips and had to move in preflop with a weak ace. Pretty much the same story in the 45 player SNG I played, made it to about 18th or so and lost a preflop race.

I started a 25NL session while playing the 45 player SNG, and wound up making about a quick $10. Game broke so I left and rebought into another game for $10. I had worked my way up a bit when this hand came down:

I'm in the cutoff seat with a J 10 of clubs, two limpers up front, and I make it $1 to go. One caller, and the BB raises to 1.75, the absolute minimum raise. One limper calls, I call, and the caller in between calls. Flop comes down 7c 6c 8h, giving me a gutshot straight draw, and a flush draw. I figure with the money I have left, and the amount in the pot already, I really have no choice if action gets heavy, and I would have to move in. It checks to me, and I bet about the size of the pot. Caller in the middle which puts him all in, BB raises .60 and is all in, and the big stack limper moves in for like $27 and change. I only have about $9 left, so I move it in, and hit the nut straight on the turn. By the river there were running hearts, but the other hands were 2 sets of top pair, one with a weaker straight draw, and the big blind showed AQ, lol.

That's pretty much the type of gamble I like making in these micro NL games, since the play is bad enough where you can make a lot more money off of big draws than normal. In a higher game with better players, there's no way I stack 3 people on that hand, and may not even get paid off on the river if the player is very cautious, but in 25NL, players will go with an AQ all the way to the river regardless of the board, and players with top pair no kicker think they are infallable.

Would I have been thrilled with the play if I didn't hit my draw? I may have been disappointed that my outs didn't make it, but I would have rebought in a heartbeat once I saw the hands that got shown down.

These micro cash games are nice to keep me occupied while waiting on hands in tournaments, and also can be pretty profitable.

I'm still debating playing another sit n go, but instead I think I'm just going to relax in bed and screw around on the web for a bit before bed. I don't have to go in to work tomorrow until 11am, which is a pleasant switch from the usual 8 am. I'm looking to catch up on some sleep before my big New Years party at the Hilton Hotel in Mellville.