Assignemnt #66 and Hi-Lo with Limitied Tries

Code
/// Name: Yordan Rashkov
/// Period: 7
/// Program Name: Hi-Lo with Limitied Tries
/// File Name: HiLoLimitied.java
/// Date Finished: 1/6/2016

import java.util.Random;

import java.util.Scanner;

public class HiLoLimited
{
	public static void main ( String[] args )
	{
            Random r = new Random();

            Scanner keyboard = new Scanner(System.in);

            int guess, x = 1 + r.nextInt(100), maxTries, Counter;
            maxTries = 7;
            Counter = 0;

            System.out.println();
            System.out.println();
            System.out.println("I'm thinking of a number between 1-100. Try and guess it. You have exactly 7 tries.");
            System.out.print(" First guess>: ");
            guess = keyboard.nextInt();
            Counter++;
            
            System.out.println();
            System.out.println();
            System.out.println();
        
        while ( guess != x && Counter < maxTries )
            {
            
                if ( x < guess )
                {
                    Counter++;
                    System.out.println(" Sorry the number you have chosen is way too high! ");
                    System.out.print(" Number of tries: " + Counter );
                    System.out.println(" ... next guess please: ");
                    guess = keyboard.nextInt();
                    System.out.println();
                    System.out.println();
                }
                else if ( x > guess )
                {
                    Counter++;
                    System.out.println(" Sorry the number you have chosen is way too low! ");
                    System.out.print(" Number of tries: " + Counter );
                    System.out.println(" ... next guess please: ");
                    guess = keyboard.nextInt();
                    System.out.println();
                    System.out.println();
                }
            }
                if ( guess == x && Counter < maxTries )
                {
                System.out.println(" I cannot believe it, you got it. ");
                System.out.println();
                System.out.println();
                System.out.println();
                }

                else if ( guess != x && Counter >= maxTries )
                {
                System.out.println(" Sorry, you have ran out of tries. You lose! ");    
        }
    }
}