$750k - 2nd break

Overall, a great hour for me, got seriously involved in 3 pots, and won them all. I am sitting on about 10.5k chips, avg stack is 6,800, and I am sitting around 300th with 1600 left, with 522 getting paid.

The first hand is not retrievable, because I got moved right after the hand, but I had JTdd on the button, it is limped in 3 spots, I call, SB completes, BB checks. I have about 2,600 at this point, short stack in the hand. Flop comes KdQh4d, I have an open-ended straight draw and a flush draw, BB bets 400 with about 1000 in the pot, folded to me, I raise to 1000, he moves all-in and I call, He shows KQos for 2 pair, I hit a diamond on the river to stay alive.

Now my stack is a healthier 5,500ish, when the following hand occurs:

Full Tilt Poker Game #3997198196: $750,000 Guarantee (29181959), Table 60 - 60/120 - No Limit Hold'em - 19:35:02 ET - 2007/10/28
Seat 1: Pechorin (6,950)
Seat 2: BarFine600 (3,180)
Seat 3: Shark point (8,375)
Seat 4: Shkn_Nt_Strd (2,730)
Seat 5: PJS JR (5,155)
Seat 6: JohnyDallas (14,697)
Seat 7: pfino (4,170)
Seat 8: luckychewy (2,210)
Seat 9: lolo163 (3,500)
Shark point posts the small blind of 60
Shkn_Nt_Strd posts the big blind of 120
The button is in seat #2
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to PJS JR [6h 6s]
PJS JR calls 120
JohnyDallas folds
pfino folds
luckychewy has 15 seconds left to act
luckychewy raises to 420
lolo163 folds
Pechorin folds
BarFine600 folds
Shark point folds
Shkn_Nt_Strd has 15 seconds left to act
Shkn_Nt_Strd folds
PJS JR calls 300
*** FLOP *** [5c 8c 3s]
PJS JR checks
luckychewy has 15 seconds left to act
luckychewy bets 625
PJS JR raises to 2,040
luckychewy calls 1,165, and is all in
PJS JR shows [6h 6s]
luckychewy shows [As Kh]
Uncalled bet of 250 returned to PJS JR
*** TURN *** [5c 8c 3s] [9d]
*** RIVER *** [5c 8c 3s 9d] [Ts]
PJS JR shows a pair of Sixes
luckychewy shows Ace King high
PJS JR wins the pot (4,600) with a pair of Sixes
luckychewy stands up
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot 4,600 | Rake 0
Board: [5c 8c 3s 9d Ts]
Seat 1: Pechorin didn't bet (folded)
Seat 2: BarFine600 (button) didn't bet (folded)
Seat 3: Shark point (small blind) folded before the Flop
Seat 4: Shkn_Nt_Strd (big blind) folded before the Flop
Seat 5: PJS JR showed [6h 6s] and won (4,600) with a pair of Sixes
Seat 6: JohnyDallas didn't bet (folded)
Seat 7: pfino didn't bet (folded)
Seat 8: luckychewy showed [As Kh] and lost with Ace King high
Seat 9: lolo163 didn't bet (folded)

I was hoping to see a hand like AK, and my hand was lucky enough to hold up. A little while later:

Full Tilt Poker Game #3997324577: $750,000 Guarantee (29181959), Table 60 - 80/160 - No Limit Hold'em - 19:47:11 ET - 2007/10/28
Seat 1: Pechorin (5,310)
Seat 2: BarFine600 (3,420)
Seat 3: Shark point (7,535)
Seat 4: Shkn_Nt_Strd (2,790)
Seat 5: PJS JR (7,305)
Seat 6: JohnyDallas (16,872)
Seat 7: pfino (4,650)
Seat 8: KwaziWabbit (6,692)
Seat 9: lolo163 (3,080)
Pechorin posts the small blind of 80
BarFine600 posts the big blind of 160
The button is in seat #9
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to PJS JR [Js Jh]
Shark point folds
Shkn_Nt_Strd folds
PJS JR raises to 420
JohnyDallas folds
pfino folds
KwaziWabbit folds
lolo163 folds
Pechorin has 15 seconds left to act
Pechorin calls 340
BarFine600 folds
*** FLOP *** [Td 2c 3h]
Pechorin checks
PJS JR bets 960
Pechorin calls 960
*** TURN *** [Td 2c 3h] [9s]
Pechorin checks
PJS JR bets 5,925, and is all in
Pechorin folds
Uncalled bet of 5,925 returned to PJS JR
PJS JR mucks
PJS JR wins the pot (2,920)
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot 2,920 | Rake 0
Board: [Td 2c 3h 9s]
Seat 1: Pechorin (small blind) folded on the Turn
Seat 2: BarFine600 (big blind) folded before the Flop
Seat 3: Shark point didn't bet (folded)
Seat 4: Shkn_Nt_Strd didn't bet (folded)
Seat 5: PJS JR collected (2,920), mucked
Seat 6: JohnyDallas didn't bet (folded)
Seat 7: pfino didn't bet (folded)
Seat 8: KwaziWabbit didn't bet (folded)
Seat 9: lolo163 (button) didn't bet (folded)

I realise my push on the turn screams overpair, but I just did not want to check to check-raise and have my opponent check behind (which he most likely would have) only to see an A or K on the river to question whether my hand is good.

Lost one hand before the break when I raised with 77 in middle position and got re-raised all-in by the SB who had about 3,800 chips. I decided to fold after much contemplation, as I did not feel like racing against that many chips. Maybe I was dominated, who knows. But losing would have knocked my down from 10.5k to about 7k. Maybe it was weak, but I didn't care to risk it at this point.

Off the the next level, 120/240 (25 ante), will let you know how I fare.

Ryan