I just busted from the big Sunday Party and Stars tournament.
The beginning of the end in the stars tourney was the following hand:
PokerStars Game #4934712159: Tournament #23909982, $200+$15 Hold'em No Limit - Level V (75/150) - 2006/05/14 - 17:45:08 (ET)
Table '23909982 354' 9-max Seat #3 is the button
Seat 1: rimka101 (2140 in chips)
Seat 2: Sapmi boy (4270 in chips)
Seat 3: ldw1971 (530 in chips)
Seat 4: Xaston (2415 in chips)
Seat 5: Checkbook (2685 in chips)
Seat 6: Sandanista (2590 in chips)
Seat 7: sjpatel (4655 in chips)
Seat 8: msn1019 (3790 in chips)
Seat 9: steveyb008 (6090 in chips)
Xaston: posts small blind 75
Checkbook: posts big blind 150
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to Xaston [Ah Qh]
Sandanista: folds
sjpatel: folds
msn1019: folds
steveyb008: folds
rimka101: folds
Sapmi boy: folds
ldw1971: raises 380 to 530 and is all-in
Xaston: raises 1885 to 2415 and is all-in
Checkbook: folds
*** FLOP *** [3d 3s Ts]
*** TURN *** [3d 3s Ts]
*** RIVER *** [3d 3s Ts Kd]
*** SHOW DOWN ***
Xaston: shows [Ah Qh] (a pair of Threes)
ldw1971: shows [6c 3c] (three of a kind, Threes)
ldw1971 collected 1210 from pot
Then in the party one I got spanked a bit but made a real nice recovery and was chipping up a ton, stealing blinds almost at will. Then I got 88 in MP, made it 1000 to go with 200/400 blinds. BB called and the flop was 256 with 2 clubs. I decided that since I'd been raising so much and was yet to be tested that I wanted to play a big pot and feign some weakness so I tossed out merely a 1000 chip bet and he thought for a while and shoved all in. He had AT of clubs, ship a club, nh gg.
I was also able to drop ~$400 at a $10/$20 shorthanded table on stars by simply getting in 3 bets pre flop with AK vs. Ax 1283 times, then having them flop an X while I pick up a gutshot or a nut flush draw or both and put in just the right amount of bets after the flop and never get there.
Boy, you got me confused with a man who repeats himself.