Here's the backstory. We are sitting on the bubble of the Midnight Madness tournament at Full Tilt. I was severly short stacked and extremely card dead, but I still could have folded into the money if I chose to do so. I picked up AK and pushed from MP. It was only 5.5x BB (M<3) so the BB called with 6's. I caught an Ace and doubled up.
We pass the bubble by the time the blinds get to me and when I get to the button the blinds are 300/600 and I have 5,165. I open-push w/ [Jh] and pick up the blinds and antes without showing my hand.
I fold the next hand in CO.
I open-push [Td] for 2 off the button for 6,515. SB calls and is shorter stacked. He has [9s] and in the only hand I saw tonight where the dominated hand won, I pick up a nice pot.
After looking like a rock for a few orbits, I have now pushed 2 out of my last 3 hands + 1 hand the orbit before that. They have seen AK and KTs from my pushes.
Very next hand I pick up pocket 9's and open raise to 1,800. Everyone folds and I don't have to show that hand.
Very next hand I pick up pocket 8's. I have now raised or pushed 3 out of the last 4 hands. Blinds are still 300/600 and I have 11,210. I am 2nd in chips at the table because of the last 4 hands and the table average is about 8K. What to do?