Another bittersweet final table...

I was below average just in the money in the Full Tilt 24k yesterday when these 2 back to back hands came up....

Full Tilt Poker Game #5126324379: $24,000 Guarantee (38225251), Table 22 - 1000/2000 Ante 250 - No Limit Hold'em - 23:31:55 ET - 2008/02/04
Seat 1: gre1007 (34,168)
Seat 2: BrandonAU (20,049)
Seat 3: SAFHIRA (88,679)
Seat 4: Creekman222 (22,306)
Seat 5: Diggs82 (31,630)
Seat 6: dlo721 (47,242)
Seat 7: MiamiHawk99 (40,050)
Seat 8: miketherake (13,650)
Seat 9: kafkasrecruit2 (22,330)
gre1007 antes 250
BrandonAU antes 250
SAFHIRA antes 250
Creekman222 antes 250
Diggs82 antes 250
dlo721 antes 250
MiamiHawk99 antes 250
miketherake antes 250
kafkasrecruit2 antes 250
SAFHIRA posts the small blind of 1,000
Creekman222 posts the big blind of 2,000
The button is in seat #2
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to BrandonAU [Th Tc]
Diggs82 folds
dlo721 raises to 5,000
MiamiHawk99 folds
miketherake folds
kafkasrecruit2 folds
gre1007 folds
BrandonAU has 15 seconds left to act
BrandonAU calls 5,000
SAFHIRA raises to 88,429, and is all in
Creekman222 folds
dlo721 folds
BrandonAU has 15 seconds left to act
BrandonAU calls 14,799, and is all in
SAFHIRA shows [Ks Ad]
BrandonAU shows [Th Tc]
Uncalled bet of 68,630 returned to SAFHIRA
*** FLOP *** [8d 5c 3d]
*** TURN *** [8d 5c 3d] [8c]
*** RIVER *** [8d 5c 3d 8c] [Js]
SAFHIRA shows a pair of Eights
BrandonAU shows two pair, Tens and Eights
BrandonAU wins the pot (48,848) with two pair, Tens and Eights
The blinds are now 1,200/2,400 with an ante of 300
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot 48,848 | Rake 0
Board: [8d 5c 3d 8c Js]
Seat 1: gre1007 folded before the Flop
Seat 2: BrandonAU (button) showed [Th Tc] and won (48,848) with two pair, Tens and Eights
Seat 3: SAFHIRA (small blind) showed [Ks Ad] and lost with a pair of Eights
Seat 4: Creekman222 (big blind) folded before the Flop
Seat 5: Diggs82 folded before the Flop
Seat 6: dlo721 folded before the Flop
Seat 7: MiamiHawk99 folded before the Flop
Seat 8: miketherake folded before the Flop
Seat 9: kafkasrecruit2 folded before the Flop




Full Tilt Poker Game #5126336489: $24,000 Guarantee (38225251), Table 22 - 1200/2400 Ante 300 - No Limit Hold'em - 23:32:51 ET - 2008/02/04
Seat 1: gre1007 (33,918)
Seat 2: BrandonAU (48,848)
Seat 3: SAFHIRA (68,630)
Seat 4: Creekman222 (20,056)
Seat 5: Diggs82 (31,380)
Seat 6: dlo721 (41,992)
Seat 7: MiamiHawk99 (39,800)
Seat 8: miketherake (13,400)
Seat 9: kafkasrecruit2 (22,080)
gre1007 antes 300
BrandonAU antes 300
SAFHIRA antes 300
Creekman222 antes 300
Diggs82 antes 300
dlo721 antes 300
MiamiHawk99 antes 300
miketherake antes 300
kafkasrecruit2 antes 300
Creekman222 posts the small blind of 1,200
Diggs82 posts the big blind of 2,400
The button is in seat #3
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to BrandonAU [Ks Ah]
dlo721 folds
MiamiHawk99 folds
miketherake raises to 13,100, and is all in
kafkasrecruit2 folds
gre1007 folds
BrandonAU calls 13,100
SAFHIRA calls 13,100
Creekman222 has 15 seconds left to act
Creekman222 folds
Diggs82 folds
*** FLOP *** [3c Td Kd]
BrandonAU bets 35,448, and is all in
SAFHIRA calls 35,448
BrandonAU shows [Ks Ah]
SAFHIRA shows [Qs Kc]
miketherake shows [Kh Qc]
*** TURN *** [3c Td Kd] [3s]
*** RIVER *** [3c Td Kd 3s] [7h]
BrandonAU shows two pair, Kings and Threes
SAFHIRA shows two pair, Kings and Threes
BrandonAU wins the side pot (70,896) with two pair, Kings and Threes
miketherake shows two pair, Kings and Threes
BrandonAU wins the main pot (45,600) with two pair, Kings and Threes
miketherake stands up
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot 116,496 Main pot 45,600. Side pot 70,896. | Rake 0
Board: [3c Td Kd 3s 7h]
Seat 1: gre1007 folded before the Flop
Seat 2: BrandonAU showed [Ks Ah] and won (116,496) with two pair, Kings and Threes
Seat 3: SAFHIRA (button) showed [Qs Kc] and lost with two pair, Kings and Threes
Seat 4: Creekman222 (small blind) folded before the Flop
Seat 5: Diggs82 (big blind) folded before the Flop
Seat 6: dlo721 folded before the Flop
Seat 7: MiamiHawk99 folded before the Flop
Seat 8: miketherake showed [Kh Qc] and lost with two pair, Kings and Threes
Seat 9: kafkasrecruit2 folded before the Flop


These 2 hands alone shot me up from below avg to like 2nd in chips.... I cruised along and went really card dead from 3 tables on in and got to the final table 7/9 in chips... 2 people survived allins being 3 to 1 dogs preflop, which sucked for me of course.... 9th was $500+, which is where I ended up when my 1010 went down to KQ all in preflop.... King on the river.... 1st was almost $7k so this was extremely disappointing... But $500 is still alot of money... I've final tabled 3 of my last 10 or so tourneys at Full Tilt which is just plain sick... 2 of those fields were a good bit above 1000 people too.... I've been running good but haven't been able to close the deal... ooooooh well... Its time to grind some sngs!!!!

- Brandon