SCOOP 11, Mixed hold'em

Buy In - $320

Finished - 74th of 1125

Money - $725.62

I really enjoyed this tournament which culminated in, what my opinion, was an unavoidable coinflip in the NL 500/1000 round. We had history, with me doubling him up when I called his 15BB shove with KQ when he showed AQ. I knew this was a coinflip probably 97% of the time and felt I needed to gamble because the limit rounds were brutal. The hand is shown below, along with a few other important hands in the tournament.

As good as bust -

PokerStars Game #26844594685: Tournament #200904112, $300+$20 Hold'em Mixed (Hold'em No Limit) - Level XXXIV (500/1000) - 2009/04/08 1:44:10 WET [2009/04/07 20:44:10 ET]
Table '200904112 34' 6-max Seat #2 is the button
Seat 1: CobaltBlueX (57496 in chips)
Seat 2: tzompu (90195 in chips)
Seat 3: slammedfire (46651 in chips)
Seat 4: crackhAAd (33493 in chips)
Seat 5: kidpoker406 (130942 in chips)
Seat 6: Rockytherock (47434 in chips)
slammedfire: posts the ante 125
crackhAAd: posts the ante 125
kidpoker406: posts the ante 125
Rockytherock: posts the ante 125
CobaltBlueX: posts the ante 125
tzompu: posts the ante 125
slammedfire: posts small blind 500
crackhAAd: posts big blind 1000
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to Rockytherock [Th Td]
kidpoker406: folds
Rockytherock: raises 2000 to 3000
CobaltBlueX: folds
tzompu: folds
kidpoker406 said, "nhl"
slammedfire: raises 43526 to 46526 and is all-in
crackhAAd: folds
Rockytherock: calls 43526
*** FLOP *** [5s Kh 7c]
*** TURN *** [5s Kh 7c] [5h]
*** RIVER *** [5s Kh 7c 5h] [6s]
*** SHOW DOWN ***
slammedfire: shows [Ah Ks] (two pair, Kings and Fives)
Rockytherock: shows [Th Td] (two pair, Tens and Fives)
Rockytherock said, "gg gl"
slammedfire collected 94802 from pot
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot 94802 | Rake 0
Board [5s Kh 7c 5h 6s]
Seat 1: CobaltBlueX folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 2: tzompu (button) folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 3: slammedfire (small blind) showed [Ah Ks] and won (94802) with two pair, Kings and Fives
Seat 4: crackhAAd (big blind) folded before Flop
Seat 5: kidpoker406 folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 6: Rockytherock showed [Th Td] and lost with two pair, Tens and Fives

Very badly played hand early on -

PokerStars Game #26837992524: Tournament #200904112, $300+$20 Hold'em Mixed (Hold'em Limit) - Level XVII (300/600) - 2009/04/07 22:27:48 WET [2009/04/07 17:27:48 ET]
Table '200904112 34' 6-max Seat #4 is the button
Seat 1: RuFio25 (2658 in chips)
Seat 2: scarface_79 (4402 in chips)
Seat 3: Joe_Banks (6716 in chips)
Seat 4: jcamby33 (20938 in chips)
Seat 5: skat tilt (22867 in chips)
Seat 6: Rockytherock (16485 in chips)
skat tilt: posts small blind 150
Rockytherock: posts big blind 300
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to Rockytherock [Jc Jh]
RuFio25 has timed out
RuFio25: folds
RuFio25 is sitting out
scarface_79: folds
RuFio25 has returned
Joe_Banks: raises 300 to 600
jcamby33: calls 600
skat tilt: folds
Rockytherock: raises 300 to 900
Joe_Banks: calls 300
jcamby33: calls 300
*** FLOP *** [6c 9h 9d]
Rockytherock: bets 300
Joe_Banks: calls 300
jcamby33: raises 300 to 600
Rockytherock: calls 300
Joe_Banks: calls 300
*** TURN *** [6c 9h 9d] [2s]
Rockytherock: checks
Joe_Banks: checks
jcamby33: bets 600
Rockytherock: calls 600
Joe_Banks: folds
*** RIVER *** [6c 9h 9d 2s] [8d]
Rockytherock: checks
jcamby33: bets 600
Rockytherock: calls 600
*** SHOW DOWN ***
jcamby33: shows [9c As] (three of a kind, Nines)
Rockytherock: mucks hand
jcamby33 collected 7050 from pot
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot 7050 | Rake 0
Board [6c 9h 9d 2s 8d]
Seat 1: RuFio25 folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 2: scarface_79 folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 3: Joe_Banks folded on the Turn
Seat 4: jcamby33 (button) showed [9c As] and won (7050) with three of a kind, Nines
Seat 5: skat tilt (small blind) folded before Flop
Seat 6: Rockytherock (big blind) mucked [Jc Jh]

Was torn between value betting/checking the river here

PokerStars Game #26841390999: Tournament #200904112, $300+$20 Hold'em Mixed (Hold'em Limit) - Level XXV (800/1600) - 2009/04/08 0:03:07 WET [2009/04/07 19:03:07 ET]
Table '200904112 34' 6-max Seat #1 is the button
Seat 1: SixZeros (26475 in chips)
Seat 2: scarface_79 (9098 in chips)
Seat 3: NEKOTYAN (17550 in chips)
Seat 4: jcamby33 (28450 in chips)
Seat 5: skat tilt (34601 in chips)
Seat 6: Rockytherock (28223 in chips)
scarface_79: posts small blind 400
NEKOTYAN: posts big blind 800
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to Rockytherock [Kc Kd]
jcamby33: folds
skat tilt: raises 800 to 1600
Rockytherock: raises 800 to 2400
SixZeros: folds
scarface_79: folds
NEKOTYAN: folds
skat tilt: calls 800
*** FLOP *** [Jc 8c Th]
skat tilt: checks
Rockytherock: bets 800
skat tilt: calls 800
*** TURN *** [Jc 8c Th] [Qd]
skat tilt: checks
Rockytherock: checks
*** RIVER *** [Jc 8c Th Qd] [Js]
skat tilt: checks
Rockytherock: bets 1600
skat tilt: calls 1600
*** SHOW DOWN ***
Rockytherock: shows [Kc Kd] (two pair, Kings and Jacks)
skat tilt: shows [9s 8d] (a straight, Eight to Queen)
skat tilt collected 10800 from pot
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot 10800 | Rake 0
Board [Jc 8c Th Qd Js]
Seat 1: SixZeros (button) folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 2: scarface_79 (small blind) folded before Flop
Seat 3: NEKOTYAN (big blind) folded before Flop
Seat 4: jcamby33 folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 5: skat tilt showed [9s 8d] and won (10800) with a straight, Eight to Queen
Seat 6: Rockytherock showed [Kc Kd] and lost with two pair, Kings and Jacks