Another heater, almost an 8k one!

I just had another good run on stars. I do love these. Started off simple:

PokerStars Tournament #80374360, No Limit Hold'em
Buy-In: $11.00/$1.00
180 players
Total Prize Pool: $1980.00
Tournament started - 2008/03/10 - 09:51:59 (ET)

Dear Willskis,

You finished the tournament in 4th place.
A $158.40 award has been credited to your Real Money account.

You earned 137.60 tournament leader points in this tournament.
For information about our tournament leader board, see our web site at
http://www.pokerstars.com/poker/tournaments/leader-board/


Congratulations!
Thank you for participating.

Then I saw my other tourney coming up, the one I've done well in in the past.
One could say I did well in it again. :D

PokerStars Tournament #80124545, No Limit Hold'em
Buy-In: $40.00/$4.00
150 players
Total Prize Pool: $6000.00
Tournament started - 2008/03/10 - 11:15:00 (ET)

Dear Willskis,

You finished the tournament in 1st place.
A $1,650.00 award has been credited to your Real Money account.

You earned 319.02 tournament leader points in this tournament.
For information about our tournament leader board, see our web site at
http://www.pokerstars.com/poker/tournaments/leader-board/


Congratulations!
Thank you for participating.


This whole time I was also in an $8.80 rebuy game. I was doing ok until I started doing VERY well with 50 players left out of 2000.

PokerStars Game #15881086918: Tournament #80160276, $8.00+$0.80 Hold'em
No Limit - Level XVI (2000/4000) - 2008/03/10 - 14:07:55 (ET)
Table '80160276 83' 9-max Seat #8 is the button
Seat 1: psl86 (110582 in chips)
Seat 2: deuces3742 (84689 in chips)
Seat 3: Willskis (103011 in chips)
Seat 4: zVxUmW (5588 in chips)
Seat 5: bittarsolar (86819 in chips)
Seat 6: damu88 (169314 in chips)
Seat 8: narbet (181313 in chips)
Seat 9: F0RTUNE500 (118578 in chips)
psl86: posts the ante 400
deuces3742: posts the ante 400
Willskis: posts the ante 400
zVxUmW: posts the ante 400
bittarsolar: posts the ante 400
damu88: posts the ante 400
narbet: posts the ante 400
F0RTUNE500: posts the ante 400
F0RTUNE500: posts small blind 2000
psl86: posts big blind 4000
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to Willskis [Kd Ks]
deuces3742: folds
Willskis: raises 6000 to 10000
zVxUmW: calls 5188 and is all-in
Mórenito is connected
bittarsolar: folds
damu88: calls 10000
narbet: folds
F0RTUNE500: folds
psl86: folds
*** FLOP *** [7d 7s 3h]
Willskis: bets 16000
damu88: raises 24000 to 40000
Willskis: raises 52611 to 92611 and is all-in
damu88: calls 52611
*** TURN *** [7d 7s 3h] [Kc]
*** RIVER *** [7d 7s 3h Kc] [8d]
*** SHOW DOWN ***
Willskis: shows [Kd Ks] (a full house, Kings full of Sevens)
damu88: shows [Tc Th] (two pair, Tens and Sevens)
Willskis collected 194846 from side pot
zVxUmW: shows [5c 5h] (two pair, Sevens and Fives)
Willskis collected 24764 from main pot
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot 219610 Main pot 24764. Side pot 194846. | Rake 0
Board [7d 7s 3h Kc 8d]
Seat 1: psl86 (big blind) folded before Flop
Seat 2: deuces3742 folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 3: Willskis showed [Kd Ks] and won (219610) with a full house, Kings full of Sevens
Seat 4: zVxUmW showed [5c 5h] and lost with two pair, Sevens and Fives
Seat 5: bittarsolar folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 6: damu88 showed [Tc Th] and lost with two pair, Tens and Sevens
Seat 8: narbet (button) folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 9: F0RTUNE500 (small blind) folded before Flop

That put me at chipleader, and THIS pot further cemented that.

PokerStars Game #15881293133: Tournament #80160276, $8.00+$0.80 Hold'em
No Limit - Level XVI (2000/4000) - 2008/03/10 - 14:17:26 (ET)
Table '80160276 83' 9-max Seat #7 is the button
Seat 1: psl86 (72582 in chips)
Seat 2: deuces3742 (101089 in chips)
Seat 3: Willskis (270810 in chips)
Seat 4: shibashi (144090 in chips)
Seat 5: bittarsolar (114322 in chips)
Seat 7: Mórenito (163714 in chips)
Seat 8: narbet (191713 in chips)
Seat 9: F0RTUNE500 (104578 in chips)
psl86: posts the ante 400
deuces3742: posts the ante 400
Willskis: posts the ante 400
shibashi: posts the ante 400
bittarsolar: posts the ante 400
Mórenito: posts the ante 400
narbet: posts the ante 400
F0RTUNE500: posts the ante 400
narbet: posts small blind 2000
F0RTUNE500: posts big blind 4000
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to Willskis [Js Qs]
F0RTUNE500 said, "wow u dodged a ton of outs"
psl86: folds
deuces3742: folds
Willskis: raises 6000 to 10000
shibashi: folds
bittarsolar: folds
Mórenito: folds
narbet: calls 8000
F0RTUNE500: folds
*** FLOP *** [Kh Ts Ac]
narbet: checks
Willskis: bets 12000
narbet: calls 12000
*** TURN *** [Kh Ts Ac] [7s]
narbet: checks
Willskis: bets 20000
narbet: calls 20000
*** RIVER *** [Kh Ts Ac 7s] [6s]
narbet: bets 12000
Willskis: raises 40000 to 52000
narbet: calls 40000
*** SHOW DOWN ***
Willskis: shows [Js Qs] (a flush, Queen high)
narbet: mucks hand
Willskis collected 195200 from pot
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot 195200 | Rake 0
Board [Kh Ts Ac 7s 6s]
Seat 1: psl86 folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 2: deuces3742 folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 3: Willskis showed [Js Qs] and won (195200) with a flush, Queen high
Seat 4: shibashi folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 5: bittarsolar folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 7: Mórenito (button) folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 8: narbet (small blind) mucked [3h Ah]
Seat 9: F0RTUNE500 (big blind) folded before Flop

I would have been overwhelming chipleader with over 700k before I got sucked out in this pot:

PokerStars Game #15881741983: Tournament #80160276, $8.00+$0.80 Hold'em
No Limit - Level XVII (2500/5000) - 2008/03/10 - 14:38:39 (ET)
Table '80160276 83' 9-max Seat #2 is the button
Seat 1: psl86 (194209 in chips)
Seat 2: deuces3742 (139889 in chips)
Seat 3: Willskis (433031 in chips)
Seat 4: shibashi (113390 in chips)
Seat 5: bittarsolar (100622 in chips)
Seat 6: 494H (186122 in chips)
Seat 7: Mórenito (54494 in chips)
Seat 9: F0RTUNE500 (57098 in chips)
psl86: posts the ante 500
deuces3742: posts the ante 500
Willskis: posts the ante 500
shibashi: posts the ante 500
bittarsolar: posts the ante 500
494H: posts the ante 500
Mórenito: posts the ante 500
F0RTUNE500: posts the ante 500
Willskis: posts small blind 2500
shibashi: posts big blind 5000
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to Willskis [9d 8d]
bittarsolar: folds
494H: folds
Mórenito: folds
F0RTUNE500: folds
psl86: raises 8333 to 13333
deuces3742: folds
Willskis: calls 10833
shibashi: folds
*** FLOP *** [3s 8c 4c]
Willskis: bets 20000
psl86: calls 20000
*** TURN *** [3s 8c 4c] [3h]
Willskis: bets 65000
psl86: raises 95376 to 160376 and is all-in
Willskis: calls 95376
*** RIVER *** [3s 8c 4c 3h] [Ac]
*** SHOW DOWN ***
Willskis: shows [9d 8d] (two pair, Eights and Threes)
psl86: shows [As 6c] (two pair, Aces and Threes)
psl86 collected 396418 from pot
F0RTUNE500 said, "ouch"
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot 396418 | Rake 0
Board [3s 8c 4c 3h Ac]
Seat 1: psl86 showed [As 6c] and won (396418) with two pair, Aces and Threes
Seat 2: deuces3742 (button) folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 3: Willskis (small blind) showed [9d 8d] and lost with two pair, Eights and Threes
Seat 4: shibashi (big blind) folded before Flop
Seat 5: bittarsolar folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 6: 494H folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 7: Mórenito folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 9: F0RTUNE500 folded before Flop (didn't bet)

No great call goes unpunished as usual I guess. :p

I kept grinding for a while but I eventually busted out 17th at 5k/10k blinds for $179.
Not bad for $16 investment, but its still no $5600.