Wow...I'm very impressed. Very nice laydowns/minimizing losses. And horrible luck. Ah well...it all evens out in the end. Thanks for a great post. Question though: in 1 of the hands there is potential to push the other player off his winning hand--the AA/KK/QQ guy. But you opted to not try. At these higher buyin events, a lot of folks know how to fold--I find at least--but apperently u didn't think he could. Yet u don't bet out very hard with ur set vrs TPTK later, since u are afraid he would fold. These are obviously 2 different players and 1 might be tight and the other loose for all I know, but still, made me think. Perhaps u could have pushed the overpair out with some scary betting, which would let u bet your monsters harder. Perhaps it is because I'm worse at reading my opponents than u, but me being a winning player, comes from me being able to make bets that force people to fold those sort of hands, combined with the action these bluffs bring me later. Then again, I do bust a lot!