Breakdown of a Win (or chop, close enough)

Went over the hand history, really felt I played well. Obviously. Lots of key moments, someone trying to resteal with K5o when I had aces was a key moment when I chipped up later in the tournament. I think I've really improved my aggression on picking times to re-steal, that's something I noticed going back over the tournament. Wanted to post these consecutive hands from earlier where I chipped up, from there I was off and running.

POKERSTARS GAME #16056508050: TOURNAMENT #80995650, $100+$9 HOLD'EM NO LIMIT - LEVEL IX (300/600) - 2008/03/17 - 21:14:44 (ET)Table '80995650 25' 9-max Seat #3 is the button
Seat 1: LolS (18325 in chips)
Seat 2: Katte-M (22800 in chips)
Seat 3: Papa Bull XL (18981 in chips)
Seat 4: okhcad777 (16172 in chips)
Seat 5: kickboyswoop (15048 in chips)
Seat 7: bzimzim (7624 in chips)
Seat 8: IG0tDibs (8108 in chips)
Seat 9: kongobongo85 (4920 in chips)
LolS: posts the ante 50
Katte-M: posts the ante 50
Papa Bull XL: posts the ante 50
okhcad777: posts the ante 50
kickboyswoop: posts the ante 50
bzimzim: posts the ante 50
IG0tDibs: posts the ante 50
kongobongo85: posts the ante 50
okhcad777: posts small blind 300
kickboyswoop: posts big blind 600
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to bzimzim [Kh Qh]
bzimzim: raises 1000 to 1600
IG0tDibs: folds
kongobongo85: folds
LolS: folds
Katte-M: calls 1600
Papa Bull XL: folds
okhcad777: folds
kickboyswoop: folds
*** FLOP *** [5h 3h 5s]
bzimzim: bets 2400
Katte-M: raises 2400 to 4800
bzimzim: raises 1174 to 5974 and is all-in
Katte-M: calls 1174
*** TURN *** [5h 3h 5s] [6h]***
RIVER *** [5h 3h 5s 6h] [2d]
SHOW DOWN ***bzimzim: shows [Kh Qh] (a flush, King high)
Katte-M: shows [4d 4c] (a straight, Deuce to Six)
bzimzim collected 16448 from pot

POKERSTARS GAME #16056525533: TOURNAMENT #80995650, $100+$9 HOLD'EM NO LIMIT - LEVEL IX (300/600) - 2008/03/17 - 21:15:30 (ET)Table '80995650 25' 9-max Seat #4 is the button
Seat 1: LolS (18275 in chips)
Seat 2: Katte-M (15176 in chips)
Seat 3: Papa Bull XL (18931 in chips)
Seat 4: okhcad777 (15822 in chips)
Seat 5: kickboyswoop (14398 in chips)
Seat 7: bzimzim (16448 in chips)
Seat 8: IG0tDibs (8058 in chips)
Seat 9: kongobongo85 (4870 in chips)
LolS: posts the ante 50
Katte-M: posts the ante 50
Papa Bull XL: posts the ante 50
okhcad777: posts the ante 50
kickboyswoop: posts the ante 50
bzimzim: posts the ante 50
IG0tDibs: posts the ante 50
kongobongo85: posts the ante 50
kickboyswoop: posts small blind 300
bzimzim: posts big blind 600
*** HOLE CARDS ***Dealt to bzimzim [5s 3s]
IG0tDibs: folds
kongobongo85: folds
LolS: folds
Katte-M: folds
Papa Bull XL: raises 925 to 1525
okhcad777: calls 1525
kickboyswoop: folds
bzimzim: calls 925
*** FLOP *** [3c Js Qs]
bzimzim: checks
Papa Bull XL: bets 3175
okhcad777: folds
bzimzim: raises 5325 to 8500
oleko111 is connected
Papa Bull XL: raises 8856 to 17356 and is all-in
bzimzim: calls 6373 and is all-in
*** TURN *** [3c Js Qs] [9s]
*** RIVER *** [3c Js Qs 9s] [2h]
*** SHOW DOWN ***
bzimzim: shows [5s 3s] (a flush, Queen high)
Papa Bull XL: shows [Ts Qd] (a pair of Queens)
bzimzim collected 35021 from pot

Weeeeeeeeeee.

Some thoughts on the second hand. Reasons I called in the first place: Papa had been opening frequently from late position, better price when ok came in, we're all deep enough that I can stack someone if I really hit. Then just the kind of flop I can get aggro with, pair and a flush draw. I actually thought Papa had hit the flop, but thought there was a pretty good chance he wouldn't be able to stand the heat. Instead he put his whole stack in with top pair 10 kicker. So good read, I guess. Then, of course, I run good :)

Boy he was pissed though. Haha. I think I put the whole table on tilt with that one, had Katte get his whole stack in with 5s on an 8 7 3 flop when I smooth called pf with QQ. So that was another 18000 chips or so.

Now obviously, I'm not calling raises with 53s very often, but I actually liked my play here, both the initial call and the play after. Got to chip up sometime, and I think this was a good spot to get aggressive. Maybe this is really a leak though. I am calling with a marginal hand. There's a hand on the AP forum right now where someone min raises from lp, and two others call. The bb has J9o, is deep enough to make a speculative call, and is getting nearly 8:1. Most people there say they would fold. In my mind, with connecting cards and such a great price, that seems like a chance to see a flop and try and chip up. At some point you have to rely on post-flop play/reading to try and avoid trouble if you flop a medicore holding.

Of course, it's possible I'm just playing badly and don't know it. But as long as I keep hitting five figure cashes, my ignorance is ok by me :)

In Buckeye news, Ohio State leads UNC-Ashville right now 55-47 in the second half in the NIT. They've got a 7'7" center Kenny George that's getting away with murder. He's a monster though. My God. Also Pryor announcing for Ohio State tomorrow! Sweet.

Off to my soccer game after I missed last week's game, ship a win.