I had a great time playing in this great event with the seat I won in Bigdog's forum competition. Overall I'm very happy with my game but these 2 hands are playing on my mind;

Hand 1

This was the villains 4th hand after being moved to my table, and the first he had played, so I was completely readless. This was a tough lay down, but at the time I was sure it was correct, however a few minutes later I saw the villain spew nearly all his chips bluffing at a similar A-high flop with pocket 4s. Do you guys fold KK to a check-raise on an A high flop here too? Was my pre-flop 3-bet sizing good?

Cereus Network – 100/200 NL – Holdem – 8 players
Hand converted by PokerTracker 3

MEMENT_MORI (UTG+1): 8,848.00
KOGOZLATAN (MP): 12,756.00
GARYQQQ (MP+1): 12,922.00
PAARRAA (CO): 3,229.00
SCL88 (BTN): 4,560.00
FNSHIPTHAT (SB): 6,254.00
CALLTHEFEDS (BB): 16,116.00
GYGRID (UTG): 17,375.00

MEMENT_MORI posts ante 25.00, KOGOZLATAN posts ante 25.00, GARYQQQ posts ante 25.00, PAARRAA posts ante 25.00, SCL88 posts ante 25.00, FNSHIPTHAT posts ante 25.00, CALLTHEFEDS posts ante 25.00, GYGRID posts ante 25.00, FNSHIPTHAT posts SB 100.00, CALLTHEFEDS posts BB 200.00

Pre Flop: (500.00) GARYQQQ has  K K

[color=red]GYGRID raises to 600.00[/color], fold, fold, [color=red]GARYQQQ raises to 1,399.00[/color], fold, fold, fold, fold, GYGRID calls 799.00

Flop: (3298.00, 2 players)  9 6 A
GYGRID checks, [color=red]GARYQQQ bets 1,845.00[/color], [color=red]GYGRID raises to 4,090.00[/color]

fold

GARYQQQ mucks  K K  (One Pair, Kings)
GYGRID wins 6,988.00

Hand 2

This is my bust-out hand. Immediately prior to this I had just doubled with AKs after folding a load of junk for 2 orbits and moved up from 33/33 to 27/33 with 18 spots to be paid. This villain was aggresive in the hijack with a high steal frequency so I condidered him to have a fairly wide range, my image should be fairly tight. For several orbits I had been playing with a short stack and a shove or fold mentality, now that I had succesfully doubled should I have thought longer before making my re-shove here or was it a good move? If I'd doubled again I'd have moved into the top half of the field.

Cereus Network – 250/500 NL – Holdem – 8 players
Hand converted by PokerTracker 3

MEMENT_MORI (MP): 22,911.00
KOGOZLATAN (MP+1): 11,804.00
JEFFBEESDAT (CO): 24,150.00
GARYQQQ (BTN): 10,568.00
STACKEMUPHI (SB): 24,440.00
SCL88 (BB): 4,191.00
FNSHIPTHAT (UTG): 30,676.00
RDCRSN (UTG+1): 15,369.00

MEMENT_MORI posts ante 50.00, KOGOZLATAN posts ante 50.00, JEFFBEESDAT posts ante 50.00, GARYQQQ posts ante 50.00, STACKEMUPHI posts ante 50.00, SCL88 posts ante 50.00, FNSHIPTHAT posts ante 50.00, RDCRSN posts ante 50.00, STACKEMUPHI posts SB 250.00, SCL88 posts BB 500.00

Pre Flop: (1150.00) GARYQQQ has  A J

fold, fold, fold, fold, [color=red]JEFFBEESDAT raises to 1,000.00[/color], [color=red]GARYQQQ raises to 10,518.00[/color], fold, fold, JEFFBEESDAT calls 9,518.00

Flop: (22186.00, 2 players)  5 8 3

Turn: (22186.00, 2 players)  T

River: (22186.00, 2 players)  Q

JEFFBEESDAT shows  Q Q  (Three of a Kind, Queens) (PreFlop 68%, Flop 82%, Turn 93%)
GARYQQQ shows  A J  (High Card, Ace) (PreFlop 32%, Flop 18%, Turn 7%)
JEFFBEESDAT wins 22,186.00