Had a couple middle pairs w/ no help early, then big stacks got pushy.

I did lose a tough one when opponent had pocket 3s and the flop came QQ3. He checked and nibbled along until my 45s found the 6 and 7 on turn and river for my straight. Lost half my chips on that one.

Then I hunkered down with my reduced stack waiting for a special situation. I got it but opponent's 2 outer found the board on the river. See below.

Thanks to all the Pokerstars gang, sorry I couldnt have brought something home. Greg - I got the package -- very nice - thanks alot for that.

Wait til next season!

Mark

PokerStars Game #13466376407: Tournament #67350650, $500+$30 Hold'em No Limit - Level III (100/200) - 2007/11/25 - 17:24:39 (ET)
Table '67350650 227' 9-max Seat #7 is the button
Seat 1: lara15fiona (20650 in chips)
Seat 2: thugmoneymkr (10465 in chips)
Seat 3: shooter1985 (21955 in chips)
Seat 4: Jedi Ken (9465 in chips)
Seat 5: exomil (20400 in chips)
Seat 6: nickym998 (18549 in chips)
Seat 7: Reno_Jones (12350 in chips)
Seat 8: KingZupp (3950 in chips)
Seat 9: BIGEUG333 (4826 in chips)
KingZupp: posts small blind 100
BIGEUG333: posts big blind 200
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to KingZupp [Kc Qd]
lara15fiona: folds
thugmoneymkr: folds
shooter1985: folds
Jedi Ken: folds
exomil: folds
nickym998: raises 400 to 600
Reno_Jones: folds
KingZupp: calls 500
BIGEUG333: calls 400
*** FLOP *** [Ks 3h Kh]
KingZupp: bets 1200
BIGEUG333: folds
nickym998: raises 1600 to 2800
KingZupp: raises 550 to 3350 and is all-in
nickym998: calls 550
*** TURN *** [Ks 3h Kh] [7h]
*** RIVER *** [Ks 3h Kh 7h] [Jd]
*** SHOW DOWN ***
KingZupp: shows [Kc Qd] (three of a kind, Kings)
nickym998: shows [7d 7c] (a full house, Sevens full of Kings)
nickym998 collected 8500 from pot
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot 8500 | Rake 0
Board [Ks 3h Kh 7h Jd]
Seat 1: lara15fiona folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 2: thugmoneymkr folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 3: shooter1985 folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 4: Jedi Ken folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 5: exomil folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 6: nickym998 showed [7d 7c] and won (8500) with a full house, Sevens full of Kings
Seat 7: Reno_Jones (button) folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 8: KingZupp (small blind) showed [Kc Qd] and lost with three of a kind, Kings
Seat 9: BIGEUG333 (big blind) folded on the Flop