Shortstack Master Baby!!!!

I can play this game. And it feels great.

I flopped a flush and straight flush draw on the flop. Bet it all the way as I thought the other guy was drawing and had the A of diamonds. He had the TJ of diamonds and I was down to 40 chips and in the SB.

PokerStars Game #7354764777: Tournament #37613972, $25+$2 Hold'em No Limit - Level I (10/20) - 2006/12/08 - 15:47:55 (ET)
Table '37613972 1' 9-max Seat #3 is the button
Seat 1: rdh009 (1460 in chips)
Seat 2: beck23x (3040 in chips)
Seat 3: Tortfeasor36 (1440 in chips)
Seat 4: Knightsridge (40 in chips)
Seat 5: cjb04 (1500 in chips)
Seat 6: IKnewwwIt (1500 in chips)
Seat 7: gobucks3 (1500 in chips) is sitting out
Seat 8: sano1981 (1620 in chips)
Seat 9: YaraYara (1400 in chips)
Knightsridge: posts small blind 10
cjb04: posts big blind 20
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to Knightsridge [Jd 8d]
beck23x said, "ty"
IKnewwwIt: folds
gobucks3: folds
gobucks3 has returned
sano1981: calls 20
YaraYara: folds
rdh009 has timed out
rdh009: folds
rdh009 is sitting out
beck23x: raises 60 to 80
Tortfeasor36: folds
Knightsridge: calls 30 and is all-in
cjb04: calls 60
sano1981: folds
*** FLOP *** [Tc 4s 8s]
cjb04: checks
beck23x: checks
*** TURN *** [Tc 4s 8s] [Jc]
cjb04: checks
beck23x: checks
*** RIVER *** [Tc 4s 8s Jc] [7c]
cjb04: checks
beck23x: bets 140
cjb04: folds
*** SHOW DOWN ***
beck23x: shows [Js Ah] (a pair of Jacks)
beck23x collected 80 from side pot
Knightsridge: shows [Jd 8d] (two pair, Jacks and Eights)
Knightsridge collected 140 from main pot

PokerStars Game #7354798964: Tournament #37613972, $25+$2 Hold'em No Limit - Level I (10/20) - 2006/12/08 - 15:50:39 (ET)
Table '37613972 1' 9-max Seat #6 is the button
Seat 1: rdh009 (1460 in chips) is sitting out
Seat 2: beck23x (3040 in chips)
Seat 3: Tortfeasor36 (1120 in chips)
Seat 4: Knightsridge (310 in chips)
Seat 5: cjb04 (1270 in chips)
Seat 6: IKnewwwIt (1470 in chips)
Seat 7: gobucks3 (1480 in chips)
Seat 8: sano1981 (1950 in chips)
Seat 9: YaraYara (1400 in chips)
gobucks3: posts small blind 10
sano1981: posts big blind 20
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to Knightsridge [7h Qh]
YaraYara: folds
rdh009: folds
beck23x: folds
Tortfeasor36: calls 20
Knightsridge said, "ill probably win now"
Knightsridge: folds
cjb04: folds
IKnewwwIt: folds
Knightsridge said, "lol"
gobucks3: calls 10
sano1981: checks
*** FLOP *** [Jd 9s 4d]
gobucks3: bets 80
sano1981: folds
Tortfeasor36: folds
gobucks3 collected 60 from pot
gobucks3: doesn't show hand

PokerStars Game #7355259517: Tournament #37613972, $25+$2 Hold'em No Limit - Level IX (300/600) - 2006/12/08 - 16:27:15 (ET)
Table '37613972 1' 9-max Seat #4 is the button
Seat 2: beck23x (2227 in chips)
Seat 4: Knightsridge (11273 in chips)
beck23x: posts the ante 50
Knightsridge: posts the ante 50
Knightsridge: posts small blind 300
beck23x: posts big blind 600
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to Knightsridge [Jh 3h]
Knightsridge: calls 300
beck23x: checks
*** FLOP *** [8s Jd 5s]
beck23x: bets 1577 and is all-in
Knightsridge: calls 1577
*** TURN *** [8s Jd 5s] [7d]
beck23x said, "gg"
*** RIVER *** [8s Jd 5s 7d] [3d]
*** SHOW DOWN ***
beck23x: shows [5c 7c] (two pair, Sevens and Fives)
Knightsridge: shows [Jh 3h] (two pair, Jacks and Threes)
Knightsridge said, "gg"
Knightsridge collected 4454 from pot
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot 4454 | Rake 0
Board [8s Jd 5s 7d 3d]
Seat 2: beck23x (big blind) showed [5c 7c] and lost with two pair, Sevens and Fives
Seat 4: Knightsridge (button) (small blind) showed [Jh 3h] and won (4454) with two pair, Jacks and Threes

If I lost that game it would have hurt as I was losing a few in a row. Now I feel like I could play the big game at the Belaggio. Aint it a great game?