So, back from dinner break I get AKs in the very first hand, I open the pot woth a raise to $1,200 (blinds $200-400, ante $50) only to be greeted by an all-in from a small stack of $3,600. I called and made full house on the turn, back to almost average!!

My new table got broken up again, and I was moved for the second time tonight. I played myself up to almost $20,000, then down again to $10,000 tangling with the big stack to my right, who was not only on a rush, but also extremely active.

Everybody folds to me on the button, and I raise to $2,000 (blinds now $300-600, $75 ante). SB folds, while Big Blind completely buys my weak hollywood acting and reraises me all-in.I call immediately of course, and he flips over 10 5 o - SWEET!! Up to $22,000 and above average again!!

Meanwhile the big stack in seat 1 has grown to $50,000+ and keeps bullying the table. We're 45 minutes from the end of the day, and we're down to 550 players, 298 get paid. Everybody folds to him in the SB, he calls, I check with K9 resisting the urge to raise him. Flop comes AKJ. He leads out with $2,000 I raise him to $5,000, he calls rather quickly, haven't yet seen him fold to a raised bet on the flop. The turn is the deuce of diamonds, he checks. There is now $12,000 in the pot, and I have about $13,000 behid, so I go all-in, convinced I have the best hand.He snap-calls with pocket aces and I am drawing dead, nice play Sir, good luck and good night!!

Kevin was still in when I left, but nursing an extremely short stack, let's hope at least one of us will make it to day 2 and the money!!