50 rebuy halfway

Villain is BeL0WaB0Ve, a solid player. We had a semi-interesting blind battle earlier in the 109r so he knows me and knows I know him. I'm ~10th in chips, he's slightly above average. About 110 left, 220 entrants. Thoughts?

PokerStars No-Limit Hold'em Tourney, Big Blind is t400 (9 handed)

saw flop|saw showdown

MP2 (t18389)
MP3 (t7022)
Hero (t33481)
Button (t18330)
SB (t9086)
BB (t5845)
UTG (t4211)
UTG+1 (t19364)
MP1 (t10855)

Preflop: Hero is CO with 9, A.
1 fold, UTG+1 calls t400, 3 folds, Hero raises to t1400, 3 folds, UTG+1 calls t1000.

Flop: (t3000) 5, 5, 2 (2 players)
UTG+1 checks, Hero bets t2300, UTG+1 raises to t6800, Hero calls t4500.

Turn: (t16600) 7 (2 players)
UTG+1 checks, Hero bets t25256 (All-In)

lol, almost final table, just finished Bax with 99 back to back:

PokerStars Game #7258093052: Tournament #36701402, $50+$5 Hold'em No Limit - Level XVII (4000/8000) - 2006/12/01 - 19:46:38 (ET)
Table '36701402 13' 9-max Seat #8 is the button
Seat 2: JohnnyBax (121200 in chips)
Seat 3: busto_soon (59698 in chips)
Seat 4: stevekoz84 (126459 in chips)
Seat 6: gboro780 (149288 in chips)
Seat 7: bluebirddb (225037 in chips)
Seat 8: horryclutch (106308 in chips)
JohnnyBax: posts the ante 400
busto_soon: posts the ante 400
stevekoz84: posts the ante 400
gboro780: posts the ante 400
bluebirddb: posts the ante 400
horryclutch: posts the ante 400
JohnnyBax: posts small blind 4000
busto_soon: posts big blind 8000
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to busto_soon [9h 9d]
stevekoz84: folds
gboro780: folds
bluebirddb: folds
horryclutch: folds
JohnnyBax: raises 112800 to 120800 and is all-in
busto_soon: calls 51298 and is all-in
*** FLOP *** [6s 5s 4c]
JohnnyBax said, "gg"
*** TURN *** [6s 5s 4c] [2h]
*** RIVER *** [6s 5s 4c 2h] [5h]
*** SHOW DOWN ***
JohnnyBax: shows [7c 2c] (two pair, Fives and Deuces)
busto_soon: shows [9h 9d] (two pair, Nines and Fives)
busto_soon collected 120996 from pot
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot 120996 | Rake 0
Board [6s 5s 4c 2h 5h]
Seat 2: JohnnyBax (small blind) showed [7c 2c] and lost with two pair, Fives and Deuces
Seat 3: busto_soon (big blind) showed [9h 9d] and won (120996) with two pair, Nines and Fives
Seat 4: stevekoz84 folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 6: gboro780 folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 7: bluebirddb folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 8: horryclutch (button) folded before Flop (didn't bet)

PokerStars Game #7258103549: Tournament #36701402, $50+$5 Hold'em No Limit - Level XVII (4000/8000) - 2006/12/01 - 19:47:21 (ET)
Table '36701402 13' 9-max Seat #2 is the button
Seat 2: JohnnyBax (61502 in chips)
Seat 3: busto_soon (120996 in chips)
Seat 4: stevekoz84 (126059 in chips)
Seat 6: gboro780 (148888 in chips)
Seat 7: bluebirddb (224637 in chips)
Seat 8: horryclutch (105908 in chips)
JohnnyBax: posts the ante 400
busto_soon: posts the ante 400
stevekoz84: posts the ante 400
gboro780: posts the ante 400
bluebirddb: posts the ante 400
horryclutch: posts the ante 400
busto_soon: posts small blind 4000
stevekoz84: posts big blind 8000
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to busto_soon [9c 9s]
gboro780: folds
bluebirddb: folds
horryclutch: folds
JohnnyBax: raises 53102 to 61102 and is all-in
busto_soon: raises 53102 to 114204
stevekoz84: folds
*** FLOP *** [Jd 8c 2c]
*** TURN *** [Jd 8c 2c] [3s]
*** RIVER *** [Jd 8c 2c 3s] [4c]
*** SHOW DOWN ***
busto_soon: shows [9c 9s] (a pair of Nines)
JohnnyBax: shows [8h Qc] (a pair of Eights)
busto_soon collected 132604 from pot
horryclutch said, "sorry bax"
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot 132604 | Rake 0
Board [Jd 8c 2c 3s 4c]
Seat 2: JohnnyBax (button) showed [8h Qc] and lost with a pair of Eights
Seat 3: busto_soon (small blind) showed [9c 9s] and won (132604) with a pair of Nines
Seat 4: stevekoz84 (big blind) folded before Flop
Seat 6: gboro780 folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 7: bluebirddb folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 8: horryclutch folded before Flop (didn't bet)

good job man, nice win

lol I'm running soo good, 1st/217 for 13K

nice nice nice. That's a heck of a scary play to be making on BeLOWaBOVe. A "solid player" indeed. Since you won it, I take it he didn't call you or called and lost. What's he repping there with the C/R on a 552r board? Limped big overpair? Boat with 22?

He's not really repping something but I think he either thought his medium pair was ahead or he could fold my overcards with his suited trash. He probably knows I'm raising a wide range with my stack and position so it's very likely I missed this flop.

By calling the flop c/r I'm obviously repping TT+ since we're deep.

I have seen below make a lot of plays with nothing, this can't be bad

Your going to have a fucking awesome weekend. Congrats on the win.

PS congrats.

Where is your ROI at? Where was it before the steak?

I didn't keep detailed records on donkaments so far but I'm keeping track from now on (because I'm going to focus more on them). Roi is obscene now obviously with ~75k winnings in 16 days

What do you think of this final table hand? I couldn't put sheets on a range.. Maybe 8x or semibluffing with spades? Large % air too obv.

PokerStars Game #7258480850: Tournament #36701402, $50+$5 Hold'em No Limit - Level XIX (8000/16000) - 2006/12/01 - 20:13:15 (ET)
Table '36701402 13' 9-max Seat #3 is the button
Seat 1: hanalei (140656 in chips)
Seat 3: busto_soon (508805 in chips)
Seat 4: stevekoz84 (158206 in chips)
Seat 5: sheets (394202 in chips)
Seat 7: bluebirddb (142626 in chips)
Seat 9: StorPike (148505 in chips)
hanalei: posts the ante 800
busto_soon: posts the ante 800
stevekoz84: posts the ante 800
sheets: posts the ante 800
bluebirddb: posts the ante 800
StorPike: posts the ante 800
stevekoz84: posts small blind 8000
sheets: posts big blind 16000
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to busto_soon [Kc Kd]
bluebirddb: folds
StorPike: folds
hanalei: folds
busto_soon: raises 28444 to 44444
stevekoz84: folds
sheets: calls 28444
*** FLOP *** [8s 4h Ks]
sheets: checks
busto_soon: bets 77777
sheets: calls 77777
*** TURN *** [8s 4h Ks] [5c]
sheets: bets 96000
busto_soon: raises 289784 to 385784 and is all-in
sheets: folds
busto_soon collected 449242 from pot
busto_soon: doesn't show hand
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot 449242 | Rake 0
Board [8s 4h Ks 5c]
Seat 1: hanalei folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 3: busto_soon (button) collected (449242)
Seat 4: stevekoz84 (small blind) folded before Flop
Seat 5: sheets (big blind) folded on the Turn
Seat 7: bluebirddb folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 9: StorPike folded before Flop (didn't bet)

yeah the action feels like 86ish, but I dunno about pre flop.
66 or 77? I would think he would play spades faster but I guess it depends what he thinks of you.

Notice stack sizes.. Awkward for playing spades fast.. This is the only time I can remember when he didn't raise/fold to a blinds steal. Agreed it was probably a medium SC/gapper.

wow man congrats... ride the heater out!

1st hand is one of those hands you need to make to give yourself room to go deep.

But I think it's really important to emphasize how read dependent a move like this really is. The problem with seeing great moves like this, is that thinking newbies then try them out and crash and burn when their "retarded" opp calls down with a hand like AQ.

So, yes, great move, but remember it worked only because the opponent is actually good enough to fold there.

The hand against sheets - I am curently going back and forth on whether or not I think your push was a mistake. Calling after taking a while on the turn, might induce him to push any river.

Result hand 1: He tanked the whole timebank away and folded. 99?

I think calling with 99 is actually a -EV call in that spot. I have 99 beat >80% of the time.