FTOPS#3 - 1st hour...

Wow... in terms of the tournaments I played, this was a very topsy turvy 1st hour of the tournament. I'm pretty happy that I'm still alive considering that very early (5th hand dealt) in the tournament, this happened...

ullTiltPoker Game #1777467931: FTOPS Event #3 (11292129), Table 176 - 15/30 - No Limit Hold'em - 18:03:42 ET - 2007/02/11
Seat 1: BoomerangPoker (2,970)
Seat 2: iLLNuGWichee (2,955)
Seat 3: Richard Cranium (3,015)
Seat 4: habibi1 (3,000)
Seat 5: tranquilo (3,015)
Seat 6: KGtheACE (3,000)
Seat 7: RecessRampage (3,000)
Seat 8: venom720 (3,000)
Seat 9: TheHebrewHammer (3,045)
tranquilo posts the small blind of 15
KGtheACE posts the big blind of 30
The button is in seat #4
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to RecessRampage [Jh Jd]
RecessRampage raises to 105
venom720 folds
TheHebrewHammer folds
BoomerangPoker folds
iLLNuGWichee folds
Richard Cranium raises to 360
habibi1 folds
tranquilo folds
KGtheACE folds
RecessRampage calls 255
*** FLOP *** [3s 7h 9c]
RecessRampage checks
Richard Cranium bets 480
RecessRampage raises to 1,400
Richard Cranium has 15 seconds left to act
Richard Cranium raises to 2,655, and is all in
RecessRampage folds
Uncalled bet of 1,255 returned to Richard Cranium
Richard Cranium mucks
Richard Cranium wins the pot (3,565)

If he made this play with AK, then good for him. Otherwise, I'd have to believe I was beat by QQ, KK, or AA. So, very early, all of a sudden, I'm down close to 2,000 in chips. Fortunately, this happened:

FullTiltPoker Game #1777693094: FTOPS Event #3 (11292129), Table 176 - 25/50 - No Limit Hold'em - 18:35:08 ET - 2007/02/11
Seat 1: Teldren (3,420)
Seat 2: iLLNuGWichee (3,930)
Seat 3: Richard Cranium (3,335)
Seat 4: habibi1 (2,370)
Seat 5: tranquilo (5,515)
Seat 6: KGtheACE (2,760)
Seat 7: RecessRampage (1,520)
Seat 8: venom720 (3,490)
Seat 9: TheHebrewHammer (2,740)
TheHebrewHammer posts the small blind of 25
Teldren posts the big blind of 50
The button is in seat #8
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to RecessRampage [Qs Qd]
iLLNuGWichee folds
Richard Cranium raises to 150
habibi1 foldstranquilo calls 150
KGtheACE folds
RecessRampage raises to 1,520, and is all in
venom720 folds
TheHebrewHammer folds
Teldren folds
Richard Cranium raises to 3,335, and is all in
tranquilo folds
Richard Cranium shows [Ah Qc]
RecessRampage shows [Qs Qd]
Uncalled bet of 1,815 returned to Richard Cranium
*** FLOP *** [4s 4c 5s]
*** TURN *** [4s 4c 5s] [As]
*** RIVER *** [4s 4c 5s As] [6s]
Richard Cranium shows two pair, Aces and Fours
RecessRampage shows a flush, Ace high
RecessRampage wins the pot (3,265) with a flush, Ace high

Sweet justice. When the ace came on the turn, I literally put my hands to my face in disgust. Thank you river for the sweet justice.