44675 at dinner, pretty much exactly where I started after the last break.  Slurping down a coke before going back was probably a bad idea as I spazzed somewhat during the excitement of antes.  I opened K7s from the co got called by He checks to me.  Against a lot of live players I can go for thin value here knowing I’m never really getting bluff-raised.  Against this clearly competent young kid I should just check behind.  Instead I bet 3k and he check-raises to 9k.  I let it go cursing myself inwardly.  Very next hand I open A3s and manage to lose 3800 ish against 66.  Nice. 

 There’s only one player on my right who I’m confident will fold to my 3bets, so when he makes it 1100, i quickly 3 bet to 2900 with K6o (and he flats oop.  Goddamit.  I drop another 4k to see his J9s had flopped top pair.  This is going wellllll.

Down to 25k I open 22 and see a Q82 flop with 2 spades.  Same players from the K7 hand but this time the youngster has the button.  With my image, if I cant get this all-in I may as well quit life now.  I lead for 1500, he makes it 4200 and after a pause I make it 10k.  He shoves and his AQ doesnt catch me.  Up to 55k.

This guy had been raisining to 900 in ep a lot and suddenly he limps utg.  It folds to me in the small blind with AK.  This is awkward.  Winning tournaments requires getting max-value from your AKs.  But stacking off here would feel horrible.  I complete, knowing theres a high chance of Thorsen raising from the BB.  He obliges and makes it 1600, the youngster now makes it 5600.  I was obviously coming back over the top of Thorsen if the youngster had been messing around, but now I just let it go and feel pretty good about it. 

Table break.  New table is very aggressive.  I 3 bet JJ from the SB vs co with 40bb effective and bet-fold an AQx flop to the german stars team pro who I don’t recognize.

I leave a couple of minutes early to miss the crush and maximise the rest I need from the dinner break.  My chip position isn’t as good as it could be, but it’s fine and I just need to regain my rhythm.