46500 at dinner break

I haven't played my best tournament poker, but I have 46500 at the dinner break of WPT Borgata. I drew a starting table recognizing none of the other 8 players. The seat to my direct right, the 8 seat, was unoccupied until 2.5 hours of play when my friend Tommy Hang showed up. Aside from him, two of the unknowns play pretty well and the 5 seat plays VERY well. The average is around 37000. I was playing poorly early missing value on flops and turns and making some silly bluffs. Lately, I've really prided myself on not missing value on the river. I've really been trying to make nice, thin value bets. I was down as low as 17000 when a big hand came up. At 150/300 (25) one of the weak players limped up front as he'd done a bunch. Another weak player limped and Tommy raised to 1400 on the button. I found KhKd in the SB and raised to 4400. In retrospect, I think I should've raised more. It's a really great spot because I know that Tommy knows that I think he's just raising over the limps with nothing. Tommy called. The flop came Jh 9d 7h. I bet 6100 begging for Tommy to move me in for my last 7800 or so. He did that after some thought. I called and he showed me 98cc. The turn was a nice King, and the river bricked. I then won one more pot against one of the weak players when he didn't believe me on 6c 5c 2h Td 2s when I VB my QTcc. We have just two more levels to play tonight. I really hate playing short days in tournaments. If I had it my way we would play 10 75 minute levels instead of the 7 we're playing today. I also cannot stand taking a FIFTEEN minute break after every 75 minutes of play. What other line of work do you see people taking a break like 20 percent of the time they're on the clock? I think 10 minute breaks every 2.5 hours would be much better. Tournament starts back in 20 minutes.

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