Dead Men Walking (Winning, too)

[Kurn]

The following 2 hands are from a 'Stars $10 + 1 45-seat SNG last night. Final table. I have been at or near the chip lead since the first level of play. Then, a cousin of the "Dead Man's Hand" rears its ugly head.

Here:

PokerStars Game #7490461478: Tournament #38312599, $10+$1 Hold'em No Limit -
Level VIII (200/400) - 2006/12/17 - 21:31:53 (ET)
Table '38312599 3' 9-max Seat #4 is the button
Seat 1: roninriver (13921 in chips)
Seat 3: dakota249 (7054 in chips)
Seat 4: KURN (11560 in chips)
Seat 5: kazenzakid (9116 in chips)
Seat 6: aladdyn (7721 in chips)
Seat 7: harold33 (9717 in chips)
Seat 8: its_Wolf (1201 in chips)
Seat 9: shellbell95 (7210 in chips)
roninriver: posts the ante 25
dakota249: posts the ante 25
KURN: posts the ante 25
kazenzakid: posts the ante 25
aladdyn: posts the ante 25
harold33: posts the ante 25
its_Wolf: posts the ante 25
shellbell95: posts the ante 25
kazenzakid: posts small blind 200
aladdyn: posts big blind 400
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to KURN [Ac Ks]
harold33: folds
its_Wolf: folds
shellbell95: folds
roninriver: folds
dakota249: raises 800 to 1200
KURN: raises 4800 to 6000
kazenzakid: folds
aladdyn: folds
dakota249: calls 4800
*** FLOP *** [2d 8d Td]
dakota249: bets 1029 and is all-in
KURN: calls 1029
*** TURN *** [2d 8d Td] [Jd]
*** RIVER *** [2d 8d Td Jd] [4c]
*** SHOW DOWN ***
dakota249: shows [Ah 8h] (a pair of Eights)
KURN: shows [Ac Ks] (high card Ace)
dakota249 collected 14858 from pot

And a dozen hand later, here:

PokerStars Game #7490578452: Tournament #38312599, $10+$1 Hold'em No Limit -
Level IX (300/600) - 2006/12/17 - 21:39:38 (ET)
Table '38312599 3' 9-max Seat #1 is the button
Seat 1: roninriver (13571 in chips)
Seat 3: dakota249 (16657 in chips)
Seat 4: KURN (5983 in chips)
Seat 5: kazenzakid (8216 in chips)
Seat 6: aladdyn (8221 in chips)
Seat 7: harold33 (5367 in chips)
Seat 9: shellbell95 (9485 in chips)
roninriver: posts the ante 50
dakota249: posts the ante 50
KURN: posts the ante 50
kazenzakid: posts the ante 50
aladdyn: posts the ante 50
harold33: posts the ante 50
shellbell95: posts the ante 50
dakota249: posts small blind 300
KURN: posts big blind 600
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to KURN [Th Ac]
kazenzakid: folds
aladdyn: folds
harold33: folds
shellbell95: folds
roninriver: raises 1800 to 2400
dakota249: folds
KURN: raises 3533 to 5933 and is all-in
roninriver: calls 3533
*** FLOP *** [Kd 5c 3s]
*** TURN *** [Kd 5c 3s] [8d]
*** RIVER *** [Kd 5c 3s 8d] [3h]
*** SHOW DOWN ***
KURN: shows [Th Ac] (a pair of Threes)
roninriver: shows [8s Ah] (two pair, Eights and Threes)
roninriver collected 12516 from pot

Bleh.