so close to a monster

[warrior98 0]

This wasn't exactly a bad beat, I don't fault this guy for playing it like he did, but it could have been huge for me.Here's the situation... Tuesday night $20+2 on PokerStars. Down to 46 players from about 630, so we're in the money. Total prize pool is over 12k, winner takes about 3200. I (warrior98) am sitting solid in 9th place when the following hand all but knocked me out:*********** # 3 **************PokerStars Game #1128178718: Tournament #4786530, Hold'em No Limit - Level XI (600/1200) - 2005/01/26 - 02:24:00 (ET)Table '4786530 65' Seat #7 is the buttonSeat 1: warrior98 (30995 in chips)Seat 2: ibshaft (17351 in chips)Seat 3: nikolz (17436 in chips)Seat 5: JaySlats (21627 in chips)Seat 6: HammerLips (26545 in chips)Seat 7: TheRegSWR (11394 in chips)Seat 9: kj69balln (29774 in chips)warrior98: posts the ante 75ibshaft: posts the ante 75nikolz: posts the ante 75JaySlats: posts the ante 75HammerLips: posts the ante 75TheRegSWR: posts the ante 75kj69balln: posts the ante 75kj69balln: posts small blind 600warrior98: posts big blind 1200*** HOLE CARDS ***Dealt to warrior98 [Td 9c]ibshaft: foldsnikolz: foldsJaySlats: calls 1200HammerLips: calls 1200TheRegSWR: foldskj69balln: calls 600warrior98: checks*** FLOP *** [Th 9s Jd]kj69balln: checkswarrior98: bets 4000JaySlats: raises 4000 to 8000HammerLips: raises 17270 to 25270 and is all-inkj69balln: foldswarrior98: calls 21270JaySlats: calls 12352 and is all-in*** TURN *** [Th 9s Jd] [3c]*** RIVER *** [Th 9s Jd 3c] [Jc]*** SHOW DOWN ***warrior98: shows [Td 9c] (two pair, Jacks and Tens)HammerLips: shows [Js Kc] (three of a kind, Jacks)HammerLips collected 9836 from side potJaySlats: shows [As Ac] (two pair, Aces and Jacks)HammerLips collected 66381 from main pottorstanko is connectedTourneyWinna is connected*** SUMMARY ***Total pot 76217 Main pot 66381. Side pot 9836. | Rake 0Board [Th 9s Jd 3c Jc]Seat 1: warrior98 (big blind) showed [Td 9c] and lost with two pair, Jacks and TensSeat 2: ibshaft folded before Flop (didn't bet)Seat 3: nikolz folded before Flop (didn't bet)Seat 5: JaySlats showed [As Ac] and lost with two pair, Aces and JacksSeat 6: HammerLips showed [Js Kc] and won (76217) with three of a kind, JacksSeat 7: TheRegSWR (button) folded before Flop (didn't bet)Seat 9: kj69balln (small blind) folded on the Flop