Artichoke Joes Part III

So this all actually happened the week before, March 8th, but I never got around to posting. My third shot at the $25+$5 Limit Texas Hold 'Em Tournament. After getting down to about 200+ in chips get dealt KK. I put in a raise and get plenty of callers. The flop is all unders with a possible straight draw. I am first to act so I figure better to bet and get callers then to check with the intention of raising and just give everyone free cards if they check around. Thankfully, after a caller, someone has to go all in but they can't raise the full amount. It gets back to me, I ask if I can reraise the full amount and do, get same caller. Turn, bet and call. River bet and call, at this point I am concerned for something like low two pair. I show my cowboys, caller mucks his fishhooks. This put me up real nice. Take down a couple more pots. Gets four handed, I look at KK again in the BB. Only small blind calls and I of course put in a raise, I thought about limping but it's limit so what the hell, and of course I get called. Flop is something like 2T6, checked to me, I bet to not give away a miracle card and I get reraised! I am completely stunned and simply call. The turn is a blank and my opponent comes out betting, I call. The river is another Ten, by now I am feeling pretty beat but I have pots odds to call in case my opponent was on a bluff (very doubtful), had only pair of two or sixes or low two pair or better yet JJ or QQ. The worst case scenario was a set of Tens but I was prepared for the worst. He shows T6o for the boat! I was pretty upset when he showed, he had called my raise preflop with a T6o. I lost $480 on this hand and what had seemed like a possible victory now seemed like a hopeless try for third place. Well, I got some lucky cards and was able to outlive the other short stack to get third at my table and win the free roll for next week's tournament. This time I hope to suck out on some other lucky flop.