Another cash

I'll take it. I was battling this whole tournament and was lower than average stack throughout. Key hand that kept me in it:

Blinds 25/50 NL Hold'em - 9 Max - 2017/06/18 - 22:16:41
Table 34
Seat 3 is the button
Total number of players: 7
Seat 1: seat1( 1800 )
Seat 2: seat2 ( 2140 )
Seat 3: seat3 ( 3350 )
Seat 4: seat4 ( 185 )
Seat 6: hero ( 1840 )
Seat 7: seat7 ( 5080 )
Seat 8: seat8 ( 3570 )
seat4: posts small blind [25]
hero: posts big blind [50]
** Dealing down cards **
Dealt to hero [ J♣, T♠ ]
seat7 folds
seat8 folds
seat1folds
seat2 folds
seat3 raises [175]
seat4 folds
hero calls [125] This guy has been pretty active so he has a pretty wide range from the button. Decided to defend.
** Dealing Flop ** [ 3♠ , 9♥, 8♣ ]
hero checks
seat3: bets [262]
hero raises [1161] I made a semi-bluff here against his c-bet; I think a lot of his range whiffs this flop so definitely have more than enough of a hand to make a play here. Would have considered a c/r with air as well.
seat3 raises [2913]
hero calls [504] We get it in, fine by me, still have 2 overs and an OESD.
** Dealing Turn ** [ J♠ ]
** Dealing River ** [ 4♦ ]
hero wins 3705 from main pot with a pair of jacks [ J♣, J♠, T♠, 9♥, 8♣ ]

I hit my J on the turn to beat his K9 so got it in as a coinflip. Fine gamble by me I do declare.
  
I am equal opportunity so here's a hand from a bit later where my play could definitely be scrutinized. Not sure if I played this one correctly. FWIW got moved to another table so no real reads on any of these players.
  
Blinds 40/80 NL Hold'em - 9 Max - 2017/06/18 - 22:27:24
Table 6
Seat 4 is the button
Total number of players: 9
Seat 1: seat1 ( 5132 )
Seat 2: seat2 ( 2628 )
Seat 3: hero ( 3460 )
Seat 4: seat4 ( 2670 )
Seat 5: seat5 ( 1725 )
Seat 6: seat6 ( 3915 )
Seat 7: seat7 ( 1755 )
Seat 8: seat8 ( 3200 )
Seat 9: seat9 ( 4135 )
seat5: posts small blind [40]
seat6: posts big blind [80]
** Dealing down cards **
Dealt to hero [ J♣, A♦ ]
seat7 folds
seat8 folds
seat9 raises [160]
seat1 folds
seat2 folds
hero calls [160] Hate AJ against a raise but can't see myself folding for only 160.
seat4 calls [160]
seat5 folds
seat6 folds
** Dealing Flop ** [ 6♦, 3♦, Q♦]
seat9 checks
hero checks
seat4: bets [450]
seat9 folds
hero calls [450] Closing the action I decide to take one off. If he bets smaller I would have just made a huge raise but without any reads the 450 bet at least shows me that he has something given how straightforward the players on this site tend to play. I call hoping he checks back the turn and I get a free look at the river.
** Dealing Turn ** [ 9♣ ]
hero checks
seat4: bets [750]
hero folds Doesn't happen and he's committing himself now with that bet so I basically have to fold and I do.
seat4 does not show cards
seat4 wins 1500 from main pot

From there nothing really exciting happened. Blinds/antes were going up and shoved 3 hands where I didn't get called (had AJo, 7♣6♣, and 99) so took the blinds/antes but couldn't get the double up. Limped into the break with around my starting stack of 2k with around 100 players left and then next orbit I was UTG and picked up AA. Did get a call this time and managed to get the key double up. From there people were dropping like flies and I soon shoved again with AQo. Got called by another AQo and we chopped it up. By that time ~70 left with 60 paying and after posting the blinds I was at ~2000 again and decided to just take my time folding and get into the money like I did last week. It worked and we got down to 60 when I was in middle position. My hands after that were absolute garbage and I was forced to fold as with only about 2BB left I was getting zero fold equity if I tried to shove with garbage. 

Finally picked up something resembling a hand with A2o in the BB and was forced to call an all-in. I was heads up but against A8o. A 9,9,7r flop gave me some hope of a chop but the 8 on the turn was the dagger and I was gone in place 52. Another decent run though.