October is off and running

My first full day at a new level went incredibly well. Here's the PT screen shot:

I know I only played 126 hands, but I don't mind quitting this early when things go this well. I think I played really well, and I definitely played pretty LAG as the 20/18 stats show. It's weird how this feels like a new level to me because I played nothing lower than 1/2 on Pokerstars and sometimes 2/4 (although not very successfully). Once I get used to buying in with $200 at each table again and adjust to the swings, I am confident I can beat it on Full Tilt like I did on Pokerstars.
Here are the two interesting hands:
Unlucky then Lucky
Most of the time I will just continuation bet this flop because it looks suspicious not to, but I wanted to really make my hand look like a pair by check calling. I figured I could induce some bluffs from other pairs trying to represent an Ace. I basically had him narrowed down to about 70% pair, 20% AQ, AJ, AT, A9 and 10% pure bluff. The turn is the confusing part of the hand for me because I'm not sure what to do. If I check, a lot of pairs might check behind for pot control and Aces might do the same to either induce a river bluff or river call down. On the other hand, if I bet, I will freeze a lot of pairs (thus folding out hands with only 2 outs) and still get action from most Aces. I opted for the check raise because I didn't think a hand like 88 would call a river lead and it definitely wouldn't fire again on the river. He ended up hitting his 2 outer on the turn, but I managed to spike my 7 outer on the river for the resuck.

Nice Hand
This hand was kind of interesting, mainly due to the flop play. This isn't the best flop for my hand, but when I get raised, I was thinking a few things. This is a good flop to bluff raise as it misses a lot of hands and is pretty scary for over pairs. His raise was kind of weak, meaning he was either really strong or he really wasn't comfortable with his hand and didn't want to risk too much money. I also felt hands like 77 or 88 could raise here often. I decided to 3 bet for some more information. When he called, I basically narrowed his range to set, 77-TT, and 78. The turn was beautiful giving me top set and crushing every other hand but 78. I shoved for like 60% pot and he called with TT and was drawing dead.

I will definitely be playing more hands than 126 on average unless things go this well every time. I have a test tomorrow so I won't be playing anymore today, but I will definitely be playing plenty this week, so hopefully I have more good news to post...