$11400.

Eh.

I know turbos well so was relaxed and confident from being chip leader 400 people out.  Some weird spots later on tho.  In 2nd place with 3 tables left I had Whatis7×6 move to my left as chipleader.   Bye-bye free chips from attacking the blinds in position.  It was complicated further by my having no idea if he knew my FT username and connected me to the player from the O8 HU battles.

Then at FT, I’m in 2nd with 4m, 3-9th have around 1.2m each.  CL has 5m and is on my immediate left.  Are.  You.  Kidding.  Me. 

The payouts seem  more gradual than is usual on FT as well, making it look like a huge ICM error getting in a marginal spot against him.  If he’s on my right I get free chips and very high probability of getting HU. 

Ari pushed in mp and I made a marginal LP call with ATo to see AJo.  1/3 of my stack gone.  I’d be shocked if ATo isn’t good against his range but everyone was pushing much tighter than I would expect all the way through the tourney.  Every time I saw an 8bb utg push (that wasn’t from me) they flipped over a premium hand.

Made a marginal call in BB later with A5s to see the buttons A6o, which obv flopped the 6.  This meant after the shorties busted I was 4/4 and got caught shipping utg for 6 bb with J3o when SB woke with AJs.  Blinds had 10 bb and the CL had 20bb.

It’s a giant crapshoot so I can’t be too hard on myself for not closing it.  Final table is good.  It’s not like I blinded into it - I was active on all the significant bubbles.  The tournament lifestyle is one of constant failure.  It’s mentally tough in a  different way from cash.  It’s wearing.  A rollercoaster of emotion that’s extremely hard to learn to cope with.

Rest now, I’ll feel good about this result in the morning.

Oh talking of blinding into money, with 12 people left I watched a guy fold his BB with 1 bb back, then with half of his 1bb stack in on the sb he folded to my BB.  It was awesome to see.