I played the £220 888 at Aspers and came 35th for £540.
Final hand UTG limper and 3 callers I shove 16BB with AJs and get called by UTG’s KQ0. He puts in half his stack and hits a Queen on the turn to send me to the rail. I find it frustrating when people limp then call a shove, if he’d raised I may have folded.
I played really well hardly making a mistake but you have to win these flips at the business end of the tournament. First place was £18K and went to a guy I had chatted to before start of day 2, I showed him how I was checking my table on Hendonmob.com and putting their stack sizes down so that I knew where I was from the off.
Getting close, I raised 88 off a 13BB stack and folded to shove from the hijack. I engaged him in chat and he seemed comfortable that combined with his tight image made me fold and I felt certain it was a good fold. After busting I nearly made the exit when I turned around and went back to ask him what he had, “A pair of kings” he said.