Of course Pub games aren't the same poker.  If you've invested over £700 and 4 days of your time to play in a tournament it is about the money. Period. Lose sight of that and you're not going to be as successful a player long term as you should be. It's your money that went in - not DTD or PS - it doesn't matter - you have to maximise your return at that point.

You can leave some money in the pot after the deal so there's still a winner and someone gets the glory of winning - but I'd rather have the cash thanks.

Poker isn't about the glory - or how you stand up to pee - it's about the MONEY - and if you refuse the chance to take second place money with 6 left and pretty even stacks you're a fool who doesn't know how to play the odds - ask Nick if he'd rather have £55k more

Over £100k each looks like a good deal right now