Hi, ty the tank, just thought ut might be good to justify those plays, see what u think.

As far as the AA not holding up, it always seems to lose for me being caught by lower set or 2 pair, maybe because you just expect it to win more than it does. Ask any ladbrokes player and i think they will tell you similar stories of AA KK hands. Maybe i'm just a bit paranoid from past over indulgences.
Coo

Hi, i would like to justify the 33 hands, the one knocking out loop8, i think it was a justifiable play with any pair, i raised 4 x BB from SB and he pushed for another 60K from BB with what i thought to be AK or AQ, i called because i allready have a made hand, fair enough not a great one but still favourite pre over AK, as i would still have 60K i thought it was an inflection point for me and was willing to gamble to try and build a stack to win the tournament. The other one was against a much shorter stack who had allready pushed all in with not much in the way of bets before, as you say people go mad nearer the end of tournaments and push with anything, so again i took a gamble, fortunatly for me they both worked out well, next time i probably crash and burn, hey ho. I said at the time you were knocked out you were very unlucky, as you were, loose call by the other player and he hit a dream flop for his holding, he has to call. Better luck next time i guess, but if you see me go all in in the future from the SB it will make you think won't it.  

Good luck in the future, Coo

Hi, i hope you are not referring to me as a bad player andrew, as i played good solid poker in that tournament and would like if your post would clarify. I thot fishermin was as his name suggests but as you well know AA doesn't stand up too well on Ladbrokes, fair enough he made a loose call pre but i too would push with that flop. We all take bad beats (sum better than others, me included, prone to the occasional blowup ;o)  ) as part of the game, move on, and maybe next time play ur AA stronger pre and the "fish" won't call with 68 soooooooooooted. Good luck.

Coo