5 am - I just got home!
The tourney had 138 runners and pays top 18, with 50,000 to the winner! (11th - 18th get 1000 pounds)
We got down to the last 18 at 4am ish then it was announced that we will play for Ten more minutes. Blinds were 1000 - 2000 with a running ante of 200. I had lost a big pot with AJ v 99 and had only 4200 left on the small blind - everyone passed round to me and I found 3 4 off suit. I pushed my last few chips in and the big blind thought for ages and finally said "I call, but dont worry, you're winning" He then turned over ....... 3,4 - split pot. Joe Grech, who was earlier the chip leader took quite a few hits and moved all in and got knocked out in 18th place.
Last 3 hands were announced - The 200 running Ante was eating away at me and I didn't want to come back tomorrow with only 3200 chips, so I moved all in with
10s, but everyone passed and I picked up the 4600 in blinds. I then moved all in again with TT and everyone passed and I had 15,600. Last hand, I found pocket Kings and moved all in with 1 caller with AQ. I doubled up again and come back tomorrow with just over 35,000 chips
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