Played bad, ran good. Very early got it in with AA on KT65 board vs 66 and binked an Ace. Played good for a little while, then late in the day got it in with KQ vs AK for 20 BBs, won, K9s vs KQs for 20 BBs, won, K8o vs AJo, lost, finished day 1 with 32k, coming back to 500/1k/100, 189 left, 126 get paid, I was 134/189. Day 2 I win some hands, then with about 50 BBs this Ukranian kid raises the button, I 3bet AJs in the SB with no plan, he jams for about 35-40 BBs effective, from what I seen he’s been playing sorta tight, so I end up folding. Bubble bursts (not a fan of how I played on the bubble, but I was one of the shorter stacks at the table, so my hands were tied), again the Ukranian raises button (he now has a huge stack), I 3bet AJo in SB with 38 BBs with no plan again, and he jams again. If I fold, I have 30 BBs left, which is more than enough to keep grinding, but the avg stack was ~45 BBs, and I want all the chips, because 1st is 689k, and grinding a shorter stack is likely to bump me up 2-3k on the payscale, but not likely to get me all the money. Also the fact that it’s button vs SB, 6 handed, and it’s a 2nd time he did this, made me believe that I may have the best hand a significant percentage of the time, when it’s a flip I’m getting a significant overlay, and when he has me beat.. oh well, so I call his ass, he turns over 76 of hearts, flops a 6, gg me, 111th place for 5300 bucks. I asked him what he had the last time, he said KQ shoulda called him. The kid put my lucky chips to good use, winning the event for 689k and gold bracelet, making his the 2nd Ukranian to win in history, after Eugene Katchalov. Why couldn’t it be a Belorussian???