[Scooterdoo]

Are you telling me that the doc didn't make it to the top three. What happened?

As for your hand, I think you played it terribly -- but not nearly as bad as the hand that I died with <g>. If you're going to bet so many chips with that hand you might as well put them all-in and let the BB decide. Who knows what he would have done or if you would have gotten favorable turn/river cards but you'll never know. Either fold, limp (if these players ever let you look at the flop when you limp) or go all-in. I like the all-in in this position.

FYI, I found the play to be very tight while I was playing and was much easier than normal to steal blinds and pots with small raises. The down side was that on the three good hands i did get through the tournament (2 sets and pocket JJ) I couldn't get much out of them.