Argh. Out of 279 people, and 3 hours into the tournament, I finished 15th. Top ten paid.

1st - $250
2nd -$150
3rd - $120
4th - $100

and down by ten from there

Unlike how I do when I finish in the money however, I was never a big stack (except for that very brief moment between the fullhouse and the aces getting busted), and therefore never able to apply pressure down the stretch (except for a few times as a short stack I had a hand like AQ and was able to push in and pick up the blinds, just to stay alive).

Kept waiting for good cards, and they never came (besides when I picked up a couple blinds). Ended up limping out of the tournament on a big blind all in with K5s, and hit top pair on the flop, but pocket aces took me down. Kind of ironic, since my pocket aces losing against the big blind were the turning point of the tournament for me.