Well i was in the $4 2r 1a  on stars yesterday and blow me down when i was just made the FT i had to take my son back to the hospital b/c hes a bit unwell again.. long story short he has bronchiolitis (a viral lower respiratory tract infection) and will ride it out. We're back home today and hes doing well.

I'm not sure if i should be saying this/ or if it's even allowed but i had to get someone else to take over my game for me when i had to shoot to the hospital, when it was 8 handed and i was 2nd in chips with about 80BBs

Anyway – i couldn't get back or even think about it while i was away but my friend got me to 3rd place for $625

I requested the HH from stars and look through it and see how different he plays and that he just doesnt really have a good grasp on stack sizes for 3betting and reshoving etc and imo he played suboptimally.. dont get me wrong, Im very grateful that he played it out for me as i had noone else at the time but it really sucked that i couldnt get the chance to close it out myself! had really good reads on the table and was playing well too.

Anyway fwiw this is the cooler of a hand he busted 3rd with..

Poker Stars $4.00+$0.40 No Limit Hold'em Tournament – t15000/t30000 Blinds + t3750 – 3 players
TournamentPokerEdge.com Hand History Converter

Hero (BB): BB = 16.4, t492717
stratosser (BTN): BB = 97.4, t2923323
bignigge (SB): BB = 39.4, t1182960

Pre Flop: (t56250) Hero is BB with 7 A
stratosser calls t30000, 1 fold, Hero checks

Flop: (t86250) J 8 9 (2 players)
Hero checks, stratosser bets t30000, Hero calls t30000

Turn: (t146250) J (2 players)
Hero checks, stratosser checks

River: (t146250) 7 (2 players)
Hero bets t120000, stratosser raises to t270000, Hero raises to t428967 all in, stratosser calls t158967

For some reason the full HH isnt showing up.. but villain had QT for the nut straight flush!

Pretty sick ending to the tourney!

I woulda jammed pre against this habitual limping big stack.

But ah well im happy to add a few hundy to my bankroll and have another go today!