First time poster on the forum. Was playing MSPT main event at best bet in jax. First tourny I've played over $100 buy in.

Tourny basics: great structure, 40 min levels 20 k starting stacks. There 421 runners. I was on day 2 15 left. 100 K up top, had 3 k for 15th.

Was in CO 20k/10k blinds with 4 k ante with approx 500 k stack, about avg stack guy on button and SB had similair stacks BB had about 700 K.

Action folded to me had 2 black 8s, min raised (min raised all opens from all positions) button, SB and BB all call.

Thought was with set would be able to play for stacks as all three would with top top or 2 pair.

Flop came out A 8 4 all hearts, checked around to me I bet 100 k. Button shoved all in for 380 k more.

He had shoved a few times before when he was short stacked, never showed down though, he had only been at table 10 min or so. I placed with on A9 plus with one heart, KQ h, or small suited connector with 2 hearts. I tanked for 5 min and folded. I had tried to play low varience poker for 2 straight days, and pick my spots, I think the odds were there to call, but did not think it was overwelmingly enough to put my tourny life on the line. Afterward went card dead was able to nit my way into 7th for 15k, after coming into final table 9th in chips. In retrospect thought if I called and won would have had a real shot at tourny would have been 2nd in chips at that point. Also though really wanted to make televised FT. Thanks for any help. Thank you to TPE for helping me get as far as I did.