[feelixthegreek]

I left out the details of the hand because I didn't want it to sound like a veiled bad beat story. But I had A7o, and with an M of about 2. As it happened, the BB had A7 as well, but four clubs on the board made me a flush. The ruling cost me some chips, but I was just as happy not to have to beat two hands. I'm pretty sure it didn't affect my overall result.

Incidentally, this was only the second large-field tourney I've ever played in, and the first time I'd gotten that deep. It is amazing how short the stacks were at that crucial stage, and even more amazed at how many players were still in limp/fold and call/fold mode. In that sense, it was not much different from the weekly $100 buy in/100 player tourney I play in at my local B&M.