Nice Score

I played the Bellagio 1k weekly tournament on Friday (81 entrees, $1,080 buy-in) and cashed for just over 11k. With 6 players left, we chopped 80% of the prize pool (~63 k) based on the stack sizes and left 20% (~15k) for 1st place. Typically I wouldn't agree to a chop, but the blinds were so large that it seemed silly to essentially flip a coin for thousands of dollars. Plus, based on my stack size, I was able to lock up better than 3rd place money. I ended up finishing 5th when my AQs lost to 88 all-in preflop.