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[QUOTE="vinnie, post: 5652480, member: 95995"]
I have an example of just that.  I got into an Absolute Poker freeroll back in the day.  The prize pool was insanely high for a freeroll.  First place was like $5,000. That's high for a freeroll. It paid 54 places.  When we got down to 56 people, I was in 56th place.  I decided to just hold on until I got to 54 and made $7 (or whatever it was).  Then I just keep holding on... trying to ladder my way up.  $12, $18, $27, etc.  Finally, we got down to 10 people, and I decided if I got to the final table, I would just play.  Well, I did.  I got to the final table and had a $125ish prize for sure.  I was last in chips.  But, I decided to play for first.

No worries about things now.  I got it down to three handed, and I had more chips than the other two combined.  Three bad beats in a row, and I was out in 3rd.  I wouldn't play the hands differently, though.  I won like $1,500 and I have never been so angry to win that much money.  It felt like I had lost $3.5k, not won as much as I did.  It's funny, because a couple hours earlier, I was thrilled to win $7.  This was one of the moments where I realized that tournament poker is not really good for my mental state.

Edit: It has been a while, so the numbers might be off.  It was a $10,000 freeroll.  And, I am pretty sure the payouts started at 54 people.  So, if I could find absolute's payout schedule, we could get the real numbers.
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