one-for-two on $15+1 MTTs

Sat my second $15+1 MTT tonight (after finishing third in my first attempt where I pulled down a $2k prize). This one started 1948 entrants on 199 tables, with top six paying out over a grand each and first prize just over $6k. Per usual, running log of interesting hands:

8:00pm - won just one hand at the first blind level, when K8o caught a king-high flop from the small blind and a pot-sized bet from early position took it down.

8:17pm - played literally one other hand besides this one, my last. A8s in the small blind. Min raised in middle position, five people see the flop: 9s, Qc, 6s. UTG bets the pot (330) next position raises all-in to T370 total. Next player calls! No decision at all: I move all-in (T805 total), one player folds and the two others call. Perfect.

The ace of clubs falls on the turn, improving my situation slightly. Both live players check, and the river falls the king of clubs. First to act pushes and his opponent calls. Winning player turns JsTs for a completed straight, beating the small stack's trip nines and my third-best aces, and knocking out three players at once. Hand history posted as Comment #1.

Ah, well. I had the best of it mathmatically, getting my money in the middle with 3.5-1 pot odds on a 1.86-1 draw to the nut flush. Now I can eye the $20+2 $30k guaranteed that starts in a few minutes...