I have to admit that if I could have avoided my two big mistake hands while nearing the FT bubble that I could have coasted in and tightened up for a couple of busts and removed all signs of my recent down-swing. Something for me to look at. I always feel like I need to be active when it gets down to 5 or 6 handed to keep my stack healthy. I could easily have afforded to let a few orbits go by on this one when I was 30-40BB deep.

I think I'm becoming a bit of a progressive-bounty specialist. Most of my success has been in these (inc the $5 turbo 90-seat SnG, though I'm not loving turbos in general). They reduce variance and cause people to make mistakes. The strategy is also new enough that I'm not sure many people are taking advantage of many spots. For example, noticing if someone is playing wider when a bounty is on the line and limping to let them iso a bounty. I even found a rare spot once to flat with AA against a particularly LAG chaser because I knew he would stay loose post flop rather than give up the bounty (it removed some of his folds). Flipping this around, there are spots where it can be profitable to call off some percentage of a stack with any decent hand. Mostly though, I'm playing the hunters, not the hunted. When I'm the hunter, I'm thinking about how I would play me, and trying to pick my spots.

The biggest downside is that you lose fold equity faster as stacks get shorter (depending on table, position and stack-size dynamics). This also means it is more profitable to shove a nutty hand with a larger stack though.

In the early stages people just get stupid with greed trying to get that min-bounty-cash to make their tourney cheaper. Others force the action because, "hey, if you don't cover people you can't knock them out". I find playing in TAG-mode with fewer bluffs and larger bet sizing seems pretty good to take advantage of this.

Great run, and a perfect example of why bounty tournaments are the shit. Three cheers for lower variance!

Don't see how I pass this hand with only ~8BB. Looked good on the flop.

$70 + $56 in bounties isn't bad for a $3.30 investment but it is so hard being 8 away from $1,300 (less for a chop).

Last in chips but still 17BB!

Made a horrific play in blinds war. The guy seemed weak and I was open-ended on the turn so I put him all in. He called with a set and I didn't get there. 

2 have to go out for next pay jump so I'm not going to lock it up and try for it. I'd rather see if I can double up and get back in it. 9BB isn't the end. I've been in worse shape before. Let's do this.

Interesting point in the tourney though. Bounties are roughly equal to the payouts now.

4 of 18 with 40BB after a couple of tricky hands against the chip leader. He is running 65/53 with a 29% 3-bet over the 17 hands I have seen. 

Well I no longer cover super limper after this amazing performance. For your entertainment:

9/31 with 46BB which turned in to 36BB after 2 hands: blinds + a new level.

At least I now cover super-limper 😉 ... this would be a great time for the right hand!

Failed AQ two-barrel that was unnecessary and BB defend against button min-raise with weak A, hit second pair, tried to get to showdown but board ran bad.

Bounty-leader sat down to my left and he is limping at 47/3 (just 31 hands)! 

Exciting Saturday shaping up. Down to single table.

80 left of 5,764

In 2nd place with 110BB and $46 bounty.

$1,356 up top.

Had a Team PS Pro at the table for the first time. We clashed in a 3-way pot (he was short with an all-in before him, so not a hard call with JQ). He had AQ so we split the side pot and I got the bounty win =)

Flopped a flush with a SF re-draw against a short stack with a $22 bounty.

300 hands in and running 23/15 with a %5 3-bet but I think that is because most of the time I'm popping it up is to get rid of limpers. Only C-betting 45% and folding to C-bets 55%. Just trying to pick my spots better and not floating as much.

Still a long way to go, so just trying to play solid and not get greedy by bounty hunting when I shouldn't.

This just happened....weird: