Thanks guys - had one of those "in the zone" tournies where I finally found my A game.... only made one mistake that I was aware of where I folded top two pair to a bluff early on. Never had a hand bigger than TT, and even that lost to 33 leaving me with 2 big blinds. Recovered to a quarter of a million chips with 20 left (2m in play), only to lose 200k with AK v AQ aipf. First hand on final table SB open shoved and I called in BB with KJs.... he had 32o, and of course hit two
on the flop.
Ran like a dog, but chuffed to make the final.