18 SNG Step 1 Ticket End 8th Won Step 1 ticket 47 hands Step 1

Entered w/Step 1 ticket. 1-4 wins Step 2 ticket, 5-10 wins Step 1 ticket.

I did ok and made it to the top 10, but wasn't able to do well enough to make it to the top 4.

Hand 47, I'm BB w/Ac 3c and 1900 chips. Blinds 50/100. Action folds to the HJ & big stack, who open raises 3 BB (300), BTN calls, and I call. If I can hit the nut flush I may be able to push myself into the top 4. Flop 10c 2h 6c. Encouraging!! I check and HJ bets 350 into the 950 pot and BTN folds. I have 9 outs with pot odds of 3.7 to 1, so I call. Turn Ks. I check again and this time the HJ bets 700 into the 1650 pot. My pot odds have reduced to 3.4 to 1, but sill ok, so I call. River 7d. I miss my nut flush. HJ bets 850 and I sure wish I could call him as it is now a 3900 pot, but I can't, so I fold w/740 chips left.

My feeling was there was no real point in my re-raising his raises as I think he would have called anything I could have done and he kept putting chips into the pot for me in case my nut flush hit.

Next hand I'm SB w/5d 6c. Action folds to MP big stack who open raises 2 BB (200) and I decide to re-raise w/my last 690 chips and if I'm lucky I'll have two good cards. BB folds and MP calls showing Ah 8s. I do have two good cards. The board plays out:  Kd Kc 10c 3s Ac. I hit nothing.

Now I can use my Step 1 ticket to try another round!