I have played 1 act 3 so far, and came in 23^rd when they were giving out 14 seats.

I was crippled by a 2 outer on the river on a hand I really got someone to put their money in bad (I knew - as much as anyone can know that if I checked the flop they would push on the turn).  But, they hit their 2 outer.

When it was folded to me on the button I then pushed with KQ and ran into QQ in the small blind.

That left me with 3100 in chips.  I then won several races (I happened to be ahead each time, but that didn't have to be the case) and had 40K in chips.

The push-fest had begun (1K ante 4K 8K blinds, so 22K a round) and someone who had me covered push in, I really didn't think they had me, and I called.  They turned over 6 9 and proceeded to make 3 sixes and IGHN.