Its Final Time

Well i have to say that must be one of most enjoyable satellites ive played for a long time.
After doubling up with JJ or a AJ7 flop at only level2 when the other guy had called my raise behind me with A7std i never really went out of the top 8. There were 5 packages of $1050 to the next level and a tiny $200 spare for 6th. With 13 or 14 left i was leading with 10k when i took a nasty beat JJ vs 55 for a 4k pot. I quickly recovered to 10k by stealing a fair bit only for AKstd vs 33 to lose for a 8k pot against the same guy that had got the 55 beat. :(
Could have put me on tilt but i actually wasnt that pissed off cos i knew we were playing for 5th i was still a big favourite with 8-9k. Shortly after we hit the final table and i tightened up until a few players went out. I think i knocked someone out cos when we were down to 8 players i was 2nd on about 11 or 12k. 1st had over 25k and could have almost raised every hand or at least every other hand but he didnt seem to know how to use the stack properly so whilst being agressive he was being stupid calling allins with middle hands or crap. In fact he actually lost his chips down to 2k before recovering !!! Whilst all this was going on i stole well and uncalled i grew my stack steadily to 16k. After ages a player finally went out , i had been aggressing a fair bit when i became chip leader at 18k and as i didnt like the way others were playing i could see a path to guarantee me a seat if i was careful. The blinds had gone up to 300-600 as well so with 3 players 5-6k stacks at the table i decided on the allin if first to get into the pot every hand. This worked a charm as nobody wants to call the allin when there are 2 others in the same boat, about 10 hands later and a 35k stack my work was done for me when, as i had hoped, 2 of the lowest stacks faced off AQ vs KQ and im through in style to the final tommorrow at 5pm.