Empathy, not as much sympathy..
You play enough poker, you often see a scenario you've been in before. We've all felt the sting of chasing the stacks until the very end, a coin flip vs chip leader, you lose; it's the usual outcome when chasing in a long tourney.
When I have chips, I take no joy in grinding a smaller stack all the way out. It is just part of the process; if I'm not taking others out, they are doing their best to take me out.
But there is a little pleasure seeing a early stage chip bully being taken down.
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