Clarification

[Suicide_KINGS98]

Can somebody explain why I finished in 19th position and not in the money? (not that i give a fk about $8.64)

PokerStars Game #60496277978: Tournament #383337587, $4.00+$0.40 USD Hold'em No Limit - Level IX (200/400) - 2011/04/07 21:52:31 ET
Table '383337587 12' 9-max Seat #6 is the button
Seat 2: Birchum (9053 in chips)
Seat 3: Dro4daLow2L (13416 in chips)
Seat 5: atzalynas (22317 in chips)
Seat 6: jeprie4774 (11950 in chips)
Seat 8: HERO (6592 in chips)
Seat 9: mitzu2 (25322 in chips)
Birchum: posts the ante 50
Dro4daLow2L: posts the ante 50
atzalynas: posts the ante 50
jeprie4774: posts the ante 50
HERO: posts the ante 50
mitzu2: posts the ante 50
HERO: posts small blind 200
mitzu2: posts big blind 400
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to HERO [7s 7c]
Birchum: folds
Dro4daLow2L: folds
atzalynas: folds
jeprie4774: raises 475 to 875
HERO: raises 5667 to 6542 and is all-in
mitzu2: raises 7858 to 14400
jeprie4774: calls 11025 and is all-in
Uncalled bet (2500) returned to mitzu2
*** FLOP *** [8h 5h 8c]
atzalynas said, "wow"
*** TURN *** [8h 5h 8c] [9c]
*** RIVER *** [8h 5h 8c 9c] [6c]
*** SHOW DOWN ***
mitzu2: shows [Kc Ac] (a flush, Ace high)
jeprie4774: shows [Jh Jc] (two pair, Jacks and Eights)
mitzu2 collected 10716 from side pot
HERO: shows [7s 7c] (a straight, Five to Nine)
mitzu2 collected 19926 from main pot
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot 30642 Main pot 19926. Side pot 10716. | Rake 0
Board [8h 5h 8c 9c 6c]
Seat 2: Birchum folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 3: Dro4daLow2L folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 5: atzalynas folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 6: jeprie4774 (button) showed [Jh Jc] and lost with two pair, Jacks and Eights
Seat 8: HERO (small blind) showed [7s 7c] and lost with a straight, Five to Nine
Seat 9: mitzu2 (big blind) showed [Kc Ac] and won (30642) with a flush, Ace high

mitzu2 wins side pot (19,926) with a flush, Ace high
jeprie4774 finished in the tournament in 18th place and received $8.64.
HERO finished in the tournament in 19th place

[knightfan]

you had less chips at the start of the hand

[Suicide_KINGS98]

thank you.

[thret]

This rule also applies if you are hand-to-hand and players are eliminated on different tables.

If you had the exact same stack size the prize would be split between you and you'd both finish 18th.