I agree with this 100%
The last live tournament which I "took down" (which was way too long ago
) I was a big chip leader the entire final table...down to 5 handed, I gave a nice chunk to another player away losing a race 99 vs AJ (JJx flop A turn.... thanx) which made him in 2nd.... eventually it was down to me and him. While 3 handed a chop was proposed which I turned down...I then eliminated the low stack. Yet my lead was fairly marginal -- although Id been a leader the entire FT, the 2nd place was gaining on me. I had 70 K he had 55K (I forget what the blinds were -- they werent super intense though). The prize was 1400 for first and 700 for second. He offered me a 1200/ 900 split, which I accepted -- seemed in my favor