Let go the first game to avoid injuries and playing it TIE and play TIE the second game at home is a usual way a playing PO without HCA... So no big surprise here... Of course he made some mistakes like we all do and he is the first one to recognize that. My point is that he reallly tried and saying that he gave up to easily is not fair as he really tried and i think that its painfull enough to go done without being accused to not doing what it take to survive...
Before the last update on the shape our respective players i m sure that he still believed that he has still a chance to win that why i m really convinced that he tried untill it s obvious that there were no chance left.