Down to 2 in 21

So last night I checked on my cashout from Empire and found my money in my Neteller account. I then put that into Pokerstars and started playing some low limit NL cash games. I pretty much played break even poker and then decided to play a $10+1 NL SNG. This is the strangest SNG I have played in. Here are some of the hands:

Hand #3
With blinds at 10/20, I raise to 100 in EP with Ac As. I get two callers and we see a flop of Jd 6d Qc. I bet 250 and both players call. The turn is 7h and I bet 900 and the next player jams for 250 more. Folds to me, I call, he turns over Ah Js and no J comes on the river and I knock him out.

Hand #13
With blinds at 15/30, I raise to 90 UTG with As Ac. EP player re-raises to 650 and is all-in. A player in SB re-raises to 1100 and is also all-in. I of course call and EP shows 5d 5c, SB shows Ad Kc. My hand holds up and I knock both players out.

Hand #14
With blinds at 15/30, the button makes it 120 to go. I re-raise to 510 in the SB, with Kc Ks. The button re-raises to 2285 and is all-in. I call and he shows Qd Qc. Again my hands holds up and I knock him out.

Hand #16
With blinds at 15/30, a player in MP raises to 210. I call in the cutoff with Ah Kh as does the BB. The flop is Ac 2d 5c. MP pushes all-in for 1275. I re-raise to 2550 and the BB folds. MP shows As 2c for two pairs. Turn is 6d, and the river is 5s to counterfeit the MP's 2 pair.

We are now down to four players and the blinds are still 15/30. One of the other players knocks out the bubble.

Hand #21
With blinds at 15/30, I raise to 120 in the SB with Jh Js and the BB calls. The flop is Td Th 5s, I bet 240 and the BB calls. The turn is Qh, I bet 660 (enough to put the BB all-in) and the BB calls. BB shows Jd 6c.. ??? Interesting play.... Drawing dead, he is knocked out.

So now 21 hands into the tournament, I find myself heads up with a couple of minutes left in the 15/30 level. I have 9980 in chips, while my opponent has 3520. Because the blinds are so low in relation to my (our) stack sizes, I try to play smaller pots and try to chop away.

We ended up playing 33 hands heads up, before I am able to pull out the win. I stuck to my plan and never fell below 8500 in chips.

This by far, was the most bizarre tournament I have ever played in. Of course a monkey could have played and gotten heads up with those hands, but it was still weird.

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I read a great article about playing lower limit online multi-table tournaments (MTT) on the Tao of Poker blog that was guest written by JoeSpeaker. If you have some time, take a look as there is some really good information.

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Just spoke with Arnold "Lederer". He is out in Phoenix on a business trip and found his way to Casino Arizona (101 & Indian Bend location). He says the poker room there is nice and huge - 45+ tables. He played there for about 4 hours and it was packed. He played in the $50 min/$150 max NL cash game. Blinds are $3/$5.