Posted by Dr Fro 12:15 PM
I just played in a SNG on Poker.com. It was unbelievable: I won every single hand on which I saw the flop until it was heads-up. During heads-up play (which lasted a while), I only lost 1 hand on which I saw the flop until the second to last hand:
I had 60% of the chips and get KK. My opponent goes all-in and I call. He has A7s. After the flop, I am ahead as we have both failed to connect. He types, "oh well, gg!". Runner-runner clubs come for a flush. with just shy of 20% of the chips and a stack = 5 BB's, I lost the next hand and took second place. That little doozie of a runner-runner was the difference between $100 and $60. Not a fortune, but it does help to illustrate a cardinal rule in tournaments: better to be lucky late than lucky early.