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W --

I saw the bad hand you had in the SNG that moved you from second chipleader to below average -- of course I kept my mouth shut because you don't want to type "how could he call with that?" (he had an inside broadway straight draw on paired board as I recall), but I did say it out loud. Really bad. I figured you would build up your stack, so I made a sandwich, checked back as I watched a little TV. I didn't see your knock-out hand but was very sorry to see you had bubbled.

As for those rolled up fives -- I had no idea you had such a strong hand. I thought you were making a move with split fives or high cards in hole or something else only semi-strong. So I called with my split tens. When I made two pair, pretty much all your money was in the pot, so of course I was calling. And then I rivered a ten for the better boat. That is one thing I love/hate about stud -- you can have a really strong hand that is almost totally concealed. Or a strong hand that is so obvious no one will play with you.

Anyway, sorry about your tournament -- you played it well from what I saw!