Tournament of Destiny!

You might not know exactly what I'm talking about if you haven't played that many SNGs, but there is definitely an element of destiny involved in these things sometimes.

I'd say that a good 25% of heads up contests seem totally fixed in a way that one person is just destined to win and the other person...just doesnt stand a chance.

Yesterday, I won a tournament of destiny. This wasnt your typical "I had a huge chip lead and I won with the worst hand" story. That happens all the time.

We started the heads up with this guy on a MAD RUSH. He took out the last 3 people and had more than a 5 to 1 chip lead.

The blinds were up to 400/800 and I was catching 23, 25, 37. This effectively brought me down to a 10 to 1 chip deficit. At this point, I was thinking "GG man. Stupid cards."

Then, a silly thing happened. I doubled up with the worst hand to 2,000 then 4,000 and all of a sudden, I had the chip lead....all with the worst hand.

Then I had AK, he had A4 and had pushed all in. Obviously I called and he hit two fours on the flop and I was back to square one with about 2,000 chips.

This same sequence played out 3 times and for some unexplainable reason, I wasnt even remotely scared that I would lose. I just knew this win was mine.

The last sequence, I was down to 1,200. I doubled up to 2,400 and then 4,800, then won a couple preflop to get to a little ahead in chips.

The last hand was AQ vs Q9. I had finally won, and a dominating favorite finally came out ahead.

So I started with $101 yesterday and I'm back to $145. Maybe I can go on a good run.