Tournament result from some warehouse

Word of mouth...a $50 tournament at some warehouse...I decided to put in my 3 years of online experience along with 5 other friends....

Results? I suck!!!!...

Out of 82 players...top 5 getting paid

Aquaman - 65th-70th
Shark - 45th-50th
MaxSquat - 35th-40th
Alfred - 30th-35th
Besser - 20th-25th
Bird - 2nd!!

Congrats to Bird for winning a nice cool $1100...We made a 75/25 deal prior the tournament so I was able to come away with about $285...I'll take it!!!...where did the $285 go? Well actually $200 went to my son's "playground swing set" fund...

How the hell did I finish in the middle of the pack? Well I'm not going to bore you with details...but let me give you the tournament structure and then you can decide for yourself...If you think those $5 Party SNGs is a crapshoot then wait till you hear this:

Starting chips: 2K
Blinds increase every 30 mins

Level 1: 25/50
Level 2: 50/100
Level 3: 100/200
Level 4: 150/300...and so on....

Ain't that a "crapshoot"? I played excatly THREE hands...Limped in LP with JT (100)..BB makes a 5x raise...I fold....Raised 3x (300) with AcQc in EP...EP2 calls and so does LP....flop comes something like 2Q6...I make it another 300...EP2 calls...LP makes it 1K...here I am down to about 1K and he is making me decide to either push or fold...I fold..EP2 pushes....EP2 flips over his set of 6 while LP just had KQ...chitty cards...blinds eating me up...now its Level 4 and I have about 800 chips left....I pick up TT in LP...two limpers...I push...BB calls and so does MP....MP flips over JT...I have TT...but BB has KK...I'm out.....just like that...not a whole lot of room for error with that kind of structure.