I was playing a 5.50 SNG today where we were 4 handed with one shortie who had maybe 1.5 BB left in his stack. The rest of us were pretty close in chip count.

Shortie was UTG and pushed. The button called, SB folded, I called out of the BB w/Q-9 clubs.

The flop came and I paired my queen. UTG checked, I checked, and we went ahead and checked it to the river and busted out shortie, my pair of queens winning the pot.

Wanting to acknowlege that he was smart to check it down with me I typed, "good work."

UTG typed back, "My Ace-Jack didn't win :-( "

I typed back, "Well, we busted him out and made the money, so that's a good thing."

He responded, "Yeah, I guess you're right."

Just gave me a chuckle. I'll have to remember this the next time someone's irrational behavior at a 5.50 is making me angry.