Did you thank him for not stacking you?

You guys notice how in both cases the hero was against MP2 and there were 3 fives on the board? Hmmm..... a pattern....

hmm no raises preflop, so no info yet.. u bet out on the flop and got called.. in most situations i think i would have check-raised this turn, becuase ur hand is most likely good..but if u get re-raised then chances are he has 5 or high pocket pair and u can lay this down

Because you didnt raise preflop you have no way of knowing if there are any low cards out there, although in low buyin sngs you will get IDIOTS calling with ANYTHING sometimes, thats why you should steer clear of the first 2-3 levels without a really strong hand.

If your going to limp, you need to understand no matter what comes on the board you need a set, if you raised I think there is a good chance of getting reraised preflop, and then you at least know whats likely to be out there ( overcards or higher PP ) and you might have some chance to escape, that said, if this was the first hand of a sng, I'd be limping for the set.

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Well Bloodclot....at least he raised you on the river!!

I didn't raise PF cos there were several limpers in the hand already. I think most of them would have called anyway - I see this all the time with several limpers. Or they would have all folded. Possibly a big hand would re-raise and I could fold, but overall I thought let's see a flop and take it from there.

All in all a pretty good flop, so now I'm betting for info. And because I checked from the big blind, I thought a decent bet could be quite scary, as I could have anything, including a 5.

On the turn I'm thinking anyone beating tens would have raised, so I'm probably still ahead.

On the river I checked, cos I thought if I check here he'll finally show some aggression if he does have anything. But he bet a very small amount compared to the pot, I thought it was just weakness again, so I raised. I still thought I was winning when he flat called the raise instead of putting me all-in, I mean I only had 500 chips left!!!

And I really don't like his limp pre flop, with a pair like queens you have to raise, otherwise you end up with 4 or five limpers in the pot with you - the last thing you want with these pairs. And if an ace or king flops, then what? You showed no aggression before so you have no idea where you are - although with all the limpers it's pretty certain someone has paired the overcard, so you're now beat.

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Check call the river. If he's a fish with AJ, KJ, QJ, JTd, he's got you beat. And he's obviously not going to fold for only 300 more.

I think you way overplayed the TT in this situation. I'd have checked the five on the turn, then check/called the river, or folded to any substantial bet. This is the first hand of the SNG, and you're in a really murky situation here (nobody raised PF, so yes he could be playing almost any 5x or Jx).