Epic heads up battle

Last night, in the first tournament I entered, I got to heads up at the end of hand 50. I had the chip lead, with $4,410 to my opponent's $1,590. Thus began an epic heads up battle. On hand 60, my stack took a huge hit when my two pair lost to a straight; I lost $2,640, bringing my stack all the way down to $720. It dropped to $420 after two more hands, and I was essentially on life support. I'm proud to say I was able to battle back from this virtually certain defeat. With grit and luck, I brought my stack back up to a high of $4,245 on hand 79. Alas, that was to be my last hurrah. I finally hit the felt on hand 97. I'm certain this is the longest heads up battle I've ever had in a tournament - 47 hands. I don't even mind that I lost it, since it was so well played by both players.

buy_in entry_fee num_players num_hands place winnings

 50000       800           6        97     2   105000
 50000       800           6        94     2   105000

delta: $108,400
tournament balance: $1,229,690
balance: $6,360,421