Monday, August 29, 2022

My bounty habit

I know I shouldn't play bounties; I've lost more than 40 million on them. However, I play them anyway. Why? Several reasons:

1. they're fun to play

2. when I've hit the rail in a Valueraptor, and still want to play poker, bounties are commonly what's on offer

3. I make enough money on Valueraptors to subsidize my bounty habit :-)

This is an excerpt from my August 5 post. I'll add another reason:

4. when I've missed the midnight train Valueraptor due to playing online chess, I still need to get my poker fix :-)

That's what happened to me last night. For the first time in a long time, I bagged a bounty but missed the money.

style flavor  buy_in    entry players entries paid place  winnings

MTT-B NLHE    880000   120000       8     336   47    98    220000

delta: $-780,000
MTT with bounties NLHE balance: $-40,961,820
2022 balance: $202,472,000
blue distance: $154,515,000
balance: $297,315,953

Sunday, August 28, 2022

Tournaments: 2; re-entries: 0; money finishes: 2

Lately, I've been re-entering tournaments frequently, and making the money rarely. That's a recipe for disaster. Last night, I turned things around, with no re-entries and two money finishes in two tournaments. Here's hoping this is the start of a hot streak :-)

style flavor  buy_in    entry players entries paid place  winnings

MTT   NLHE   4400000   600000       8     135   23    21   7670000
MTT   NLHE   4400000   600000       8     141   23     5  41870000

delta: $39,540,000
MTT NLHE balance: $284,161,468
2022 balance: $203,252,000
blue distance: $153,735,000
balance: $298,095,953

Saturday, August 27, 2022

Two wagering milestones

Last night, I hit two wagering milestones:

1. I wagered the most I ever have on a single tournament - $25,000,000

2. for the first time in my career, my extrapolated total wagered for a poker year topped one billion play dollars

It truly is the year of living wagerously :-)

style flavor  buy_in    entry players entries paid place  winnings

MTT   NLHE   4400000   600000       8     137   23    26         0
MTT   NLHE   4400000   600000       8     141   23    17   9420000

delta: $-20,580,000
MTT NLHE balance: $244,621,468
2022 balance: $163,712,000
blue distance: $193,275,000
balance: $258,555,953

Friday, August 26, 2022

New personal worst

The longer you've played poker, the harder it gets to set either a new personal best or a new personal worst. I've mentioned before that I get almost as much of a thrill from setting a personal worst as I do from setting a personal best. That may seem strange, but it's the truth. I love setting records of any kind :-)

This is an excerpt from my April 9, 2015 post. My new personal worst: the most money I've lost in a single session. I lost $22,320,000 last night, besting my previous record of $21,700,000, set on June 29th. For the sixth session in a row, I set a new all-time blue distance. I swear I haven't been playing badly; I'm just in a massive downswing.

style flavor  buy_in    entry players entries paid place  winnings

MTT   NLHE   4400000   600000       8     148   23    67         0
MTT   NLHE   4400000   600000       8      72   11    25         0
MTT-B NLHE   2200000   300000       8     250   34    29   2680000

delta: $-22,320,000
MTT NLHE balance: $265,201,468
2022 balance: $184,292,000
blue distance: $172,695,000
balance: $279,135,953

Thursday, August 25, 2022

Uberflushed

An uberflush is what I call it when two players were both dealt two cards of the same suit, and three cards of that suit show up in the community cards. That means both players have hit their flush, neither will fold, and one will be in for a world of hurt. When you're on the wrong end of an uberflush, that's what I call being uberflushed. Last night, I was uberflushed early on, and hit the rail a short time later. I re-entered, and lasted much longer on my second bullet, but still missed the money by a country mile.

style flavor  buy_in    entry players entries paid place  winnings

MTT   NLHE   4400000   600000       8     113   17    36        0

delta: $-10,000,000
MTT NLHE balance: $285,201,468
2022 balance: $206,612,000
blue distance: $150,375,000
balance: $301,455,953

Wednesday, August 24, 2022

Poxit near the bubble

Last night, I hit the rail early, and re-entered. I was making great headway on my second bullet, and nearing the money bubble, when a situation arose where I had to decide whether I could be content with a min cash. If so, I knew I'd very probably be able to fold my way into the money. If not, it was mandatory to get all my chips into the middle. I'd been dealt pocket tens, and chose the latter course. I was a favorite all the way through the turn, but the river did me in. No regrets :-)

style flavor  buy_in    entry players entries paid place  winnings

MTT   NLHE   4400000   600000       8     131   20    24         0

delta: $-10,000,000
MTT NLHE balance: $295,201,468
2022 balance: $216,612,000
blue distance: $140,375,000
balance: $311,455,953

Monday, August 22, 2022

Due for a deep run

I've missed the money in the last four tournaments, and feel like I'm due for a deep run. Time to make a killing :-)

style flavor  buy_in    entry players entries paid place  winnings

MTT   NLHE   4400000   600000       8     105   17    24         0

delta: $-5,000,000
MTT NLHE balance: $305,201,468
2022 balance: $226,612,000
blue distance: $130,375,000
balance: $321,455,953