Tuesday, January 31, 2012

The best time to get rockets

Last night, I had a short and sweet session, just 12 hands. I won two of them, hands 10 and 11. On one of those two hands, I was dealt pocket rockets. Can you guess which one, given the title of this post? If you guessed hand 11, you get a gold star. The best time to get rockets is just after winning a hand. Why? It's elementary, my dear Watson; your opponents will think you're getting frisky with your winnings. It's hard for any poker player (myself included) to credit someone getting two great hands in a row. Of course, it happens, but not all that often. Imagine my delight when I discovered not one but two opponents betting into my aces! Neither of them even had a pair, and I won a pot worth $95,200 without breaking a sweat. I called it a night forthwith.

During current Hold'em session you were dealt 12 hands and saw flop:
- 2 out of 2 times while in big blind (100%)
- 1 out of 2 times while in small blind (50%)
- 4 out of 8 times in other positions (50%)
- a total of 7 out of 12 (58%)
Pots won at showdown - 2 of 3 (66%)
Pots won without showdown - 0

delta: $58,100
balance: $3,180,030

Monday, January 30, 2012

My favorite suit

I've mentioned before what my favorite type of hand is (a flush). I've never mentioned what my favorite suit is. One good reason for this is that I never had a favorite suit - until now. Why would I suddenly develop a favorite suit? I'm glad you asked. The answer is simple - thanks to a royal flush I hit on Friday night, I've now had three of them in my poker career, and they've all been club royal flushes. If multiple royal flushes in the same suit can't endear that suit to you, nothing can!

Looking at the odds, I realize I've had more royal flushes than I had any right to expect. But the statistical oddity of having all of them be in the same suit is the most surprising thing of all.

During current Hold'em session you were dealt 35 hands and saw flop:
- 2 out of 4 times while in big blind (50%)
- 2 out of 5 times while in small blind (40%)
- 9 out of 26 times in other positions (34%)
- a total of 13 out of 35 (37%)
Pots won at showdown - 3 of 4 (75%)
Pots won without showdown - 0

delta: $39,300
balance $3,121,930

Friday, January 27, 2012

Granny smack-talk tilt

Last night, I hit the felt on hand 22 when I went on granny smack-talk tilt. Here's what I mean by that: a player whose screen name indicated she was a grandmother was being highly insulting to another player, and I couldn't refrain from telling her to stop running her mouth. Of course, that only succeeded in including me in her list of targets for verbal abuse. I hit the felt when my two pair, queens and eights was beaten by her two pair, queens and tens.

I reupped for the max, and slowly descended feltward. It was an easy decision to end my night when I finally won two nice pots in three hands to reclaim over half the chips I'd lost.

During current Hold'em session you were dealt 96 hands and saw flop:
- 7 out of 13 times while in big blind (53%)
- 9 out of 14 times while in small blind (64%)
- 43 out of 69 times in other positions (62%)
- a total of 59 out of 96 (61%)
Pots won at showdown - 8 of 17 (47%)
Pots won without showdown - 2

delta: $-19,874
balance: $3,082,630

Thursday, January 26, 2012

Low five

On Tuesday night, my slump continued. I set a new all-time aggregate loss for five contiguous sessions: $280,000. It was another case of staying too long at the fair; I should have quit while I was ahead. On the final hand of the night, I hit the felt with an ace high flush; I lost to a flopped full house. These fatties are killing me!

During current Hold'em session you were dealt 140 hands and saw flop:
- 19 out of 27 times while in big blind (70%)
- 14 out of 27 times while in small blind (51%)
- 57 out of 86 times in other positions (66%)
- a total of 90 out of 140 (64%)
Pots won at showdown - 7 of 14 (50%)
Pots won without showdown - 10

delta: $-40,000
balance: $3,102,504

Tuesday, January 24, 2012

Gravitational pull

Poker stacks, like celestial bodies, possess gravitational pull. The larger a poker stack is, the more it attracts additional chips to itself (provided its owner plays correctly). The reason is simple - owners of big stacks can win pots with substandard cards. All the big stack has to do with a mediocre holding is bet big enough to make it not worthwhile for most of his opponents to call. Let's say the big stack has 10 times the number of chips of the average opponent; for just a tenth of his stack, he can force opponents to make all in decisions. For just a twentieth of his stack, he can make life very uncomfortable for the other players.

My first mistake last night was choosing a table that had a bunch of big stacks. Here were the stack sizes at the table just after I joined:

Seat 1: (182070 in chips)
Seat 4: (38300 in chips)
Seat 5: (71000 in chips)
Seat 6: (123200 in chips)
Seat 7: (74450 in chips)
Seat 8: (37400 in chips)
Seat 9: neostreet (40000 in chips)

Seat 1 was playing very well, and built his stack up to over $470,000 during the course of the session. He really knew how to work a big stack. I hit the felt twice, the second time to him. Like a fool, I was on a draw. You should basically never go on a draw against a big stack, since they'll generally put you all in and you'll usually lose. My last four sessions have been very eventful; I've lost $240,000 in them, which comes in second on my all-time list of worst 4 session aggregate loss amounts. Tonight, I'll make sure to join a table where no one has more than $70,000!

During current Hold'em session you were dealt 61 hands and saw flop:
- 3 out of 9 times while in big blind (33%)
- 4 out of 7 times while in small blind (57%)
- 18 out of 45 times in other positions (40%)
- a total of 25 out of 61 (40%)
Pots won at showdown - 2 of 7 (28%)
Pots won without showdown - 2

delta: $-80,000
balance: $3,142,504

Monday, January 23, 2012

Listening too much to the board

To be a great poker player, you need to be a great listener, and you need to act based on what you hear. The trouble is, there's more than one thing to listen to. My recent play has forced me to realize that I'm much better at listening to what the board is telling me than I am at listening to what my opponents are telling me. I listen to the board too much, and sometimes its mighty voice drowns out the voices of my opponents.

Last Friday night, I hit the felt on hand 7 due to this failing. I'd been dealt 6d 8h, and the flop came 8c 8s Ad. I got into a short raising war with one opponent, who went all in after my second raise. I knew I had a good hand, but his all in should have given me pause. I should have realized he either had my hand beat or was stone bluffing. Instead, all I listened to was the board telling me that statistically I had a hand which was very likely the best. I told myself my hand was the best, and called his all in without really even considering what holding might justify him betting the way he had. He turned over rockets for a full house, aces full of eights. My home-grown "percent at flop" calculator informs me that my hand was a 93% favorite, and could only lose to 5% of the other possible hands with that flop. That 93% is what I was listening to. Had I listened correctly, I would have known that my opponent's all in bet very likely meant that his hand was in the 5% that could beat me. Live and learn!

I reupped for the max at the same table, and played even poker for the rest of the night.

During current Hold'em session you were dealt 114 hands and saw flop:
- 10 out of 13 times while in big blind (76%)
- 7 out of 15 times while in small blind (46%)
- 52 out of 86 times in other positions (60%)
- a total of 69 out of 114 (60%)
Pots won at showdown - 10 of 16 (62%)
Pots won without showdown - 5

delta: $-40,000
balance: $3,222,504

Friday, January 20, 2012

Lady Luck's fangs

Last night, Lady Luck smiled on me; at least, I thought she was smiling. Actually, she was only moving her lips to get them out of the way of the fangs she was about to sink into my neck! On a hand where I was actually drawing dead after the flop, she gave me false hope on the river; I made a straight, and there were no flush draws on the board. Unfortunately for me, my opponent had flopped a fatty (my nickname for a full house), and had slow-played it masterfully. In other words, he boiled a frog on this hand (the frog being me). My brain was simply incapable of conceiving the possibility of there being a fatty out there, and I called my opponent's all-in reraise of my river raise. Only the fact that I started the hand with more chips than he did prevented me from hitting the felt. As it was, after losing $38,000 on the hand, I was essentially crippled. I soon got into Lazarus territory, and that was all she wrote.

I feel the need to reassure you that this kind of night doesn't get me down. In fact, looked at in the right way, you can see that Lady Luck was actually paying me more attention, cruel though it may have been, than she was paying the other players. She likes me, but she also likes to make me suffer. She still wants to teach me, and I still want to learn!

During current Hold'em session you were dealt 73 hands and saw flop:
- 6 out of 10 times while in big blind (60%)
- 6 out of 12 times while in small blind (50%)
- 28 out of 51 times in other positions (54%)
- a total of 40 out of 73 (54%)
Pots won at showdown - 4 of 7 (57%)
Pots won without showdown - 1

delta: $-40,000
balance: $3,262,504

Thursday, January 19, 2012

Shades of greed

Would you say it's greedy to keep playing after doubling up? I think such behavior falls on the greed spectrum, but where it falls depends on context. Last night, I kept playing after doubling up; the thing was, I'd already hit the felt once. I was basically back to square one. In my opinion, continuing to play at that point, rather than being overtly greedy, was more a case of asking too much of luck.

I hit the felt on hand 3; I'd been dealt pocket rockets, and went all in with them when not one but two opponents acting before me went all in preflop. This was a table with a lot of action! My pair of aces lost to three of a kind, fours. Even with three opponents, I was a 52% favorite before the flop; the next best hand was a 19% underdog at that point. The pot was a whopping $136,900, and obviously I would have ended my night had I won it.

I reupped for the max, and got back into the black on hand 55; my full house of queens full of threes won a pot worth $80,100. If I'd quit right then, I would have made a small profit of $6,600 on the night. Unfortunately, I didn't. My luck then turned for the worse, and I ended up hitting the felt a second time.

During current Hold'em session you were dealt 108 hands and saw flop:
- 8 out of 15 times while in big blind (53%)
- 2 out of 16 times while in small blind (12%)
- 27 out of 77 times in other positions (35%)
- a total of 37 out of 108 (34%)
Pots won at showdown - 4 of 13 (30%)
Pots won without showdown - 3

delta: $-80,000
balance: $3,302,504

Wednesday, January 18, 2012

Check-raising on the river

Last night, I had a short and sweet session. I won my largest pot on hand 8, when I check-raised on the river. I'd been dealt 7c Jc, and the flop came Ac 8c 2h. The turn card missed me, but I hit my flush on the river. I was the first to act, and checked. I knew if I bet anything, I might not get any callers. When one of my two remaining opponents bet $2,000, and the other called, I raised it up to $4,000. Both of them called, and I won a pot worth $16,000.

The beauty of the check-raise is that if you only use it sparingly, your opponents will have no way of knowing if you're bluffing. As a matter of fact, I never bluff check-raise; that's a fine tactic to use when you're heads up, but it doesn't fly when you have more than one opponent. The only times I check-raise are when I'm sure I have the best hand, and want to extract the most profit I can from the pot.

During current Hold'em session you were dealt 25 hands and saw flop:
- 1 out of 3 times while in big blind (33%)
- 3 out of 4 times while in small blind (75%)
- 15 out of 18 times in other positions (83%)
- a total of 19 out of 25 (76%)
Pots won at showdown - 3 of 4 (75%)
Pots won without showdown - 3

delta: $14,800
balance: $3,382,504

Tuesday, January 17, 2012

Milestone

Friday night marked my 600th recorded poker session. I've actually played more, but only started recording them in March of 2009; I started playing in September of 2008. Of those 600 recorded sessions, 402 of them were winning ones. Fittingly, I set another personal record on Friday night, for lengthiest session: a whopping 221 hands. I was underwater for 193 of them, for an underwater percentage of 87.33.

My biggest pot came on the penultimate hand; my two pair of aces and eights beat a pair of kings and an ace high for a pot worth $69,100.

During current Hold'em session you were dealt 221 hands and saw flop:
- 26 out of 36 times while in big blind (72%)
- 25 out of 34 times while in small blind (73%)
- 114 out of 151 times in other positions (75%)
- a total of 165 out of 221 (74%)
Pots won at showdown - 20 of 36 (55%)
Pots won without showdown - 21

delta: $28,900
balance: $3,367,704

Friday, January 13, 2012

Chat tilt

There are many ways to go on tilt in poker. I've mentioned some of them before, including stack tilt, which is when you make bad decisions due to anxiety about the size of your stack. Last night, I experienced my first case of chat tilt. I made two very bad decisions in a row, due to anger at the way one of my opponents was insulting another opponent via the chat feature in the PokerStars software. In back to back hands, I lost $18,000 and $17,600. I didn't evaluate either hand properly. Instead of paying attention to poker, my mind was preoccupied with what a jerk the guy was being. Miraculously, I didn't hit the felt on the second hand, but was left with only $1,800 in chips. That woke me up to the need to pay sedulous attention to the poker, which I was able to do for the remainder of the session. Being so shoft-stacked, I was forced to go all in periodically, but Lady Luck smiled on me; all four times I went all in, I won the main pot. The last time this happened, I knew I'd had the best of my night, and got out of Dodge.

During current Hold'em session you were dealt 92 hands and saw flop:
- 4 out of 12 times while in big blind (33%)
- 6 out of 11 times while in small blind (54%)
- 27 out of 69 times in other positions (39%)
- a total of 37 out of 92 (40%)
Pots won at showdown - 5 of 10 (50%)
Pots won without showdown - 3

delta: $-14,400
balance: $3,338,804

Thursday, January 12, 2012

The top ten test

As you know, I like thinking up statistical formulas and applying them to my personal poker data. I then try to figure out which values are indicative of poker success and which of failure. The most prominent example of this is the golden ratio; I firmly believe that if a player can win at least twice as many sessions as he loses, he'll be extremely successful.

For a change, instead of introducing a new statistic in this blog post, I'll introduce what I believe is my first meta-statistic. I call it the top ten test. Briefly described, it's that you'll know you've had an eventful session when the value produced by one of the statistical formulas when applied to the session data is in the top ten values for that statistic when applied to the session data for all the sessions of your poker career. You may have noticed I said eventful, not successful; some formulas measure failure instead of success.

I'll expand on the definition a bit. You'll know you've had an eventful last n sessions when the value produced by one of the statistical formulas when applied to the data of the last n sessions is in the top ten values for that statistic when applied to the session data for all of the contiguous groupings of n sessions in your poker career.

This will become much clearer with an example. Last night was my fourth winning session in a row. I calculated where the aggregate delta for those four sessions stacked up in the ordered list of aggregate deltas for all the contiguous groupings of four sessions in my career. Surprise, surprise: it fell within the top ten:

230200 Thu Aug 18 01:00:00 2011 Thu Aug 25 01:00:00 2011
228882 Thu Oct 20 01:00:00 2011 Mon Oct 24 01:00:00 2011
226726 Sat Jul 10 01:00:00 2010 Thu Jul 15 01:00:00 2010
226276 Tue Jul 13 01:00:00 2010 Fri Jul 16 01:00:00 2010
218476 Fri Apr 15 01:00:00 2011 Wed Apr 20 01:00:00 2011
216876 Wed Apr 27 01:00:00 2011 Sat Apr 30 01:00:00 2011
210000 Fri Aug 19 01:00:00 2011 Fri Aug 26 01:00:00 2011
208006 Fri Apr 29 01:00:00 2011 Tue May 03 01:00:00 2011
207675 Thu May 05 01:00:00 2011 Tue May 10 01:00:00 2011
206885 Sat Jan 07 00:00:00 2012 Wed Jan 11 00:00:00 2012

By the definition of my new meta-statistic, that means my last four sessions, taken as a group, were eventful; not only that, they were successful :-)

During current Hold'em session you were dealt 43 hands and saw flop:
- 3 out of 6 times while in big blind (50%)
- 4 out of 6 times while in small blind (66%)
- 16 out of 31 times in other positions (51%)
- a total of 23 out of 43 (53%)
Pots won at showdown - 2 of 4 (50%)
Pots won without showdown - 3

delta: $60,300
balance: $3,353,204

Wednesday, January 11, 2012

Grand opening

Last night, I doubled up on my very first hand. I was dealt ace five offsuit, and paired them both on the flop; as you may know, I call this a stealth two pair. The board never paired, and there were no flush draws. However, there were two separate straight draws (both of them three cards to a straight), so I didn't get overly aggressive; I simply called bets of $5,400 on the turn and $11,800 on the river. My aces and fives won a pot worth $62,200, of which $44,000 was o.p.m. (other people's money).

I knew I didn't want to quit right then; where'd be the fun in that? I ended up playing 60 more hands, hovering near the $80,000 mark the whole time. As it turned out, most of the fireworks of the session were concentrated in the first hand; the next biggest pot I won was only worth $18,000.

During current Hold'em session you were dealt 61 hands and saw flop:
- 5 out of 9 times while in big blind (55%)
- 7 out of 9 times while in small blind (77%)
- 31 out of 43 times in other positions (72%)
- a total of 43 out of 61 (70%)
Pots won at showdown - 5 of 9 (55%)
Pots won without showdown - 2

delta: $39,800
balance: $3,292,904

Tuesday, January 10, 2012

A sight for sore eyes

In my recent losing streak, the caliber of the opponents I faced was very high; there wasn't a donk in the bunch (unless you count, at times, me :-) Therefore, when I detected a donk in last night's session, he was a sight for sore eyes. He was going all in way too frequently, and I knew I just needed to wait for the right time to relieve him of his chips. The thing with donks is, you don't even have to bet into them; you just wait for them to make an idiotic bet and then simply call it. That's what happened on the last hand of the night, when I won a pot worth $53,200 with two pair, eights and sixes. It turned out to be my last hand because it was a table ender - at the end of the hand, I was the only remaining player with chips. The donk and I had been playing heads up for several hands.

To be honest, donks mostly annoy me, and I prefer not playing with them; one can always suffer a bad beat at their hands. The only reason I was glad to see a donk last night was that he was a refreshing change from more skillful opponents.

During current Hold'em session you were dealt 49 hands and saw flop:
- 4 out of 11 times while in big blind (36%)
- 9 out of 13 times while in small blind (69%)
- 18 out of 25 times in other positions (72%)
- a total of 31 out of 49 (63%)
Pots won at showdown - 3 of 6 (50%)
Pots won without showdown - 5

delta: $27,900
balance: $3,253,104

Monday, January 9, 2012

18 again

When you play poker, no matter how old you get, you can always be 18 again. That is, no matter how many sessions you've played, if you play well enough, the amount of chips you win can come in 18th on your all-time list. That's what happened to me on Saturday night. Here are my top twenty deltas:

$126,326 2011-04-27
$119,300 2011-04-29
$115,800 2010-07-14
$114,440 2011-04-15
$111,100 2011-11-05
$107,100 2011-05-06
$105,798 2011-10-22
$104,200 2011-05-18
$101,200 2010-05-28
$98,200 2010-03-26
$95,150 2011-07-02
$91,900 2011-08-19
$82,405 2011-06-07
$81,200 2010-10-01
$80,600 2011-05-10
$80,250 2009-05-20
$78,900 2011-06-08
$78,885 2012-01-07
$77,900 2011-11-02
$75,700 2010-07-28

On the penultimate hand of the night, I won a pot worth $83,200 with a six high straight.

During current Hold'em session you were dealt 83 hands and saw flop:
- 13 out of 14 times while in big blind (92%)
- 11 out of 15 times while in small blind (73%)
- 35 out of 54 times in other positions (64%)
- a total of 59 out of 83 (71%)
Pots won at showdown - 10 of 12 (83%)
Pots won without showdown - 8

delta: $78,885
balance: $3,225,204

Saturday, January 7, 2012

Bad news and good news

I have both bad news and good news to report. First, the bad news: I had another losing session last night, extending my current losing streak to six (a new personal worst). Now the good news:

1. I didn't lose a ton of chips
2. I'm still a ways off from my maximum aggregate loss

I hit the felt when I was dealt pocket aces, couldn't bring myself to fold them, and lost to a two pair. I reupped for the max, and actually got back into the black; however, I stayed too long at the fair, and ended up giving back over half the chips I'd reclaimed.

Here are the details of my maximum aggregate loss:

$1,874,272 Sat Jun 11 01:00:00 2011
$1,493,210 Tue Jun 28 01:00:00 2011
$-381,062 11

In the first line, the first column contains my balance at the start of that session; in the second line, the first column contains my balance at the end of that session. The third line contains the aggregate loss for that series of sessions, and the number of sessions in the series.

Here are the details of the aggregate loss in my current losing streak:

$3,446,119 Fri Dec 30 00:00:00 2011
$3,146,319 Fri Jan 06 00:00:00 2012
$-299,800 6

Looking on the bright side, I'd have to lose over $81,262 more to set a new maximum aggregate loss.

During current Hold'em session you were dealt 201 hands and saw flop:
- 21 out of 27 times while in big blind (77%)
- 19 out of 24 times while in small blind (79%)
- 85 out of 150 times in other positions (56%)
- a total of 125 out of 201 (62%)
Pots won at showdown - 13 of 26 (50%)
Pots won without showdown - 15

delta: $-23,650
balance: $3,146,319

Friday, January 6, 2012

Two personal worsts

Last night, I tied one personal worst and set another. By losing my fifth session in a row, I tied my worst losing streak. In 593 sessions, I've only lost five sessions in a row twice; the first time was on September 28, 2010. The other personal worst was the most chips I've ever lost in a five session stretch - $276,150. That broke my previous record of $269,400, set on June 23, 2011.

Believe it or not, I'm not downhearted; I know I'm going to turn things around soon.

During current Hold'em session you were dealt 90 hands and saw flop:
- 10 out of 13 times while in big blind (76%)
- 10 out of 10 times while in small blind (100%)
- 45 out of 67 times in other positions (67%)
- a total of 65 out of 90 (72%)
Pots won at showdown - 3 of 8 (37%)
Pots won without showdown - 7

delta: $-20,000
balance: $3,169,969

Thursday, January 5, 2012

Rocketing earthward

Last June, when I lost $240,000 over 3 sessions, I felt like I was in freefall. With last night's double felting, I've now lost $256,150 in my last 4 sessions. Right now, I don't feel like I'm in freefall; I feel like I'm actively rocketing myself earthward. This has to stop!

The funny thing is, absent the first hand that took me to the felt last night, I played quite well. On that hand, I should have folded on the river; my opponent went all in when the river card was a third community heart. Embarrassing to admit, I didn't do the due diligence to see if there was a flush draw; if I had, I would have realized that my three of a kind was very likely second best. That bad decision (or more accurately, non-decision) cost me an additional $13,800.

The second time I went to the felt, I was plain unlucky. I'd flopped a queen high club flush, and went all in with it. I got one caller; he had the ace of clubs and a non-club. I was a 75% favorite after the flop and an 86% favorite after the turn, but the river was the jack of clubs, and I was done for the night.

One good takeaway from this slump is that I'm noticing a pattern that I can take steps to avoid - I'm doing myself in with both all in calls and all in bets. If I can severely cut down on the number of times I go all in, I think I'll be able to right the ship.

During current Hold'em session you were dealt 73 hands and saw flop:
- 8 out of 11 times while in big blind (72%)
- 7 out of 10 times while in small blind (70%)
- 34 out of 52 times in other positions (65%)
- a total of 49 out of 73 (67%)
Pots won at showdown - 3 of 10 (30%)
Pots won without showdown - 8

delta: $-80,000
balance: $3,189,969

Wednesday, January 4, 2012

Felt in four

Last night, I hit the felt in four hands. I'm sure that's a record for me in no limit hold'em. On hand 4, I was dealt 3h 2h, and the flop came 3c 2s Qh. The turn was the king of hearts, and an opponent went all in at that point. I couldn't stop myself from calling. The river was the nine of clubs, so I missed both my flush and my full house. My two pair lost to three of a kind, threes. I reupped for the max, and just two hands later, got back into the black when my ace high flush won a pot worth $82,000. I'm sure that's my fastest $40,000 turnaround ever as well.

I checked the records and found that my worst ever 3 session loss is a whopping $240,000, which happened last June; I'd forgotten all about it. Here's hoping I'll soon have reason to forget my current 3 session loss of $176,150!

During current Hold'em session you were dealt 79 hands and saw flop:
- 4 out of 9 times while in big blind (44%)
- 7 out of 10 times while in small blind (70%)
- 33 out of 60 times in other positions (55%)
- a total of 44 out of 79 (55%)
Pots won at showdown - 5 of 9 (55%)
Pots won without showdown - 1

delta: $-16,150
balance: $3,269,969

Tuesday, January 3, 2012

Too many rockets

On New Year's Eve, I played pretty well for 87 hands. Unfortunately for me, I played 88. On the final hand, I was convinced I was best, went all in, and hit the felt. My "percent at flop" utility tells me that my starting hand (Kd As) in combination with the flop (2s 7s Kh) beats 89% of all other possible starting hands with that flop, so I had good reason to be convinced. I've mentioned before that one of my poker weaknesses is an inability to imagine an opponent having pocket rockets. That's what my opponent had on hand 88, but I think my lack of imagination in this case was understandable. The very same player had had pocket rockets on hand 87, and you just don't expect them to pop up back to back like that. In all, fully 5 of the 88 hands featured pocket rockets; that's too many rockets!

My two session loss of $160,000 ties my worst ever. Both other times I achieved this dubious record, I lost $80,000 each session; the best spin I can put on my current woeful double is that for once the second session shows some improvement over the first :-)

During current Hold'em session you were dealt 88 hands and saw flop:
- 9 out of 14 times while in big blind (64%)
- 10 out of 15 times while in small blind (66%)
- 35 out of 59 times in other positions (59%)
- a total of 54 out of 88 (61%)
Pots won at showdown - 5 of 14 (35%)
Pots won without showdown - 8

delta: $-40,000
balance: $3,286,119