Sat and gone

The key thing to notice about this post's title is the tense. "Sat and gone" is the past tense of "sit and go". I've decided to quit playing sit and go tournaments for the foreseeable future. You could say the decision was made for me. Last night, I lost over a million play dollars playing sit and go tournaments. I just couldn't stay away from the monster buy in tournaments. The good news is that I "only" lost a little over half a million playing sit and go tournaments; of the million plus I lost last night, roughly half was money I'd won in prior tournaments.

I have the same problem with sit and go tournaments that I have with Omaha - there's just too damn much luck involved. I want a steady, consistent return of play dollars for the investment of my time playing poker, and the only thing that always works for me is cash game no limit hold'em. That's the game I'm returning to, effective immediately. Sit and gos were fun while they lasted, but a part of me knew from the very beginning they couldn't last long.

buy_in entry_fee num_players num_hands place winnings

 80000      1000           6        52     2   168000
 80000      1000           6        13     6        0
 80000      1000           6        16     4        0
 80000      1000           6        31     4        0
 80000      1000           6         7     6        0
150000      1250           6        23     4        0
 80000      1000           6        94     2   168000
 80000      1000           6        90     3        0
150000      1250           6        47     2   315000
200000      1500           6        51     4        0
200000      1500           6         2     4        0
200000      1500           6         8     6        0
200000      1500           6        22     4        0

delta: $-1,024,500
balance: $4,454,536