Plink, plank, plunk

I've only played the Nintendo game "Guitar Hero" once in my life, but it was a lot of fun. My wife's brother and his family brought it with them when they came to visit at Christmas several years ago. One of the things that struck me about the game was that if you were playing well, hitting the right buttons at the right times, the music sounded great; on the other hand, if  you were off on your timing or were pressing the wrong buttons, the music started to sound really bad. It devolved into discordant jangling, like guitar strings on the point of snapping. A lot of off-key plink, plank, plunk!

In poker, your timing needs to be nearly as precise as is required in "Guitar Hero". When my poker timing is off, sometimes in my head I hear the atonal notes of a bad "Guitar Hero" session. That was certainly the case last night, except for the last tournament I entered.

My balance is heading south in a hurry, but I'm having so much fun playing these tournaments I don't even care!

buy_in entry_fee num_players num_hands place winnings

150000      1250           6        22     6        0
 50000       800           6        37     3        0
 80000      1000           6        28     4        0
 80000      1000           6        35     3        0
 80000      1000           6        23     6        0
 80000      1000           6        90     2   168000

delta: $-358,050
balance: $4,451,571