Tournament red

As you might guess from the title of this post, things didn't go well for me at the poker table last night. The thing is, you have to expect big swings when you play tournaments; you have to expect to have nights where you really take a beating. You hope those nights get balanced out by the nights when you're totally in the sweetness.

Even though I didn't make the money in a single one of the four tournaments I entered, I think I played pretty well. I didn't back down when I read that an opponent was bluffing; I stayed true to my reads. Staying true to your reads is a vital poker skill, even though sometimes they'll be wrong.

buy_in entry_fee num_players num_hands place winnings

 80000      1000           6         3     5        0
 80000      1000           6        39     5        0
150000      1250           6        23     4        0
 50000       800           6        46     3        0

delta: $-364,050
balance: $4,809,621