Clucksters considered harmful

The beginning of the second tournament I played last night has inspired another neo neo (neostreet neologism) - cluckster. A cluckster is a cluster of luck. On the whole, I don't really like clucksters. They're fickle, and they also become quite apparent to your opponents, enabling them to gun for you when they figure your luck is bound to have run out. By the start of the 13th hand of last night's second tournament, my stack had shot up to $2,445; I'd won 6 of the first 12 hands. That's a cluckster by any definition. However, it was unsustainable, and I ended up having to settle for third place, just out of the money. Though I didn't do nearly as well early on in the other two tournaments I played, I managed to make the money in both.

buy_in entry_fee num_players num_hands place winnings

 50000       800           6        91     2   105000
 50000       800           6        51     3        0
 50000       800           6        33     1   195000

delta: $147,600
tournament balance: $1,218,890
balance: $6,349,621