Twenty-fived

Last night, in the second tournament I entered, I got twenty-fived on hand 45. That is, I was a 75% favorite after the turn, but lost to the 25% underdog on the river. My opponent was holding out for a gutshot straight or a flush, and hit his flush. The good news for me was that I didn't get taken to the felt, though I did lose a whopping $2,100 on the hand. I managed to take out the third place finisher several hands later, and wound up in second place after an 18 hand heads up battle.

buy_in entry_fee num_players num_hands place winnings

 50000       800           6        29     5        0
 50000       800           6        67     2   105000 

delta:  $3,400
tournament balance: $1,150,090
balance: $6,280,821