Sunday, May 31, 2015

Knockouts

To win a sit and go, you have to knock out at least one opponent, that being the opponent you face when you get to heads up play. Of course, it's possible, though not likely, to knock out every opponent. Personally, until heads up play, I prefer other people to do the knocking out :-) Sometimes, multiple players get knocked out on a single hand. I think the most players I've seen get knocked out like this is three. Last night, in the second tournament I played, two players got knocked out on hand 19. That left just three of us, and I had a strong feeling I'd make it to heads up play. I did :-) Not only that, I ended up winning.

buy_in entry players hands place winnings

 45000  5000       6    93     2    94500
 45000  5000       6    71     1   175500


delta: $170,000
Sit and go no limit hold'em balance: $1,746,800
balance: $9,433,379

Saturday, May 30, 2015

$50,000 fingerfehler

I figured out a long time ago that it's really important always to pick the same buy in level when playing sit and gos; if you don't adhere to this, you're playing an apples and oranges game where losses can be disproportionately large. Unfortunately, this strategy can't prevent the occasional fingerfehler. That is, when trying to pick a sit and go to play, occasionally you'll pick the wrong buy in level by mistake. This happened to me last night, and I know exactly how it happened. As I've mentioned before, you want to stay away from hyper sit and gos like the plague, and only play the turbos. So when scanning the available sit and gos, you're looking for two things:

1. the correct buy in level
2. a turbo tournament

When you order the tournaments by buy in level, and have scrolled to the appropriate section of the lobby, you're mainly focusing at this point on hyper vs. turbo. When you find a turbo, if you forget to check the buy in level before selecting it, you could end up picking a turbo from the next higher or next lower buy in level by mistake. Last night, when selecting my first sit and go, I mistakenly chose a turbo with a $90,000 buy in and $10,000 entry fee, instead of one with my normal $45,000 buy in and $5,000 entry fee. I came in fifth in that one, so my fingerfehler ending up costing me $50,000. Ouch!

buy_in entry players hands place winnings

 90000 10000       6     6     5        0
 45000  5000       6    55     2    94500
 45000  5000       6    45     3        0
 45000  5000       6    28     5        0
 45000  5000       6    81     1   175500


delta: $-30,000
Sit and go no limit hold'em balance: $1,576,800
balance: $9,263,379

Friday, May 29, 2015

Profit stop sign

Last night, for the third time in the last five sessions, I had a minimum profit three sit and go session. Getting a single first place with no second places in the first three sit and gos of a session is a true profit stop sign. You really have to think long and hard about playing a fourth session in this situation. If you don't play a fourth, you've guaranteed yourself a decent profit of $25,500 on the night. If you do play a fourth, you have a decent chance of falling back into the red, and if you do, there's no guarantee you'll get back into the black. An amusing side note about this profit stop sign is that it doesn't even matter which of the three sit and gos you won; your decision about whether or not to continue should be the same in each case (and that decision should be "no" :-)).

buy_in entry players hands place winnings

 45000  5000       6    42     5        0
 45000  5000       6    63     1   175500
 45000  5000       6    52     4        0


delta: $25,500
Sit and go no limit hold'em balance: $1,606,800
balance: $9,293,379

Thursday, May 28, 2015

A hell of a streak

As predicted, boasting about my streak of sit and go no limit hold'em sessions with at least one first place finish put an abrupt end to it. However, that's not the streak I'm referring to in the title of this post. In last night's session, I finally had another last place finish. That put an end to a streak of 55 straight sit and gos without one. That's a hell of a streak! It obliterated my next best such streak, which was a mere 33.

How did I hit the felt on my last place finish? Let me check the archives ... ah yes. A painful hand. I'd been dealt a pair of jacks, the flop came 4h Td Kh, and the turn came Jh. I went all in, and got snap called. The same turn card that had given me a set had also given an opponent a straight. My only hope was for the board to pair on the river, but alas, it didn't.

buy_in entry players hands place winnings

 45000  5000       6    23     5        0
 45000  5000       6     5     6        0
 45000  5000       6    41     2    94500
 45000  5000       6     8     5        0
 45000  5000       6    60     3        0
 45000  5000       6    34     4        0
 45000  5000       6    81     2    94500


delta: $-161,000
Sit and go no limit hold'em balance: $1,581,300
balance: $9,267,879

Wednesday, May 27, 2015

Five spot

Last night, I had another minimum profit session; I played three sit and gos, and won one of them. I have a nice little streak going; I've won at least one sit and go in my last five sessions. Call it a five spot :-) Of course, it's bad luck to talk about a streak while it's still in progress, but I feel like crowing a little. I did some research and discovered that the maximum number of consecutive sit and go no limit hold'em sessions I've had where I've had at least one first place finish is six, so I could tie that record tonight.

buy_in entry players hands place winnings

 45000  5000       6    30     4        0
 45000  5000       6    13     5        0
 45000  5000       6    70     1   175500


delta: $25,500
Sit and go no limit hold'em balance: $1,742,300
balance: $9,428,879

Tuesday, May 26, 2015

In the sweetness

Last night, I was in the sweetness again. It was another one two session (or, more precisely, another two one session). In the past, I made it a rule never to quit playing when I was still in the sweetness; the idea was to keep playing until I fell out of it. My thinking was that I should ride the wave as far as I could, to see just how much profit I could amass. These days, I feel fine about quitting while still in the sweetness. You could say I'm more of a profit-taker now :-)

buy_in entry players hands place winnings

 45000  5000       6    41     2    94500
 45000  5000       6    77     1   175500


delta: $170,000
Sit and go no limit hold'em balance: $1,716,800
balance: $9,403,379

Monday, May 25, 2015

10 outcomes

Last night, I played 3 sit and gos. There are 10 possible outcomes when you do this. Here they are, in descending order, when the buy in is $45,000, the entry fee is $5,000, the first place prize is $175,500, and the second place prize is $94,500:

 $376,500 3 0
 $295,500 2 1
 $214,500 1 2
 $201,000 2 0
 $133,500 0 3
 $120,000 1 1
 $ 39,000 0 2
 $ 25,500 1 0
 $-55,500 0 1
$-150,000 0 0


The number in the second column is the number of first place finishes, and the number in the third column is the number of second place finishes. As it turned out, I made a profit, but it was the minimum profit you can make in this scenario. I decided to quit while I was ahead :-)

buy_in entry players hands place winnings

 45000  5000       6    58     3        0
 45000  5000       6    45     4        0
 45000  5000       6    58     1   175500


delta: $25,500
Sit and go no limit hold'em balance: $1,546,800
balance: $9,233,379

Sunday, May 24, 2015

The old one two

As I've said, I prefer to play six sit and gos each session. Sometimes, however, that's just not practical. When there's only time to play two, it's extra sweet to finish in the money in both. That's what I managed to accomplish last Saturday night. I came in second in the first and first in the second. I checked the archives to see how rare a feat the old one two has been for me. Answer: very; I'd only accomplished it twice before.

buy_in entry players hands place winnings

 45000  5000       6    79     2    94500
 45000  5000       6    77     1   175500


delta: $170,000
Sit and go no limit hold'em balance: $1,521,300
balance: $9,207,879

Saturday, May 16, 2015

Action

It turns out I was kidding myself a little when I said the most fun I'd ever had at a poker table was playing MTT 8-games. The truth is, the most fun I've ever had at a poker table has been when I've been playing high stakes sit and go no limit hold'em. The reason can be described in one simple word: action. It turns out I'm an action junkie. I really like laying huge amounts of play money on the line, and being able to come away unscathed. Last night, I surpassed the 38 million mark in play dollars wagered playing sit and gos. Needless to say, that's a lot of funny money. If I were able to keep up my current sit and go pace of wagering 300,000 play dollars a session for a whole year, and didn't lose my whole bankroll, I'd end up wagering a staggering 60 million play dollars. Strange as it may seem, that's the new goal I'm setting myself. Just to be crystal clear, it's not a goal about winning a specific amount of play money in a specific amount of time, as all the other goals I've set myself have been. It's a goal about wagering a specific amount of play money in a specific amount of time, regardless of how much I win or lose. Crazy, huh? :-)

style flavor buy_in entry players hands place winnings

SNG   NLHE    45000  5000       6    99     1   175500
SNG   NLHE    45000  5000       6    33     4        0
SNG   NLHE    45000  5000       6    33     5        0
SNG   NLHE    45000  5000       6    54     3        0
SNG   NLHE    45000  5000       6    53     2    94500
SNG   NLHE    45000  5000       6    35     3        0


delta: $-30,000
Sit and go no limit hold'em balance: $1,351,300
balance: $9,037,879

Friday, May 15, 2015

28 outcomes

My favorite number of sit and gos to play in a session is six. It's not a coincidence that this is the same as the number of players in each sit and go. The basic yardstick you measure your results by is the statistical average of coming in each place once, and only once, in each set of six tournaments played. It's easier to do this measurement when you play a multiple of six tournaments per session. Another benefit of playing the same number of tournaments per session is that it's easier to compare your current performance with your past performances.

Since only the top two places make the money, it turns out that there are 28 possible outcomes when you play six sit and gos. Here they are, in descending order, when the buy in is $45,000, the entry fee is $5,000, the first place prize is $175,500, and the second place prize is $94,500:

 $753,000 6 0
 $672,000 5 1
 $591,000 4 2
 $577,500 5 0
 $510,000 3 3
 $496,500 4 1
 $429,000 2 4
 $415,500 3 2
 $402,000 4 0
 $348,000 1 5
 $334,500 2 3
 $321,000 3 1
 $267,000 0 6
 $253,500 1 4
 $240,000 2 2
 $226,500 3 0
 $172,500 0 5
 $159,000 1 3
 $145,500 2 1
  $78,000 0 4
  $64,500 1 2
  $51,000 2 0
 $-16,500 0 3
 $-30,000 1 1
$-111,000 0 2
$-124,500 1 0
$-205,500 0 1
$-300,000 0 0


The number in the second column is the number of first place finishes, and the number in the third column is the number of second place finishes. It's interesting to note that while there are 22 distinct positive outcomes possible, there are only 6 distinct negative ones.

Last night, I had the minimum loss possible; interestingly, you can only achieve this when you don't come in first place in any of the six tournaments!

style flavor buy_in entry players hands place winnings

SNG   NLHE    45000  5000       6    26     4        0
SNG   NLHE    45000  5000       6    23     3        0
SNG   NLHE    45000  5000       6    47     2    94500
SNG   NLHE    45000  5000       6    41     2    94500
SNG   NLHE    45000  5000       6    39     2    94500
SNG   NLHE    45000  5000       6     6     5        0


delta: $-16,500
Sit and go no limit hold'em balance: $1,381,300
balance: $9,067,879

Thursday, May 14, 2015

Señor Tres

Here are my sit and go place counts since returning to tournaments from cash games on May 2:

place    count
1            6
2           10
3            9
4            5
5            6
6            1


            37


The sum of my counts in the top three places is more than double the sum of my counts in the bottom three. That's another example of the golden ratio. The number that really stands out here is 1, the number of times I came in last. I'm actually a little shocked that I came in last even once :-) There are so many impatient players who enter these sit and gos, you have to be pretty impatient yourself to go out first. I'm very rarely impatient at poker these days.

Why did I choose "Señor Tres" as the title of this post? For the simple reason that I'm feeling so confident lately that I believe I can get to three handed play every time I enter a sit and go.

style flavor buy_in entry players hands place winnings

SNG   NLHE    45000  5000       6    35     5        0
SNG   NLHE    45000  5000       6    52     1   175500
SNG   NLHE    45000  5000       6    60     3        0
SNG   NLHE    45000  5000       6    74     3        0
SNG   NLHE    45000  5000       6    36     3        0
SNG   NLHE    45000  5000       6    77     2    94500


delta: $-30,000
Sit and go no limit hold'em balance: $1,397,800
balance: $9,084,379

Wednesday, May 13, 2015

The last time I felt like this

One again, I'm using the title of a song I really like for the title of a post. "The Last Time I Felt Like This" was the theme song from the 1978 movie "Same Time, Next Year", and was sung by Johnny Mathis and Jane Olivor. Last night, I won my second session in a row, for a two session total of over $100,000. The last time I accomplished that feat was way back on December 6th of last year. How do I feel? As you might suspect, really good :-)

style flavor buy_in entry players hands place winnings

SNG   NLHE    45000  5000       6    17     5        0
SNG   NLHE    45000  5000       6    86     2    94500
SNG   NLHE    45000  5000       6    29     2    94500
SNG   NLHE    45000  5000       6    82     2    94500


delta: $83,500
Sit and go no limit hold'em balance: $1,427,800
balance: $9,114,379

Tuesday, May 12, 2015

Continuous improvement

One of the goals of many companies these days is continuous improvement of their processes and products. It's a lofty and worthwhile goal, but quite hard to achieve. It's also a lofty and worthwhile goal in poker, and even harder to achieve there than it is in business. What do I mean by a poker process? Simply, the thinking a player goes through to make a poker decision. What do I mean by a poker product? The result of that thinking. When playing tournaments, the best measure of poker product is the place you came in. Of course, MTT places can't be compared directly to SNG places.

Last night's session was quite rare, in that it showed continuous improvement of my poker product. Whether or not this was indicative of continuous improvement of my poker process is anybody's guess :-)

style flavor buy_in entry players hands place winnings

MTT   HORSE    4500   500       6    12    71        0
SNG   NLHE    45000  5000       6    26     3        0
MTT   8-Game   4500   500       6    32    53        0
SNG   NLHE    45000  5000       6    71     3        0
SNG   NLHE    45000  5000       6    79     2    94500
SNG   NLHE    45000  5000       6    75     1   175500


delta: $60,000
Sit and go no limit hold'em balance: $1,344,300
balance: $9,030,879

Monday, May 11, 2015

Moving time

I've decided it's time for me to move up in stakes. Since going back to tournaments, I've only been playing at baby stakes - the $4,500 buy in level. When I did well at tournaments in 2012 and 2014, my sweet spot was the $45,000 buy in level. Since I think I can do well again, I should pick a level which will give me more profit. At the higher level, I'll be guaranteeing myself 10 times the profit (provided of course that I make a profit :-)).

style flavor buy_in entry players hands place winnings

SNG   NLHE     4500   500       6    23     3        0
SNG   NLHE     4500   500       6    52     4        0
MTT   HORSE    4500   500       6    33    25        0
SNG   NLHE     4500   500       6    43     3        0


delta: $-20,000
Sit and go no limit hold'em balance: $1,274,300
balance: $8,970,879

Sunday, May 10, 2015

Clawing my way back to profitability

Some time ago, I concluded that it was practically impossible to make a profit playing sit and gos. With my recent good results, however, I need to reassess this. As it turns out, I've almost clawed my way back to sit and go profitability. Here are my current career sit and go results:

place    count(*)
1    120
2    130
3    135
4    117
5    99
6    66
count(*)
667


If I'd played all of these sit and gos using the $50,000 buy in, $800 entry fee structure, I would have made a profit of $3,166,400. If I'd played all of them using the $45,000 buy in, $5,000 entry fee structure, I would have lost a grand total of just $5,000. That's essentially breaking even. I find that really encouraging!

style flavor buy_in entry players hands place winnings

MTT   HORSE    4500   500       6     8    59        0
SNG   NLHE     4500   500       6    80     1    17550
MTT   8-Game   4500   500       6   134     7    11840


delta: $14,390
MTT 8-game balance: $124,930
balance: $8,990,879

Saturday, May 9, 2015

Hot and cold running cowboys

221 is a pretty important number in poker. Why? Because it's the number of hands you have to play (on average) in order to be dealt a specific pair. If you've played less than 221 hands in a particular session, you should expect to see a specific pair show up at most once. If you see a specific pair show up not once, not twice, but three times, you know you've witnessed an outlying event. Last night, I played three no limit hold'em sit and gos, and was dealt cowboys (a pair of kings) three times. Since I only played 161 hands, I knew I'd definitely witnessed an outlying event. Just call it hot and cold running cowboys :-) It was made even more unusual by the fact that cowboys were the last hand I was dealt in the last two sit and gos. I don't even have to look this up to be certain that this was the first time that's ever happened to me.

style flavor buy_in entry players hands place winnings

SNG   NLHE     4500   500       6    60     2     9450
SNG   NLHE     4500   500       6    77     1    17550
SNG   NLHE     4500   500       6    24     4        0


delta: $12,000
Sit and go no limit hold'em balance: $1,270,300
balance: $8,976,489

Friday, May 8, 2015

Better than I remembered

I had a nice surprise this morning when I went over the stats from last night's session. I was sure I'd only made the money in two of the six tournaments I played, but in actuality I'd made the money in three of them. Moreover, two of those three were first places! How could it be that I didn't remember coming in first one of the two times I did it? I think I know the answer. I'd been doing so poorly at heads up recently that I probably figured I was bound to lose, and remembered the probability instead of the actuality :-)

style flavor buy_in entry players hands place winnings

MTT   8-Game   4500   500       6    42    35        0
SNG   NLHE     4500   500       6    42     2     9450
MTT   HORSE    4500   500       6    29    40        0
SNG   NLHE     4500   500       6    59     1    17550
SNG   NLHE     4500   500       6    14     5        0
SNG   NLHE     4500   500       6    67     1    17550


delta: $14,550
Sit and go no limit hold'em balance: $1,270,300
balance: $8,964,489

Thursday, May 7, 2015

Playing against a ghost

Tournaments are strange beasts. They're about as different from cash games as it's possible to be. One of the differences between these two poker styles, which I hadn't thought about much before, figured prominently in the final tournament I played last night. It was a no limit hold'em sit and go, and one of my opponents sat out after becoming the chip leader. In a cash game, sitting out doesn't penalize you in any way. The size of your chip stack stays constant while you're away from the game. Not so in a tournament! Every time the blinds roll around to your seat, they're deducted from your stack. That's because in a tournament, you're always dealt a hand, even when you're sitting out. The hands of players who are sitting out get auto-folded to any bet. It's an odd feeling to be playing when one of your opponents is sitting out; it's kind of like playing against a ghost. You never know if or when the player might return to become a living opponent once again. I think the one-time chip leader in last night's last sit and go was actually not physically near his or her computer at the end. The reason I think this is that while it's a legitimate strategy to sit out for periods of time in a tournament, it's suicide not to return to the table when your stack gets seriously low; you'll wind up getting blinded off.

I made it to the final three players, one of whom was the ghost and the other of whom was the current chip leader, with a massive stack. All I had to do was outlast the ghost, and I'd be in the money. The problem was, I was seriously short-stacked myself. I didn't actually have enough chips to be assured of folding my way into the money ahead of the ghost, so I had to play my way there. On hand 63, I lucked out when I hit a straight on the river; that boosted my stack enough to enable me to fold my way from there into the money :-)

style flavor buy_in entry players hands place winnings

MTT   HORSE    4500   500       6    36    34        0
SNG   NLHE     4500   500       6    10     4        0
MTT   8-Game   4500   500       6    58    37        0
SNG   NLHE     4500   500       6    35     5        0
MTT   HORSE    4500   500       6    12    45        0
SNG   NLHE     4500   500       6    67     2     9450


delta: $-20,550
Sit and go no limit hold'em balance: $1,270,300
balance: $8,949,939

Wednesday, May 6, 2015

Just say no to Hyper sit and gos

I've been playing a fair amount of no limit hold'em sit and gos lately. I have three main reasons for doing this:

1. they're fun to play
2. they help me pass the time while waiting for the right moment to enter an MTT
3. they give me something to play at the end of the night, when I can't afford the time commitment of another MTT

All no limit hold'em sit and gos are not created equal, however. Not even ones which have identical buy ins, entry fees, and payouts. PokerStars labels some of the sit and gos Turbo and others Hyper. I've discovered, the hard way, that Hyper sit and gos are just not worth it, at least for me. There are two major disadvantages of Hyper sit and gos:

1. each player only starts out with $500 worth of chips, instead of the $1,000 of Turbos
2. Hypers use both antes and blinds; Turbos only use blinds

I think the only reason to enter a Hyper is if you want things to be over quickly, and don't particularly care whether you win or lose :-)

style flavor buy_in entry players hands place winnings

MTT   8-Game   4500   500       6    88    18     6410
MTT   HORSE    4500   500       6     7    51        0
SNG   NLHE     4500   500       6    10     5        0
SNG   NLHE     4500   500       6    41     3        0
SNG   NLHE     4500   500       6    42     3        0
SNG   NLHE     4500   500       6    50     2     9450

delta: $-14,140
Sit and go no limit hold'em balance: $1,270,300
balance: $8,970,489

Tuesday, May 5, 2015

Tournament spree

Last night, I went on a tournament spree. I played seven tournaments in all; five were sit and go no limit hold'em, one was an MTT HORSE, and one was an MTT 8-game. I made the money in the MTT HORSE and one of the sit and go no limit hold'ems. I've now made the money in 4 of the 6 MTT HORSE tournaments I've played, and am actually in the black in this style/flavor, to the tune of a whopping $660 :-)

style flavor buy_in entry players hands place winnings

SNG   NLHE     4500   500       6    20     5        0
SNG   NLHE      900   100       6     9     4        0
MTT   HORSE    4500   500       6    62    18     6750
MTT   8-Game   4500   500       6    44    35        0
SNG   NLHE     4500   500       6    53     2     9450
SNG   NLHE     4500   500       6    15     4        0
SNG   NLHE     4500   500       6     2     6        0


delta: $-14,800
MTT HORSE balance: $660
balance: $8,984,629

Monday, May 4, 2015

Bootstrapping

Last night, I played an MTT 8-game, had a blast, and made the final table. I now firmly believe it's a mistake not to late register when entering MTTs, so I only late register these days :-) The sweet spot is 25-35 minutes after the tournament starting time.

I had a short stack for much of the night, but was table to keep outlasting other players. Sometimes you just have a feeling you're going to make the final table, and I got that feeling when I was about 10 spots away. From my observations of the vicissitudes of MTTs, I greatly prefer making the final table by bootstrapping my way there instead of being a front runner. It makes for a wilder ride, and that's half the fun :-)

buy_in entry_fee num_players num_hands place winnings

  4500       500           6       166     4    39780


delta: $34,780
MTT 8-game balance: $131,680
balance: $8,999,429

Sunday, May 3, 2015

The fun factor

Last night, I decided to play an MTT HORSE. I made that decision since I've been doing horribly at cash games, and haven't been having any fun playing them. Poker needs to be fun! Of course, it's always more fun when you win, but poker needs to be fun even when you don't. As I've said before, the most fun I've ever had playing poker is at MTT mixed games, either 8-game or HORSE. I really have nothing left to prove to myself in the cash game arena, but the same is not true for tournaments. I feel like I need to prove to myself that I can make a profit playing MTTs. If that means 2015 ends up being the first year I fail to make a profit on the year, so be it :-)

buy_in entry_fee num_players num_hands place winnings

  4500       500           6        57    12     9510


delta: $4,510
MTT HORSE balance: $-1,090
balance: $8,964,649

Saturday, May 2, 2015

Bad river money

Last night, the slump continued apace. I'm forced to admit that I've been making some very bad decisions here and there. You don't have to make bad decisions very often in order for them to be able to destroy you. One of the worst kinds of bad decision you can make is to spend bad money on the river. Here's what I mean by this: if you've made it to the river and have a good hand, but the community cards support a better hand, spending any more money is just plain bad. You must not bet in this situation, and if an opponent does, you must not call. Here are three classic bad river money scenarios:

1. you have two pair, or three of a kind, and the community cards support a straight
2. you have a straight, and the community cards support a flush
3. you have a flush, and the community cards support a full house

Last night, it was scenario 3 which took me to the felt for the second (and final) time.

During current Hold'em session you were dealt 76 hands and saw flop:
 - 8 out of 8 times while in big blind (100%)
 - 7 out of 11 times while in small blind (63%)
 - 26 out of 57 times in other positions (45%)
 - a total of 41 out of 76 (53%)
 Pots won at showdown - 3 of 9 (33%)
 Pots won without showdown - 5

delta: $-100,000
cash game no limit hold'em balance: $6,212,980
balance: $8,960,139

Friday, May 1, 2015

51.4 million cash game no limit hold'em play dollars lost

People who fly a lot rack up tons of frequent flyer miles. People who play poker a lot rack up tons of losses. I'm in the latter group. Poker losses are inevitable. You don't need to worry about them, unless you're failing to rack up profits at an even greater rate :-) I just ran the numbers, and discovered I topped the 50 million mark in cash game no limit hold'em losses recently. To be precise, to date I've lost $51,430,280 at cash game no limit hold'em. You could say I'm at expert at losing :-) Luckily for me, I've also won $57,009,977 in this poker flavor.

Last night, I had my fourth loss in a row, and the fifth in my last six sessions. I'm definitely in a slump. Last night, my aggregate losses for the session made my all time top 5 list for cash game no limit hold'em sessions. I'm not worried, though; I'll break out soon.

During current Hold'em session you were dealt 181 hands and saw flop:
 - 16 out of 23 times while in big blind (69%)
 - 10 out of 25 times while in small blind (40%)
 - 59 out of 133 times in other positions (44%)
 - a total of 85 out of 181 (46%)
 Pots won at showdown - 14 of 29 (48%)
 Pots won without showdown - 6

delta: $-100,000
cash game no limit hold'em balance: $6,312,980
balance: $9,060,139