A ladder up fold

Poker commentators often talk of "laddering up" in tournaments. What this generally means is a situation where passive play allows a player to hang on long enough to achieve a money jump, due to multiple other players hitting the felt from more aggressive play. Last night, I was able to ladder up by folding in the small blind on my penultimate hand, even though I only had $42 in chips left. That decision luckily translated into a $209 money jump, which is significant when you're down on the low rungs of the payout ladder.

buy_in entry players hands entries paid place winnings

   900   100       9    49    1139  279   304        0
   900   100       9    64    1053  279   126     2464

delta: $464
MTT NLHE balance: $-10,274
balance: $7,201,218