Epic rebound

One of the reasons it's a little bit insane to play sit and gos is that you don't have to play badly to lose, but you do have to play well to win. That's why I think sit and gos are the biggest challenge in poker. I take a lot of pride in the fact that I've played a ton of sit and gos, and have managed to make a profit playing them. To give you the numbers, I've now played 916 sit and gos, and have made a profit of 275,250 play dollars. My profit would have been much more impressive, had it not been for a 1,000,000 play dollar fingerfehler :-)

You get used to your stack taking big swings when you play sit and gos. This can give rise to some big rebound opportunities. My current definition of a poker rebound uses the following formula:

rebound = min(losing_amount, winning_amount)

where losing_amount is the amount you lost in one session and winning_amount is the amount you won in the very next session. Last night, I had the fourth largest rebound of my career. Here are the top 10:

$358,050 2012-08-16
$302,000 2015-06-08
$291,000 2015-06-17
$200,000 2015-10-28
$156,000 2012-07-20
$147,600 2012-10-06
$147,600 2012-09-05
$145,500 2014-02-12
$144,200 2012-10-28
$144,200 2012-10-08

buy_in entry players hands place winnings

 45000  5000       6    33     3        0
 45000  5000       6    53     1   175500
 45000  5000       6    97     1   175500

delta: $201,000
Sit and go no limit hold'em balance: $444,700
balance: $7,535,164