Table selection fail

There are many ways to fail at poker, but one of the most shameful is to select the wrong table in the first place. Just two posts ago, I claimed that I never wanted to play another 9 max tournament in my life. What did I do last night, but play two 9 maxes out of 6 tournaments. Why? I attribute these bad decisions to two things:

1. impatience
2. greed

The 9 max tournaments always skew the pay tables to the top positions, so the up top money is gigantic. It's hard not to say to myself, "I can win some of those big bucks, while I wait for a 6 max" :-)

In the good news department, thanks to last night's overall good result, I've now topped one million play dollars in profit for the year. Tonight will likely be my last session in 2016, so I'll do my best to make it a memorable one.

style flavor buy_in entry players hands entries paid place winnings

MTT   NLHE    16500  3500       9    46     748  153    59    33300
MTT   NLHE    45000  5000       6    38     129   36    30    81000
MTT   NLHE    16500  3500       9     4     578  117     -        0
MTT   NLHE    45000  5000       6    25     136   36    49        0
MTT   NLHE    17500  2500       6   135     447  114     7   195500
MTT   NLHE    45000  5000       6    44     108   30    37        0

delta: $99,800
MTT NLHE balance: $2,247,448
2016 balance: $1,047,766
balance: $11,748,130