Farewell, my shovely

This is the second time I've used this blog post title. Here's what I had to say the first time:

I've now played nearly 1,000 MTTs of one style or another, and I've only come in first twice. What this means in practical terms is that 99.8% of the time, I'm going to lose the final hand of a tournament. I'm going to get all my chips in the middle, and then go bust. I often go back to the archives to look at the final hand of a tournament, to see if I got my money in good. If I did, that's a "Farewell, my shovely" situation. This translates roughly to:

1. I had a hand good enough to shove with
2. I shoved accordingly
3. I ended up losing the hand, but have no regrets

Last night, the second MTT-R NLHE I played ended with a "Farewell, my shovely". I had a stealth two pair, but lost to an opponent who made a flush on the turn. Whatcha gonna do?

style flavor buy_in entry players hands entries paid place winnings

MTT-R NLHE    43500  6500       9    43      63   15    26        0
MTT-R NLHE    43500  6500       9    64      64   15    18        0

delta: $-200,000
MTT with rebuys NLHE balance: $27,392,500
2017 balance: $27,764,430
balance: $39,182,260