The land of the 78s

I always enjoy it when one of the poker statistics I calculate ends in a recurring decimal. This usually gives rise to a blog post with a title of the form "The land of the ___s", where the blank is filled in with the recurring decimal. The very first such blog post, appropriately, was titled "The land of the ones". Last night, I had another big goodbye, i.e. a tournament where the largest absolute value hand delta occurred on the final hand. I got curious to know what percentage of big goodbyes come from tournaments where I failed to make the money. The answer? Currently, 156 of 198 tournaments, or 78.787878... percent. In other words, the land of the 78s :-)

style flavor buy_in entry players hands entries paid place winnings

MTT-R NLHE    43500  6500       9    31      56   12    30        0

delta: $-100,000
MTT with rebuys NLHE balance: $39,858,000
2019 balance: $5,854,250
balance: $52,438,510