Monday, February 1, 2021

Futile perfection

Some nights, you know there's nothing you can do to save yourself from hitting the felt. It won't be because you're playing recklessly, and it won't be because you're making bad decisions. It will simply be because you're not getting the cards you need. This happens periodically to all players.

This is an excerpt from my August 15, 2013 post. It applies equally well to last night's session if you substitute "rail" for "felt". You hit the felt in a cash game, but you hit the rail in a tournament. Neither is pleasant, but the rail is worse. I failed to win a single hand in last night's tournament, and only went to showdown twice. I knew it was a mistake to admit feeling like I couldn't lose :-)

style flavor buy_in  entry players entries paid place winnings

MTT   NLHE   174000  26000       6      74   21    44        0

delta: $-200,000
MTT NLHE balance: $23,865,768
2021 balance: $544,000
blue distance: $971,900
balance: $78,209,453

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