Cruel and unusual treatment

Over the years, I've picked up a lot of great phrases from people I admire. One such is "cruel and unusual treatment", which I picked up from my father. Last night, the poker gods subjected me to cruel and unusual treatment on hand 35.

This is an excerpt from my September 23, 2015 post. Last night, the poker gods subjected me to cruel and unusual treatment on my final hand. I was short-stacked, so when I looked down and saw pocket tens looking back up at me, I knew all my chips were going into the middle. I was up against an opponent who'd been dealt A2o (ace deuce offsuit). He paired his ace on the flop, hit trips on the turn, and rivered a full house, aces full of deuces. Complete overkill! I was garroted on the flop, shot on the turn, and given cement overshoes and dropped overboard on the river. Cruel and unusual treatment, indeed.

style flavor buy_in  entry players entries paid place winnings

MTT   NLHE   174000  26000       6      71   18    25        0

delta: $-200,000
MTT NLHE balance: $42,518,468
2021 balance: $16,696,700
blue distance: $250,000
balance: $94,362,153