The movie "Conan the Barbarian" came out in 1982, thirty-seven years
ago. I went to see it when it came out, and one particular montage has
stuck with me all these years. Conan begins the movie as a small boy,
who has become enslaved after the murder of his parents. He is set to
work in a flour mill, which is manned by many slaves who push the spokes
of a huge wheel which powers the grindstone. To show the passage of
time, and also to show how big and strong Conan becomes, you see less
and less slaves pushing the spokes over the years, until finally it's
just Conan pushing, powering the mill all by himself.
I find this an apt metaphor for making a deep run in a poker tournament.
When it begins, you're just one of many players, with a tiny stack. As
time goes by, your stack grows and the number of remaining players
shrinks. If you make it all the way, there's only you left, and you have
all the chips :-)
This is an excerpt from my June 12, 2019 post. Last night, I made it all the way. Station 5, baby!
style flavor buy_in entry players entries paid place winnings
MTT NLHE 174000 26000 6 64 18 1 1710000
delta: $1,510,000
MTT NLHE balance: $41,219,968
2022 balance: $-3,002,300
blue distance: $3,019,500
balance: $91,841,653
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