neo the noob

In internet parlance, noob is shorthand for a newbie - in other words, a neophyte. Last night, one of my opponents called me a noob for the way I'd played a hand. I hate to admit it, but he was right. He called me out for limping with aces. In plain English, what that means is that I was dealt a pair of aces, and instead of putting in a big pre-flop raise, I meekly called when it was my turn to act. That is truly an asinine play. You want people to stay in the hand, but you don't want them to pay the minimum to see the flop. You want some of your opponents to fold before the flop. That way, if the board shows a baby pair on the flop, it's less likely that someone hit trips. As it turned out on this particular hand, the board had two fours, and one of my opponents had hit trip fours. Had I bet my aces preflop, he would probably have folded. However, the fact that I played that hand like a noob doesn't mean I'm actually a noob :-)

style flavor  buy_in    entry players entries paid place  winnings

MTT   NLHE   4400000   600000       8     150  23     41         0
MTT   NLHE   4400000   600000       8      68  11      9   9310000

delta: $-690,000
MTT NLHE balance: $109,311,468
2022 balance: $47,248,000
blue distance: $10,690,000
balance: $142,091,953