Monday, August 1, 2022

Bad players considered harmful

Bad players, as a general rule, are good to have at your table. This is especially true in cash games. However, in tournaments, bad players can sometimes cripple your stack with their inexplicable plays.

This is an excerpt from my September 28, 2012 post. Last night, a bad player took me to the felt. I'd been dealt a pair of queens, and put in a healthy pre-flop bet. An opponent with 43o (four three offsuit) called. The flop had two threes in it. I stayed with my queens to the bitter end. I just couldn't credit that someone would have paid to see the flop when one of his cards was a three. No good player with a hand like that would ever have called my pre-flop bet. If only bad players could be banned :-)

style flavor  buy_in    entry players entries paid place  winnings

MTT   NLHE   4400000   600000       8     124   20    53         0

delta: $-10,000,000
MTT NLHE balance: $376,561,468
2022 balance: $296,817,000
blue distance: $60,170,000
balance: $391,660,953

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