A stampede of cowboys

Last night, I witnessed a stampede of cowboys. Early on, I received them twice in a row, which is highly unusual. I won the first hand but lost the second. Later, I lost a good-sized pot to an opponent who'd been dealt cowboys. Later still, I got them again, and won with them again. I ended up making the money by the skin of my teeth. Even though it was a min cash, it was enough to return my overall balance to the blue. That's what I was aiming for :-)

style flavor buy_in entry players entries paid place winnings

MTT   NLHE   174000 26000       6      90   21    21   344000

delta: $144,000
MTT NLHE balance: $22,074,668
2020 balance: $14,852,343
balance: $76,660,353

A stampede of cowboys

Last night, I was dealt cowboys (pocket kings) 4 times in 170 hands, better than five times their expected frequency. It was a veritable stampede :-) I made the final table, and then laddered up five spots, into the really big money. That got my overall balance back into the blue. Once again, all is right in my poker world.

style flavor buy_in entry players hands entries paid place winnings

MTT-R NLHE    43500  6500       9   170      55   12     3  1717000

delta: $1,617,000
MTT with rebuys NLHE balance: $47,400,000
2019 balance: $14,023,150
balance: $60,607,410

A stampede of cowboys

Pocket kings, aka cowboys, are a mighty fine hand. Last night, in the only tournament I entered, I was dealt cowboys three times. That qualifies as a stampede, since I was receiving them at better than 9 times their expected frequency. Strangely enough, it was the same two cowboys each time - the king of hearts and the king of diamonds. Unfortunately, I was only able to win one of those three hands. I ran into a major bad beat on the first one, when an opponent hit a two outer on the river.

style flavor buy_in entry players hands entries paid place winnings

MTT-R NLHE    43500  6500       9    73      56   12    23        0

delta: $-150,000
MTT with rebuys NLHE balance: $46,001,000
2019 balance: $11,997,250
balance: $58,581,510

A stampede of cowboys

Last night, I was dealt cowboys (pocket kings) 3 times in 38 hands. That means I was getting them at 17.45 times their normal frequency. freq-y :-) Unfortunately, that didn't translate into making the money; I hit the rail when an opponent hit a straight on the river. To add insult to injury, I'd been dealt a big slick, and was an 85.71% favorite to win the hand after the turn.

style flavor buy_in entry players hands entries paid place winnings

MTT-R NLHE    43500  6500       9    38      49   12    31        0

delta: $-200,000
MTT with rebuys NLHE balance: $41,013,500
2018 balance: $7,290,000
balance: $52,803,260

A stampede of cowboys

Baby cowboys (aka pocket jacks) are very nice, but cowboys (pocket kings) are much nicer. It stands to reason that a stampede of baby cowboys can't hold a candle to a stampede of cowboys. Last night, I had a stampede of cowboys in the final tournament I played, receiving them three times in 109 hands, for a freq factor of 6.08. They essentially ensured that I was going to make the money. My blue distance is now just $345,375 - a mere bagatelle :-)

style flavor buy_in entry players hands entries paid place winnings

MTT-R NLHE    43500  6500       9    22      67   15    40        0
MTT-R NLHE    43500  6500       9   109      66   15    11   473000

delta: $223,000
MTT with rebuys NLHE balance: $21,487,500
2017 balance: $22,093,455
balance: $33,511,285