Another personal best

Last night, I set another personal best. I've had a top 3 finish in the last 7 tournaments I've entered; my previous best was 6. I'll see if I can extend the streak tonight. This suggests a psychological ploy which might make the golden one-two feel easier to achieve. Instead of telling myself that I'm aiming for one of the top two spots, I'm going to try telling myself that I'm aiming for one of the top 3 spots, even though only the top two spots make the money. The reasoning behind this is that if I make the top 3 spots often enough, I'll get my share of firsts and seconds. It's a pretty transparent trick, but I'm hoping I fall for it :-)

buy_in entry_fee num_players num_hands place winnings

 50000       800           6        85     1   195000
 50000       800           6        59     3        0
 50000       800           6        51     3        0

delta: $42,600
tournament balance: $940,690
balance: $6,071,421

Another personal best

Last night, I set another personal best. I lowered my fastest $400,000 record from 9 sessions to 6. Five million play dollars is coming up fast. When I hit it, I'm going to celebrate by playing deuce for a while. Even though there are no high stakes deuce tables on PokerStars, I really like the game. It's a good idea to play other poker flavors every now and then, in the same way that it's a good idea to rotate crops every now and then if you're a farmer :-)

My biggest win of the night came on hand 6; my pair of aces won a pot worth $79,300, $54,100 of which was other people's money.

During current Hold'em session you were dealt 21 hands and saw flop:
 - 2 out of 3 times while in big blind (66%)
 - 1 out of 3 times while in small blind (33%)
 - 10 out of 15 times in other positions (66%)
 - a total of 13 out of 21 (61%)
 Pots won at showdown - 2 of 3 (66%)
 Pots won without showdown - 2

delta: $60,142
balance: $4,938,055