Porpoising

I first encountered the term "porpoising" in Michael Crichton's novel "Airframe"; he was referring to the phenomenon of an airplane rising and falling repeatedly, similar to a porpoise leaping in and out of the water. I (or more precisely, my stack :-) experienced this phenomenon in last night's session.

This is an excerpt from my April 8, 2010 post. My stack porpoised last night as well. That's frustrating. At first it was one step forward, one step back, but it degenerated to one step forward, two steps back. You know your days are numbered when it comes to that.

style flavor buy_in  entry players entries paid place winnings

MTT   NLHE   174000  26000       6      94   24    35        0

delta: $-200,000
MTT NLHE balance: $24,101,768
2021 balance: $780,000
blue distance: $735,900
balance: $78,445,453

Porpoising

I first used this blog post title way back on April 8, 2010. Here's an excerpt of what I had to say:

I first encountered the term "porpoising" in Michael Crichton's novel "Airframe"; he was referring to the phenomenon of an airplane rising and falling repeatedly, similar to a porpoise leaping in and out of the water. I (or more precisely, my stack :-) experienced this phenomenon in last night's session.

Lately, my overall balance has been porpoising. Just when I thought it was heading back toward the blue, my balance has gone on another deep dive. The only good news about last night's session is that I fired enough bullets to ensure that I'll set a new record for money wagered in a single month tomorrow night; it will break through the 10 million play dollar barrier.

style flavor buy_in entry players hands entries paid place winnings

MTT   8-Game  45000  5000       6    17      68   18    38        0
MTT-R NLHE    43500  6500       9    50      85   18    24        0
MTT-R NLHE    43500  6500       9    32      69   15    32        0

delta: $-600,000
MTT with rebuys NLHE balance: $38,843,500
2018 balance: $5,727,000
balance: $51,240,260

Porpoising

I first encountered the term "porpoising" in Michael Crichton's novel "Airframe"; he was referring to the phenomenon of an airplane rising and falling repeatedly, similar to a porpoise leaping in and out of the water. I (or more precisely, my stack :-) experienced this phenomenon in last night's session. I went up about 5 or 6K and then back down again at least three times. Luckily for me, when the next upswing hit, it was bigger than the previous ones, and I had no trouble calling it a night.

My penultimate hand, forbearance early on reaped a big reward for me later. I flopped a full house, and didn't bet a red cent the first two times the action was on me. Luckily enough, one of my opponents caught a flush on the river, and I engaged in a raising war with him until he was all in. That won me a pot worth $32,400. Not a monster by my new standards, but still a decent one.

delta: $15,350
balance: $453,678