Mighty rebound

Last night, I had my second best rebound ever. Second best, that is, according to my new (and improved!) definition of rebound :-) Here it is:

- a rebound is measured in chips, not big blinds
- a rebound session is any winning session which follows a losing session
- the rebound amount of a rebound session is the lesser of the amount which was won that session and the amount which was lost the previous session

Here are my top ten rebounds under this new definition:

Fri Oct 01 01:00:00 2010 81200
Fri Apr 22 01:00:00 2011 66980
Sat Jul 10 01:00:00 2010 64050
Mon May 11 01:00:00 2009 51400
Mon Aug 02 01:00:00 2010 49521
Wed Jun 16 01:00:00 2010 44300
Wed May 19 01:00:00 2010 41400
Thu Jul 01 01:00:00 2010 41200
Wed Nov 17 00:00:00 2010 40000
Mon Nov 15 00:00:00 2010 40000

During current Hold'em session you were dealt 126 hands and saw flop:
- 12 out of 17 times while in big blind (70%)
- 6 out of 17 times while in small blind (35%)
- 47 out of 92 times in other positions (51%)
- a total of 65 out of 126 (51%)
Pots won at showdown - 9 of 18 (50%)
Pots won without showdown - 6

delta: $66,980
balance: $1,289,990

Rebound

Last night, I rebounded nicely from Tuesday night's debacle. So nicely, in fact, that I decided to do a little number crunching to see where it ranked all-time in my poker history. There are several ways this can be calculated, but I decided to use the following criteria:

1. the rebound session immediately followed a losing session
2. the session before the losing session must have been a winning one
3. all the chips which were lost in the losing session must have been won back in the rebound session
4. the number of big blinds which were lost in the losing session is used as the rebound number, instead of the number of chips lost; this is to normalize for different betting minimums between tables

Using these criteria, last night's rebound was my second best ever -- I rebounded from losing 400 big blinds. My best ever rebound was very recent -- last Thursday night, I rebounded from losing 600 big blinds.

During current Omaha session you were dealt 20 hands and saw flop:
- 3 out of 3 times while in big blind (100%)
- 3 out of 4 times while in small blind (75%)
- 11 out of 13 times in other positions (84%)
- a total of 17 out of 20 (85%)
Pots won at showdown - 3 of 6 (50%)
Pots won without showdown - 1

delta: $4,280
balance: $1,040,387

Reversal of fortune

Last night I experienced a complete reversal of fortune. I went from my third worst session ever to my fourth best session ever. Just as I don't attribute the losing session entirely to bad play on my part, I don't attribute the winning session entirely to good play on my part. In fact, I freely admit that the winning session was largely due to luck. I was dealt some good hands, made them pay, and folded all the bad hands. Easy, right?

My final hand of the night, I won $4,800 with a pair of fives. I just knew I had to call it a night right there. I didn't want to make Lady Luck's facial muscles cramp up from all that smiling!

During current Hold'em session you were dealt 49 hands and saw flop:
- 3 out of 7 times while in big blind (42%)
- 4 out of 7 times while in small blind (57%)
- 23 out of 35 times in other positions (65%)
- a total of 30 out of 49 (61%)
Pots won at showdown - 8 of 9 (88%)
Pots won without showdown - 2

delta: $81,200
balance: $951,887

Rebound

On Saturday night, I had a nice rebound from Friday night's disaster. I played tighter, folded early and often, and made absolutely sure I didn't go on tilt. The end result was that I had my fifth most successful session ever.

My biggest hand of the night, I won a pot worth $74,800 with an eight high straight.

delta: $64,050
balance: $567,664