The iceberg leaveth ... eventually

I had a nice change of fortune last night. I made the money in both of the tournaments I entered, and was Lord High Everything Else in one of them. The most noteworthy thing about the session had nothing to do with me, however; it had to do with a remarkable feat by another player in the first tournament I played. He built up such a huge stack that he was able to come in third after sitting out his last 88 hands! I've never seen such a thing before, and may never again.

style flavor buy_in entry players hands entries paid place winnings

MTT   NLHE    45000  5000       6   204     140   36     2   579000
MTT-R NLHE    43500  6500       9    63      64   15    13   291000

delta: $720,000
MTT NLHE balance: $3,574,668
2019 balance: $11,837,850
balance: $58,372,110