Back to back sets

What stands out from last night's session is not a single hand, but a pair of hands. One immediately followed the other. On the first, I was dealt pocket fives, hit a set on the flop, but ended up losing to a straight. On the second, I was dealt pocket eights, hit a set on the flop, and ended up winning a huge pot. That more than made up for the chips I lost on the first hand, and put me in a great position to make the money. Which I did :-)

style flavor buy_in  entry players entries paid place winnings

MTT   NLHE   174000  26000       6      94   24    19   327000

delta: $127,000
MTT NLHE balance: $25,996,768
2021 balance: $2,675,000
blue distance: $997,000
balance: $80,340,453

Apockalypse now

The most memorable hand of last night's session was one I had to lay down. I was dealt pocket tens, but had to let them go before the flop due to a betting war between two of my opponents. That turned out to be a wise choice. One of them had pocket aces and the other had pocket jacks. Apockalypse now :-) The rockets held and the jacks hit the rail. Sad to say, that laydown was the highlight of my night. As far as I recall, I didn't win a single hand.

style flavor buy_in  entry players entries paid place winnings

MTT   NLHE   174000  26000       6      88   21     0        0

delta: $-200,000
MTT NLHE balance: $25,869,768
2021 balance: $2,548,000
blue distance: $1,124,000
balance: $80,213,453

Slicked out

I call it a slickout when I hit the rail with a big slick (ace king). I call it being slicked out when I hit the rail and my opponent is the one with a big slick.

This is an excerpt from my August 18, 2020 post. Last night, I got slicked out when my ace ten ran into an ace king. The good news? My Station 2 streak is still alive :-)

style flavor buy_in  entry players entries paid place winnings

MTT   NLHE   174000  26000       6      73   21    23        0

delta: $-200,000
MTT NLHE balance: $26,069,768
2021 balance: $2,748,000
blue distance: $924,000
balance: $80,413,453

Station 2 streak

I have good news and bad news to report about last night's session. First, the bad news: I lost a huge chunk of my stack on a hand where my king high flush lost to an ace high. It was the most hurtful kind of uberflush, where both hole cards of the winner and both hole cards of the loser are of the flush suit. Now, the good news: although I missed the money, by finishing higher than at least half of the field, I kept my station 2 streak alive; it's currently at 15.

style flavor buy_in  entry players entries paid place winnings

MTT   NLHE   174000  26000       6      69   18    34        0

delta: $-200,000
MTT NLHE balance: $26,269,768
2021 balance: $2,948,000
blue distance: $724,000
balance: $80,613,453

Broken wheel

Last night, I hit the rail in brutal fashion. The money bubble was approaching. I was short-stacked and had to call all in preflop. The turn gave me a glimmer of hope - a gutshot straight draw. If I hit a deuce on the river, I'd make a wheel (a five high straight). I did hit a deuce, but my wheel was no good; it lost to a flush an opponent hit on the river. Ouch!

style flavor buy_in  entry players entries paid place winnings

MTT   NLHE   174000  26000       6      95   24    27        0

delta: $-200,000
MTT NLHE balance: $26,469,768
2021 balance: $3,148,000
blue distance: $524,000
balance: $80,813,453

Feast and famine

Last night, I saw a lot of flops early on in the tournament, since I was getting good cards. My stack shot up the leaderboard. At the end of the tournament, I didn't dare to pay to see a single flop, since the good cards were no longer coming my way. My only hope was to try to fold my way into the money. I made it, but just barely. I'm hankering for a deeper run tonight.

style flavor buy_in  entry players entries paid place winnings

MTT   NLHE   174000  26000       6      97   24    23   337000

delta: $137,000
MTT NLHE balance: $26,669,768
2021 balance: $3,348,000
blue distance: $324,000
balance: $81,013,453

A nearly perfect doppeltournament

A perfect doppeltournament is a tournament which exactly matches another tournament in all of the following particulars: style, flavor, buy in, entry fee, number of players, number of entries, places paid, and place. I've had plenty of perfect doppeltournaments, but have never had two consecutive tournaments where the second was a perfect doppel of the first. Last night, I came very close; everything matched the previous tournament except for the place, which was off by 1. Oh, the lengths I sometimes have to go to, to find something to write about a losing session :-)

style flavor buy_in  entry players entries paid place winnings

MTT   NLHE   174000  26000       6      98   24    27        0

delta: $-200,000
MTT NLHE balance: $26,532,768
2021 balance: $3,211,000
blue distance: $461,000
balance: $80,876,453