Three and out

In honor of the start of football season, I'm using a football saying for the title of this post. In football, a three and out describes what has befallen a team which only had three downs in an offensive series, and was then forced to punt because they hadn't been able to make a first down. Last night, I had the poker equivalent of a three and out in the first tournament I entered; I hit the felt on just the third hand. I'd made top two pair on the flop, but the flop was all hearts. I bet $100 on the flop and got one caller; I bet $240 on the turn and my opponent went all in. I called, because I just couldn't believe that the opponent had flopped a flush. Of course, he had. In retrospect, I played much too friskily, and paid the price.

buy_in entry_fee num_players num_hands place winnings

 50000       800           6         3     6        0
 50000       800           6        33     3        0
 50000       800           6        74     1   195000
 50000       800           6        14     6        0
 50000       800           6        94     2   105000
 50000       800           6        40     5        0

delta: $-4,800
tournament balance: $1,009,490
balance: $6,140,221