Why 20,000 is equal to 40,000

When I first started playing cash games with a maximum starting stake of $40,000, I started getting nervous and antsy whenever my stack descended to $30,000. I actually started feeling frantic whenever my stack descended to $20,000. What a neophyte I was :-) What I didn't know then, but certainly know now, is that in poker, $20,000 is equal to $40,000. Why do I say this? For the simple reason that, when you have a stack of $20,000, you can turn it into $40,000 in a single hand. You just need to wait for a hand you're willing to go all in with, then go all in with it. The worst that can happen is that you hit the felt. The best that can happen is that you double up, or even triple up. Anything in between, you make some kind of profit. Last night, I doubled up on hand 24, when I'd been dealt pocket rockets. The board came 8h Ks 2c 6d 5h, and I beat an opponent who had a pair of kings. That one hand made the session a winner.

During current Hold'em session you were dealt 39 hands and saw flop:
 - 6 out of 6 times while in big blind (100%)
 - 2 out of 6 times while in small blind (33%)
 - 9 out of 27 times in other positions (33%)
 - a total of 17 out of 39 (43%)
 Pots won at showdown - 2 of 4 (50%)
 Pots won without showdown - 1

delta: $15,555
cash game no limit hold'em balance: $4,609,209
balance: $7,058,617