Pride and sorrow

Certain phrases have a way of staying in your memory. One such for me is "The Pride and Sorrow of Chess", which is what the great American chess player Paul Morphy came to be referred to as. Morphy was the pride of chess due to the brilliance of his games; he was the sorrow of chess because he quit playing and descended into reclusiveness and eccentricity. That a man can be both the pride and sorrow of something says a lot about the human condition. Pride and sorrow attach themselves in equal measure to just about every pursuit of man, including poker.

Last night, I had a pride and sorrow session. The pride lay in the fact that the sum of my winning hands was huge - $223,781. The sorrow was that the sum I lost on my losing hands was also huge - $219,958. That's the second largest amount I've ever lost in a winning session.

During current Hold'em session you were dealt 61 hands and saw flop:
 - 6 out of 9 times while in big blind (66%)
 - 7 out of 10 times while in small blind (70%)
 - 26 out of 42 times in other positions (61%)
 - a total of 39 out of 61 (63%)
 Pots won at showdown - 7 of 11 (63%)
 Pots won without showdown - 2

delta: $3,823
cash game no limit hold'em balance: $5,356,406
balance: $7,713,359