Paper lion

Tonight's blog post title is appropriated from the excellent book by George Plimpton, made into an excellent movie starring Alan Alda. Last night, I was a lion on paper, but a lamb in reality. I didn't win a single pot. Here are the lowlights of my woeful session:

- on hand 19, I lost $39,363 to hit the felt for the first time when my pair of kings with a ten kicker got beaten by a pair of kings with an ace kicker

- on hand 22, I lost $17,500 when my three of a kind, fives lost to a nine high straight

- on hand 30, I lost $22,527 to hit the felt for the second time when my jack high straight lost to a queen high straight

-on hand 32, I lost $49,750 to hit the felt for the third and final time when my ace high straight lost to an ace high flush

Why do I claim I was a lion on paper? For the simple reason that I was a heavy favorite in my "percent at river" statistic; that's the percentage of the time I should win with my hand in combination with the board. Here are the "percent at river" numbers:

- hand 19: 83.94%
- hand 22: 95.86%
- hand 30: 71.01%
- hand 32: 83.33%

During current Hold'em session you were dealt 32 hands and saw flop:
 - 3 out of 5 times while in big blind (60%)
 - 1 out of 3 times while in small blind (33%)
 - 10 out of 24 times in other positions (41%)
 - a total of 14 out of 32 (43%)
 Pots won at showdown - 0 of 6 (0%)
 Pots won without showdown - 0

delta: $-150,000
cash game no limit hold'em balance: $5,742,231
balance: $8,799,934