The big goodbye

There are several ways to exit a sit and go tournament. You can go out with a bang, a whimper, or something in between. Personally, I like to go out with a bang :-) I call that the big goodbye. My definition of a big goodbye is when the absolute value of your final hand delta is the largest absolute value of any of your hand deltas in the tournament. Of the 1,179 sit and go no limit hold'em tournaments I've played, a remarkable 566 ended with a big goodbye, including the first two tournaments I played last night.

buy_in entry players hands place winnings

 45000  5000       6    55     3        0
 45000  5000       6    58     2    94500
 45000  5000       6    57     2    94500

delta: $39,000
Sit and go no limit hold'em balance: $4,397,800
balance: $12,439,604