Poker fondue

Playing an MTT has some similarities to eating fondue. For one thing, everyone has to share. For another, there's only so much fondue to go around; it never gets replenished. However, poker fondue is definitely the strangest fondue you've ever heard of :-) Let me enumerate some of its peculiarities:

- the bread is in the fondue; the only implement anyone wields is a bare fondue fork
- participants probe into the fondue, looking for the bread
- it's a free-for-all; no one takes turns
- if you're lucky enough to spear a piece of bread, you gain energy when you eat it; not only that, your fondue fork magically grows larger
- having more energy and a bigger fondue fork enables you to push aside the smaller forks of weaker participants, making it easier for you to secure your next piece of bread
- the longer you fail to secure yourself some bread, the less able you'll be to secure it

Last night, once again I saved my best MTT for last. There was nothing cheesy about it :-)

style flavor buy_in entry players hands entries paid place winnings

MTT   NLHE    45000  5000       6    30     116   30    40        0
MTT   NLHE    17500  2500       6   104     404   96    22    78400

delta: $8,400
MTT NLHE balance: $2,523,548
2017 balance: $606,400
balance: $12,024,230