The Orient Express

Playing an MTT is like riding on a train where the conductor has the option of throwing you off at any time, even while the train is in motion :-) Sometimes, this happens before you even get to the first station. When you're at the combination of your best and your luckiest, however, you don't believe you're ever going to be thrown off the train. It becomes the Orient Express, and you're damn well going to ride it hundreds of miles to the end of the line. Those kinds of journeys make all the times you're summarily chucked off other trains worth it.

Last night, it took me five tournaments to get on a decent train. I think I set a record for most times in a session I failed to last until the end of the late registration period - a gaudy four :-)

style flavor buy_in entry players hands entries paid place winnings

MTT   NLHE    16500  3500       9    17     481   99     -        0
MTT   NLHE    45000  5000       6    24      83   21     -        0
MTT   NLHE    17500  2500       6    18     293   72     -        0
MTT   NLHE    43500  6500       9    10      84   18     -        0
MTT   NLHE    16500  3500       9    83     459   99    18    53000

delta: $-107,000
MTT NLHE balance: $2,735,948
2017 balance: $818,800
balance: $12,236,630