A soupçon of rust

When you haven't played poker for over a week, you should expect to be a little rusty, and that certainly was the case with me last night. I played well enough to make a small profit, but the rust was showing, especially in the two costliest hands I played in the second tournament I entered. In the costliest hand, I hit the nut flush on the turn, but made a foolish raise on the river, when a third seven appeared on the board. It's poker 101 never to raise when the board supports a hand that's better than yours; I lost to a full house. In the next costliest hand, which is when I hit the rail, I overplayed a stealth two pair, and lost to a set of tens.

An interesting habit I seem to be getting into lately is playing two tournaments simultaneously, hitting the rail quickly in the second one, and going deep in the first one. I really don't care how soon I hit the rail in one, as long as I go deep in the other :-)

style flavor buy_in entry players hands entries paid place winnings

MTT   NLHE    17500  2500       6    93     492  114    31    72300
MTT   NLHE    45000  5000       6    38      83   21     -        0

delta: $2,300
MTT NLHE balance: $2,855,348
2017 balance: $777,325
balance: $12,195,155