Under the lights (for a millisecond)

Last night, for the fourth time in my career, I was the first player to hit the rail at the final table of an MTT-R NLHE. I made it under the lights, but was only able to last a single hand once I got there. There were 3 excellent reasons for that:

1. I was the short stack
2. I was in the big blind, and that (in combination with the ante) put me all in
3. I was dealt a hammer (7 deuce offset, the worst starting hand in poker)

Three strikes and you're out.

I was proud to have gotten under the lights by laddering up as the short stack. Amusingly, I inadvertently ensured that my profit would be $50,000 more than it otherwise would have been, by forgetting to add on. I should forget that more often :-)

style flavor buy_in entry players hands entries paid place winnings

MTT-R NLHE    43500  6500       9   104      71   15     9   472000

delta: $272,000
MTT with rebuys NLHE balance: $18,778,500
2017 balance: $19,732,650
balance: $31,150,480