Into thin air

I first used this blog post title on August 20, 2013; here's an excerpt of what I had to say:

I haven't read Jon Krakauer's 1997 nonfiction bestseller "Into Thin Air" yet, but it's on my bucket list. It has a hell of a title, and I have no qualms about using that title for this post. In poker, you're traveling into thin air when you stop winning pots. Won pots supply you with the oxygen you need to survive. Without them, you're a goner.

I still haven't read the book, but went into thin air at the poker table again last night. I won just one pot in 39 hands. I was surprised to discover this, since I wasn't playing badly. The truth is, you don't have to play badly to get a result like this, although it helps :-)

style flavor buy_in entry players hands entries paid place winnings

MTT-R NLHE    43500  6500       9    39      56   12    38        0

delta: $-300,000
MTT with rebuys NLHE balance: $36,399,500
2018 balance: $2,676,000
balance: $48,189,260