Crybaby

I first used this blog post title on February 12, 2016. Here's an excerpt of what I had to say:

There are certain universal truths:

1. no one wants to see your vacation pictures
2. no one wants to read your blog
3. no one wants to listen to your bad beat sob stories

In general, I've been very good about not running counter to these truths. Although I'd like people to read my blog, I don't beg them to, and I write it for myself anyway. I very rarely tell bad beat sob stories. I think people who do are just crybabies. I'm going to step out of character briefly, and inhabit the role of crybaby.
 
Here are my bad beat sob stories from last night's tournament:

sob story 1: on hand 41 of the first MTT-R NLHE I entered, I was dealt KQo (king queen offsuit), paired them both on the flop, and went all in. I was up against an opponent who'd been dealt AKs (ace king suited). I was an 85.45% favorite after the flop, and a 93.18% favorite after the turn. My opponent spiked an ace on the river, however, and my stack was suddenly on life support.

sob story 2: on hand 43 of the same tournament, I was dealt Q8s (queen eight suited), and went all in after the turn. I was up against the same opponent from hand 41, who'd been dealt 43o (four three offsuit). I was a 68.38% favorite after the flop, and a 68.18% favorite after the turn. My opponent hit a straight on the river, however, and I was history.

sob story 3: on the final hand of the second  MTT-R NLHE I entered, I was dealt AKs (ace king suited), paired my king on the flop, and went all in. I was up against an opponent who'd been dealt KTo (king ten offsuit). I was an 84.34% favorite after the flop, and a 93.18% favorite after the turn. My opponent spiked a ten on the river, however, and I was history.

style flavor buy_in entry players hands entries paid place winnings

MTT   8-Game  45000  5000       6    31      80   18     0        0
MTT-R NLHE    43500  6500       9    43      80   18    53        0
MTT-R NLHE    43500  6500       9    68      72   15    26        0
 
The one silver lining of the session: I saved myself $100,000 by not adding on in either MTT-R NLHE.

delta: $-250,000
MTT with rebuys NLHE balance: $37,809,500
2018 balance: $4,703,000
balance: $50,216,260