The price of vanity

Taking poker selfies is a form of vanity, and comes with a price. The price for me, last night, was lost profit. On my penultimate hand of the session, I was taking a poker selfie when it was my turn to act, and got sat out by the PokerStars software. My holding at the time was AJo (ace jack offsuit), and it would have won the hand had I been present at the table. That would have given me a great shot at laddering up. There's no telling where I might have finished. I figure I lost out on at least one spot, which would have made me an extra $265,000 in profit. If I never take another poker selfie again, it'll be too soon :-)

style flavor buy_in entry players hands entries paid place winnings

MTT-R NLHE    43500  6500       9    61      64   15    26        0
MTT-R NLHE    43500  6500       9   110      48   12     5   739000

delta: $389,000
MTT with rebuys NLHE balance: $36,435,500
2018 balance: $3,054,000
balance: $48,567,260