The hurry down flavor

In 8-game, the flavor that can vanish your stack in a New York minute is deuce. The reason? The three draws. You generally won't know how good your holding is until all three draws are complete, but your opponents can make you play dearly for the privilege of staying in the hand to receive those draws. In certain spots, you're essentially forced to gamble. Last night, I only lasted 5 hands in the MTT 8-game tournament I entered. The final two were deuce hands, and I lost both. On the first, I lost 1,120 chips, and on the second, I lost my last 880 chips. I'm not complaining, though; deuce can be a hurry up flavor just as well as a hurry down flavor :-)

style flavor buy_in entry players hands entries paid place winnings

MTT   8-Game  45000  5000       6     5      70   18    44        0
MTT-R NLHE    43500  6500       9    52      69   15    25        0

delta: $-150,000
MTT with rebuys NLHE balance: $30,922,500
2018 balance: $-2,557,000
balance: $42,956,260