A postcard from the edge

Tournament poker players live on the edge of an abyss. It's an exhilarating experience. There's no better feeling than making the money when you had no reason to believe you would. Actually, that's not strictly true; there is one better feeling - the feeling you get when you come in first after having had no reason to believe you'd even make the money :-) That's the feeling I had last night.

style flavor buy_in entry players hands entries paid place winnings

MTT   8-Game  45000  5000       6   237      71   18     1   841000
MTT-R NLHE    43500  6500       9   105      55   12    11   322000

delta: $863,000
MTT 8-game balance: $547,170
2019 balance: $1,304,000
balance: $47,888,260