Jilted by an old girlfriend

I first used this blog post title nearly ten years ago, on March 31, 2010. Of course, that was back in my cash games days. Here's an excerpt of what I had to say:

I made one monstrously bad decision last night, and it took me down to the felt at the first table I joined. It was another case of falling in love with a hand, and letting my emotions rule. It was my favorite (but fickle) hand. I had another stealth two pair, and went all in with it, failing to notice the straight possibility on the board. I got beaten by a straight ...

Last night, I was jilted by the same old girlfriend again. On the final hand of the session, I flopped a stealth two pair, and lost to a straight made on the river. Despite failing to make the money, I played well.

style flavor buy_in entry players entries paid place winnings

MTT   NLHE    45000  5000       9     283   63    74        0
MTT   NLHE    45000  5000       6     145   36    42        0

delta: $-100,000
MTT NLHE balance: $9,019,668
2020 balance: $1,997,343
balance: $63,805,353