Between the thirty-sixes

I'm sure that as long as I continue to play poker, I'll continue to set personal bests. However, my very success has put some of my existing personal bests forever out of my reach. They're gold standards, never to be bettered, no matter how hard I try. The same kind of thing is true of some of my personal worsts; I'll never do worse than them, though of course I'd never try to :-) Let me give you two concrete examples, one a personal best and the other a personal worst, so you'll see what I mean.

The largest percentage of my overall balance I ever won in a single session is 36.55. On March 25, 2009, my overall balance was $76,342 before the session started, and I won $27,900.

The largest percentage of my overall balance I ever lost in a single session is 36.58. On April 11, 2009, my overall balance was $121,929 before the session started, and I lost $44,600.

My current overall balance is $78,354,353. In order to beat my largest percentage won personal best, I'd have to win over $28 million in a single session. That's never going to happen. Likewise, in order to beat my largest percentage lost personal worst, I'd have to lose over $28 million n a single session. That's never going to happen either. That's okay though; I'm perfectly content to play out the remainder of my career between the thirty-sixes.

style flavor buy_in entry players entries paid place winnings

MTT   NLHE   174000 26000       6      87   21    15   423000

delta: $223,000
MTT NLHE balance: $21,768,668
2020 balance: $14,546,343
balance: $76,354,353