Three on a match

I used this blog post title once before, on November 20, 2012. Here's a brief excerpt of what I had to say:

The old superstition about three on a match has its poker analogue; you really don't want to be the third one going in to a huge pot.

Back then, I was playing cash games, but this advice applies equally well to tournaments. On my final hand last night, I was dealt a big slick (ace king). A player acting before me bet big enough to put me all in if I called, and a second player acting before me called. The correct play here was to fold, but I was both too impatient and too stubborn to do it. I had a decent chance to win after the flop, but the initial bettor hit a straight on the river, and that was all she wrote.

style flavor buy_in entry players entries paid place winnings

MTT   NLHE   174000 26000       6      28    8     -        0

delta: $-200,000
MTT NLHE balance: $23,631,668
2020 balance: $16,409,343
blue distance: $860,000
balance: $78,217,353