When the queen came

When the dream came
I held my breath with my eyes closed

Buffalo Springfield, "On the Way Home"

When the queen came
I was holding my breath with my eyes open

neostreet

Last night, nearing the money bubble, I was short-stacked and got dealt ATs (ace ten suited). In my head I said to my hole cards, "You never looked shovelier". Accordingly, I shoved preflop and got one caller. He'd been dealt cowboys (pocket kings), so I was roughly a 2 to 1 underdog. I became an even more severe underdog when he hit a set of kings on the turn. My only hope was to fill an inside straight; I needed a queen to complete Broadway. Miraculously, the queen came on the river. I made the money soon after that stroke of luck.

style flavor buy_in entry players entries paid place winnings

MTT   NLHE   174000 26000       6      69   18    14   360000

delta: $160,000
MTT NLHE balance: $23,178,668
2020 balance: $15,956,343
blue distance: $1,313,000
balance: $77,764,353