S.O.S.

One of the hardest hands to lay down is a set, especially when the board doesn't support a straight, doesn't support a flush, and doesn't support a full house. In such a case, the only hand that can beat yours is a better set. That boils down to someone having been dealt a better pocket pair than yours. That situation is called "set over set". I call it S.O.S. for short :-)

This is an excerpt from my February 3, 2017 post.

I've said it before, and I'll say it again - for me, the most memorable hands are ones I lost.

This is an excerpt from my April 13, 2017 post. Tonight, the most memorable hand was my final one of the first tournament I entered. I'd been dealt pocket sixes, and hit a set of sixes on the flop. I got all my chips into the middle, but lost to a player who'd been dealt pocket queens, and had hit a set of queens on the flop. S.O.S.! Whatcha gonna do?

style flavor buy_in  entry players entries paid place winnings

MTT   NLHE    44000   6000       9     422   99   139        0
MTT   NLHE    44000   6000       9     315   81    57    97000

delta: $-3,000
2024 balance: $2,755,000
2024 blue distance: $3,000
balance: $15,564,303
MTT NLHE ITM pct: 41.44 (1206 of 2910)