Saved by the cavalry

The best hand you can receive in hold'em is pocket aces, and the best time to receive them is when you're in the big blind. No one will credit you with having them. It's even better when your tournament life is at stake. Getting rockets in that situation, when you so desperately need them, is like being saved by the cavalry.

This is an excerpt from my January 4, 2018 post. Yesterday, in the first tournament I entered, I was saved by the cavalry again. I was so short-stacked at one point that a big blind caused me to fall in. Imagine my delighted surprise to be dealt rockets, when all hope had appeared to be lost :-)

style flavor buy_in  entry players entries paid place winnings

MTT   NLHE    44000   6000       9     369   99    64    99000
MTT   NLHE    44000   6000       9     326   81    40   129000

delta: $128,000
2024 balance: $2,927,000
2024 blue distance: $368,000
balance: $15,736,303
MTT NLHE ITM pct: 41.50 (1230 of 2964)