Decades ago, I was interested in backgammon, and bought a book called "Backgammon: The Cruelest Game". Its awesome title has stayed with me all these years. I'm here to tell you that there are moments when poker usurps the mantle of cruelest game.
This is an excerpt from my October 2, 2018 post. Yesterday, in the first tournament I played, poker usurped the mantle again. I was dealt QTo (queen ten offsuit), and flopped Broadway (an ace high straight). All my chips went into the middle after the turn. I was up against two opponents, and was an 80% favorite. However, one of my opponents rivered either a flush or a full house (I didn't notice which), and I was gone in a New York minute.
style flavor buy_in entry players entries paid place winnings
MTT NLHE 44000 6000 9 325 81 128 0
MTT NLHE 44000 6000 9 315 81 175 0
delta: $-100,000
2024 balance: $2,754,000
2024 blue distance: $541,000
balance: $15,563,303
MTT NLHE ITM pct: 41.48 (1241 of 2992)
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