"Always going broke" hand

Certain hands are good enough in the context in which they arise that they're known as "always going broke" hands. This doesn't mean that you'll always go broke with them; not by a long shot! It simply means you'll always be willing to go broke with them, since the odds against that happening are heavily in your favor.

This is an excerpt from my September 10, 2013 post. Yesterday, in the first tournament I entered, I hit the rail on just my second hand, which was an "always going broke" one. I'd been dealt AQo (ace queen offsuit), flopped top pair (queens), and had a gutshot Broadway straight draw after the turn, which I would make if the river was a king. The river wasn't a king, but at that point I was pot committed, so I called a river bet made by the only other player still in the hand, which put me all in. My opponent turned over AKo (ace king offsuit), and I lost to a Broadway straight. Whatcha gonna do?

style flavor buy_in  entry players entries paid place winnings

MTT   NLHE    44000   6000       9     367   99   251        0
MTT   NLHE    44000   6000       9     330   81   194        0
MTT   NLHE    44000   6000       9     329   81   122        0

delta: $-150,000
2024 balance: $3,261,000
2024 blue distance: $658,000
balance: $16,070,303
MTT NLHE ITM pct: 41.59 (1278 of 3073)