Thursday, January 30, 2025

A failure of heart

I only played one tournament yesterday. The most memorable hand was one I'm not particularly proud of. I was dealt a big slick, and was up against two opponents. I bailed on the turn when the board paired, and one of my opponents put in a sizable bet. I figured I was up against either two pairs or trips, so I folded. Both opponents went to showdown. The pot was won by the opponent who had an ace kicker to go with the board's pair. Had I not bailed, I would have won the pot, since my king would have kicked his other hole card. The only scenario where my folding on the turn would have made sense was if an opponent had bet big enough to put me all in if I called, and that hadn't been the case. I realized I'd demonstrated a failure of heart, which is a sin against poker. I got my just reward, being bounced out of the tournament shortly afterwards.

style flavor    buy_in  entry players entries paid place winnings

MTT   NLHE       44000   6000       9     366   99   134        0

delta: $-50,000
2025 balance: $-1,084,000
2025 blue distance: $1,084,000
balance: $15,213,303
MTT NLHE ITM pct: 41.47 (1294 of 3120)

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