Lion or lamb

When a tournament approaches the money bubble, every remaining player must decide if they want to play like a lion or play like a lamb. Lions are going for the money up top; lambs are just going for a min cash. Interestingly, there's no hard and fast answer to the problem of how one should play. Many times, I'm content to be a lamb, and try to fold my way into the money. However, many other times I insist on being a lion ...

This is an excerpt from my July 20, 2020 post. In the final hand of yesterday's session, I insisted on being a lion. I'd been dealt 97o (nine seven offsuit), and an eight and a ten showed up in the flop, giving me an open-ended straight draw. All my chips went into the middle, but I bricked on the turn and the river, and missed the money by four spots. Still and all, I have no regrets.

style flavor    buy_in  entry entries paid place winnings hands

MTT   NLHE       44000   6000     375   99    61   112000    39
MTT   NLHE       44000   6000     205   54    58        0    25

delta: $12,000
2025 balance: $-917,000
2025 blue distance: $917,000
balance: $15,380,303
MTT NLHE ITM pct: 41.42 (1301 of 3141)