A different zip code

Sometimes in poker, you get a premium hand precisely when you need it most. That's what happened to me in the second tournament I entered yesterday. I was short stacked, and hadn't won a single pot. I was dealt a big slick, shoved, got two callers, and tripled up. That moved my stack into a different zip code, and it was easy enough to make the money from there :-)

style flavor buy_in  entry players entries paid place winnings

MTT   NLHE    44000   6000       9     312   81   186        0
MTT   NLHE    44000   6000       9     275   72    57    90000

delta: $-10,000
2024 balance: $3,902,000
2024 blue distance: $10,000
balance: $16,711,303
MTT NLHE ITM pct: 41.73 (1272 of 3048)

A different zip code

It took me 13 years, and 3,622 poker sessions, to amass just under 95 million play dollars. That brought me to the beginning of this poker year. In the last 18 sessions, I've lost just under 93 million play dollars. Should I be worried? Somewhat surprisingly, the answer is no. How can this be? It's because I'm in a different poker zip code now. I routinely wager 10 million play dollars a session. I'm still more profitable this year than all the other years combined. I have a legitimate shot at winning a billion play dollars this year, and making a profit of half a billion. If that means recurring 100 million play dollar blue distances along the way, so be it :-)

style flavor  buy_in    entry players entries paid place  winnings

MTT   NLHE   4400000   600000       8     129   20    28         0

delta: $-10,000,000
MTT NLHE balance: $342,721,468
2022 balance: $264,132,000
blue distance: $92,855,000
balance: $358,975,953