A stampede of baby cowboys

This is the third time I've used this blog post title. Eerily, the frequency factor of pocket jacks in the last tournament I played last night exactly matches the frequency factor of pocket jacks in the tournament I played the second time I used this blog post title - namely, 6.597. The similarity between the two tournaments ends there, however. Here are the differences:

- the earlier tournament was an MTT-R NLHE, not an MTT NLHE
- I made the money in the earlier tournament
- in last night's tournament, the only pocket pairs I received were pocket jacks
- in last night's tournament, the only premium holdings I received were pocket jacks

In other news, my blue distance has now ballooned to over 4 million again.

style flavor buy_in entry players hands entries paid place winnings

MTT   NLHE   174000 26000       6    25      83   21    29        0
MTT-R NLHE    43500  6500       9    43      44    9    25        0
MTT   NLHE   174000 26000       6    67      70   18    21        0

delta: $-550,000
MTT NLHE balance: $3,731,668
2019 balance: $15,261,850
balance: $61,796,110

A stampede of baby cowboys

I first used this blog post title on May 4th of this year. As you know, I'm never shy about reusing titles. Last night, I got baby cowboys (pocket jacks) twice in 67 hands, for a whopping frequency factor of 6.597 (topping the May 4th frequency factor of 4.093). They helped me make the money almost on their lonesome, since I won big both times :-)

style flavor buy_in entry players hands entries paid place winnings

MTT-R NLHE    43500  6500       9    67      71   15     9   398000

delta: $198,000
MTT with rebuys NLHE balance: $20,551,500
2017 balance: $21,207,455
balance: $32,625,285

A stampede of baby cowboys

I like it when freq-ish things happen at a poker table :-) Last night, after writing about baby cowboys, I experienced a stampede of them - they were occurring at 4 times their normal frequency. In 165 hands, I was dealt baby cowboys 3 times. Unfortunately, I lost two of the three hands.

style flavor buy_in entry players hands entries paid place winnings

MTT   NLHE    17500  2500       6    40     469  114   172        0
MTT   NLHE    45000  5000       6   108     163   42    27   102000
MTT   NLHE    17500  2500       6    17     287   72     -        0

delta: $12,000
MTT NLHE balance: $2,839,748
2017 balance: $761,725
balance: $12,179,555