A tale of two flushes

Flopping a flush is one of the nicest things that can happen to you at a poker table. Dealing with an opponent who hits a flush on the river can be one of the most unpleasant. Both of these things happened in the second tournament I entered last night. Hand 62 was when fortune smiled on me, shooting my stack up to its peak. Hand 73 was when fortune smiled on an opponent, and took me to the rail. Easy come, easy go :-)

style flavor buy_in entry players hands entries paid place winnings

MTT-R NLHE    43500  6500       9    16      49   12    23        0
MTT-R NLHE    43500  6500       9    73      65   15    23        0

delta: $-200,000
MTT with rebuys NLHE balance: $40,822,000
2019 balance: $6,818,250
balance: $53,402,510

A tale of two flushes

Last Thursday night, my mini win streak came to a screeching halt. I hit the felt after 69 hands; another "long is wrong" kind of night. My biggest loss on a single hand was $15,400; here's how it went down:

Table 'Algunde VIII' 9-max (Play Money) Seat #3 is the button
Seat 1: (36400 in chips)
Seat 3: (15400 in chips)
Seat 4: (22466 in chips)
Seat 5: (24800 in chips)
Seat 7: neostreet (24100 in chips)
Seat 8: (39600 in chips)
Seat 9: (42958 in chips)
Seat 4: posts small blind 100
Seat 5: posts big blind 200
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to neostreet [9h Kc]
neostreet: calls 200
Seat 8: folds
Seat 9: calls 200
Seat 1: calls 200
Seat 3: calls 200
Seat 4: calls 100
Seat 5: checks
*** FLOP *** [2s 4s Ks]
Seat 4: checks
Seat 5: bets 200
neostreet: calls 200
Seat 9: calls 200
Seat 1: calls 200
Seat 3: raises 1000 to 1200
Seat 4: folds
Seat 5: calls 1000
neostreet: calls 1000
Seat 9: folds
Seat 1: folds
*** TURN *** [2s 4s Ks] [3h]
Seat 9 leaves the table
Seat 5: checks
neostreet: checks
Seat 3: bets 5200
Seat 5: calls 5200
neostreet: calls 5200
*** RIVER *** [2s 4s Ks 3h] [Qc]
Seat 5: checks
neostreet: checks
Seat 3: bets 8800 and is all-in
Seat 5: folds
neostreet: calls 8800
*** SHOW DOWN ***
Seat 3: shows [5s 7s] (a flush, King high)
neostreet: shows [9h Kc] (a pair of Kings)
Seat 3 collected 38400 from pot

I just didn't believe that Seat 3 had flopped a flush. Funnily enough, three hands later I flopped a flush myself, and beat Seat 3's nine high straight with it; however, that pot was only worth $12,600, of which only $6,700 was o.p.m. (other people's money).

Back to the drawing board.

During current Hold'em session you were dealt 69 hands and saw flop:
- 12 out of 12 times while in big blind (100%)
- 10 out of 11 times while in small blind (90%)
- 39 out of 46 times in other positions (84%)
- a total of 61 out of 69 (88%)
Pots won at showdown - 5 of 16 (31%)
Pots won without showdown - 8

delta: $-40,000
balance: $862,846