A tale of two pocks

In the one tournament I played yesterday, I was dealt pocks twice when the money bubble was about to burst. On hand 28, I was dealt cowboys (pocket kings), went all in with them, and was a heavy favorite; however, the river did me in. The only thing that prevented me from hitting the rail was the fact that I had more chips at the start of the hand than the opponent who called me had. On hand 34, I was dealt pocket threes and was so short-stacked I fell in. Mercifully, my threes held up, and that enabled me to make the money. The cowboys should have won, and the threes should have lost, but I'm not complaining. That's just how poker rolls :-)

style flavor    buy_in  entry players entries paid place winnings

MTT   NLHE       44000   6000       9     189   54    49    74000

delta: $24,000
2025 balance: $-649,000
2025 blue distance: $649,000
balance: $15,648,303
MTT NLHE ITM pct: 41.48 (1299 of 3132)

A tale of two pocks

Last night, I made it to station 2, outlasting over half of the field. Two hands stand out in my mind. I was dealt pocks in both. In the first, I was dealt pocket threes, and folded them before the flop, not willing to call a reasonably sized bet. Of course, a third three showed up in the flop :-) In the second, incidentally my final hand of the night, I was dealt pocket sevens. Since I was short-stacked, I went all in with them. I navigated the flop and turn successfully, but was done in by the river. If I lose again tonight, I will have completed yet another "How to lose a million in five easy lessons" crash course :-)

style flavor buy_in  entry players entries paid place winnings

MTT   NLHE   174000  26000       6      69   18    32        0

delta: $-200,000
MTT NLHE balance: $22,315,668
2020 balance: $15,093,343
blue distance: $2,176,000
balance: $76,901,353