Aces out

Last night, for the ninth time in my MTT NLHE career, I hit the rail on a hand where I'd been dealt pocket rockets. I call this situation "aces out". On five of those occasions, including last night, I went all in before the flop. I was up against an opponent with pocket nines, which made me an 80% favorite; however, he flopped a set, and they held up. The good news is, I did nothing wrong, and played well throughout the session. Additional good news: I was able to restrain myself from playing any 9 max :-)

style flavor buy_in entry players hands entries paid place winnings

MTT   NLHE    17500  2500       6    35     408   96   199        0
MTT   NLHE    17500  2500       6    71     355   84    68    37200

delta: $-2,800
MTT NLHE balance: $1,915,748
2017 balance: $-162,275
balance: $11,255,555