Double domination, all for naught

Some hands hurt more than others. The hand that took me to the rail in the MTT NLHE I played last night hurt a lot. I was dealt snowmen (pocket eights), hit a set of eights on the flop, and went all in. I got one caller, but three of us would be going to showdown since one of my opponents had gone all in preflop. I was an 88.1% favorite after the turn, which meant that I dominated both opponents, but it was all for naught. I couldn't beat either one; the river card gave one of them a straight, and the other three of a kind, tens. That's poker :-)

style flavor buy_in entry players hands entries paidplace winnings

MTT   NLHE   174000 26000       6    38      81   21   38        0
MTT-B NLHE    44000  6000       9    23     168   36   47        0

delta: $-250,000
MTT NLHE balance: $2,336,668
2019 balance: $11,652,850
balance: $58,187,110

Evermore and ever better, all for naught

Just one session after having what I believe was my very first evermore and ever better session, I had my second, but it was all for naught. The best I could do was bubbling the third tournament. My enthusiasm for 45 seaters is currently on the decline, but my enthusiasm for 18 seaters hasn't wavered. Let me at 'em :-)

buy_in entry players hands entries paid place winnings

  9000  1000       9    11      18    4    17        0
  9000  1000       9    13      45    7    11        0
  9000  1000       9    49      18    4     5        0

delta: $-30,000
Sit and go no limit hold'em balance: $2,449,475
balance: $10,225,039