Bubbling the bubble

I go back on forth on what makes me feel worse - bubbling a tournament or bubbling the bubble. I think I know why this is. How bad I feel has less to do with the number of places I miss the money by, and more to do with how good I thought my chances of making the money were, before I hit the rail.

This is an excerpt from my November 6, 2021 post. In the first tournament I played yesterday, I bubbled the bubble. I hadn't been expecting to make the money, so I wasn't disappointed. In other news, I recorded my fifth straight dynamic duo.

style flavor buy_in  entry players entries paid place winnings

MTT   NLHE    44000   6000       9     307   81    83        0
MTT   NLHE    44000   6000       9     309   81    78    67000

delta: $-33,000
2024 balance: $3,860,000
2024 blue distance: $52,000
balance: $16,669,303
MTT NLHE ITM pct: 41.74 (1274 of 3052)

Bubbling the bubble

I go back on forth on what makes me feel worse - bubbling a tournament or bubbling the bubble. I think I know why this is. How bad I feel has less to do with the number of places I miss the money by, and more to do with how good I thought my chances of making the money were, before I hit the rail. It's possible to bubble and not be too upset, and it's also possible to bubble the bubble and be really bummed out. On Thursday night I bubbled the bubble, and was decently disappointed :-)

style flavor buy_in  entry players entries paid place winnings

MTT   NLHE    45000   5000       6      74   21    23        0

delta: $-50,000
MTT NLHE balance: $40,714,768
2021 balance: $15,243,000
blue distance: $150,000
balance: $92,908,453

Bubbling the bubble

Last night, I came in 14th in a tournament where 12 places were paid. So you could say I bubbled the bubble :-) Any time you bubble, or bubble the bubble, you're playing well. Playing well bodes well for your long term prospects, whether or not you make the money in the short term. This is all a long-winded way of saying I played well; I'll shut up now :-)

style flavor buy_in entry players hands entries paid place winnings

MTT-R NLHE    43500  6500       9    49      58   12    14        0

delta: $-150,000
MTT with rebuys NLHE balance: $30,086,500
2017 balance: $30,449,055
balance: $41,866,885