Frisky early

When I logged onto PokerStars last night, expecting to join my new midnight train, it was nowhere to be found. I had to settle for a Bounty Builder with a one million dollar buy-in. I hit the felt quickly, re-entered, then hit the felt quickly again. At this point, there was only one minute left in the late registration period, and I re-entered for the second (and final) time. That meant my total outlay was three million, and I'd lose money unless I could finish in 9th place or better. I made the money, but only laddered up one rung from a min cash. On my final hand, I was dealt the ace and king of hearts, and the flop came up all clubs, with the top club the ace. I got all my money in the middle, but was drawing dead against an opponent who'd flopped a flush. Whatcha gonna do?

style flavor  buy_in    entry players entries paid place  winnings

MTT-B NLHE    880000   120000       8     430   63    44   1489000

delta: $-1,511,000
MTT with bounties NLHE balance: $-32,636,820
2022 balance: $20,097,000
blue distance: $37,841,000
balance: $114,940,953

Frisky early

Last night, I hit the felt twice in my first four hands. That's what you call getting frisky early! You need to be frisky if you want to get anywhere in poker. Not all the time, and certainly not late in a session; but some of the time, and for two good reasons. Reason 1 is to give yourself a chance to win a lot of chips. Reason 2 is to keep your opponents guessing about your playing style.

I got more cautious after the friskiness, and after a longish session managed to almost double my starting stack; that seems to be my most common outcome these days. I can't complain!

During current 2-7 Triple Draw session you were dealt 62 hands
Pots won if drawing - 9 of 45 (20%)
Pots won at showdown - 4 of 14 (28%)
Pots won without showdown - 6

delta: $1,840
balance: $2,037,665