The best of a bad thing

Coming in second place twice in a row is never a bad thing. Doing so at the end of a losing session is making the best of a bad thing. I'm now settling into the habit of starting every session by playing one MTT 8-game, then switching to sit and go no limit hold'em for the remainder of the night. The 8-game is the fun, virtually profit-free portion of my evening, and the no limit hold'em is the bread and butter portion. Sometimes I go hungry, but that's to be expected.

style flavor buy_in entry players hands entries paid place winnings

MTT   8-Game   4500   500       6    39      98   18    31        0
SNG   NLHE    44000  6000       6    25       6    2     5        0
SNG   NLHE    44000  6000       6    34       6    2     4        0
SNG   NLHE    44000  6000       6    21       6    2     4        0
SNG   NLHE    44000  6000       6    39       6    2     5        0
SNG   NLHE    44000  6000       6    35       6    2     2    92400
SNG   NLHE    44000  6000       6    57       6    2     2    92400

delta: $-120,200
Sit and go no limit hold'em balance: $4,164,200
balance: $12,196,794

The best of a bad thing

It's bad to have a 100% underwater session. It's even worse to have a long 100% underwater session, since the odds are you will end up having lost more money than you would have had the session been shorter. My yardstick for a long session is 100 hands or more. Last night, I made the best of a bad thing. I had my 34th 100% underwater session of 100 hands or more, but only lost $15,465. That clocked in as my sixth smallest loss of those sessions.

Along the way, the poker gods redressed a wrong I'd suffered recently, namely the time I lost $20,750 when my king high flush lost to an ace high flush. The tables were turned, as this time I had the ace high flush to my opponent's king high flush, and won a pot worth $76,111, $42,620 of which was o.p.m. (other people's money).

During current Hold'em session you were dealt 101 hands and saw flop:
 - 6 out of 13 times while in big blind (46%)
 - 5 out of 13 times while in small blind (38%)
 - 25 out of 75 times in other positions (33%)
 - a total of 36 out of 101 (35%)
 Pots won at showdown - 4 of 12 (33%)
 Pots won without showdown - 4

delta: $-15,465
cash game no limit hold'em balance: $6,258,675
balance: $8,772,419