The land of the eights

On Thursday night, I achieved a percentile of 88.888888... In other words, the land of the eights. Fittingly, I finished the tournament in eighth place. I feel confident that's the first time that's ever happened to me :-)

style flavor buy_in  entry players entries paid place winnings

MTT   NLHE   174000  26000       6      72   18     8   563000

delta: $363,000
MTT NLHE balance: $42,873,268
2021 balance: $17,051,500
blue distance: $144,200
balance: $94,716,953

The land of the eights

I've often touted the beneficial effects of keeping your seeing the flop percentage below 50. Of the 119 sessions of cash game no limit hold'em poker in which I've achieved this, I've won 90, for a winning rate of .756303. Last night, for the first time since last July, I managed to keep my seeing the flop percentage below 35. Of the 18 sessions of cash game no limit hold'em poker in which I've achieved this, I've won 16, for a winning rate of .888888..., aka the land of the eights. It definitely pays to fold :-)

During current Hold'em session you were dealt 26 hands and saw flop:
 - 1 out of 3 times while in big blind (33%)
 - 0 out of 4 times while in small blind (0%)
 - 8 out of 19 times in other positions (42%)
 - a total of 9 out of 26 (34%)
 Pots won at showdown - 3 of 3 (100%)
 Pots won without showdown - 0

delta: $12,831
cash game no limit hold'em balance: $5,857,333
balance: $8,915,036