The usual suspects

It's time, once again, to crib from myself. Here's an excerpt of what I had to say on July 24, 2017:

As I've mentioned before, I see a lot of familiar names when I play MTT-Rs. There's a core of regular players, and I'm one of them. We could be called the usual suspects :-) I enjoy competing against my fellow usual suspects, and always try to last longer than them, whether or not I make the money.

In last night's second tournament, I outlasted more than half of the usual suspects. That made missing the money more palatable :-)

style flavor buy_in entry players hands entries paid place winnings

MTT-R NLHE    43500  6500       9    30      66   15    34        0
MTT-R NLHE    43500  6500       9    82      68   15    18        0

delta: $-200,000
MTT with rebuys NLHE balance: $45,701,000
2019 balance: $11,697,250
balance: $58,281,510

The usual suspects

As I've mentioned before, I see a lot of familiar names when I play MTT-Rs. There's a core of regular players, and I'm one of them. We could be called the usual suspects :-) I enjoy competing against my fellow usual suspects, and always try to last longer than them, whether or not I make the money. Last night, I sent one of them to the rail in the first tournament I played. I have to admit, it was sweet :-)

style flavor buy_in entry players hands entries paid place winnings

MTT-R NLHE    43500  6500       9    51      62   15    32        0
MTT-R NLHE    43500  6500       9   104      70   15    13   305000

delta: $105,000
MTT with rebuys NLHE balance: $11,864,000
2017 balance: $12,938,325
balance: $24,356,155

The usual suspects

Not surprisingly, I'm becoming aware of the PokerStars screen names of the players who do well in MTT 8-games, and hope they're becoming aware of mine. It's encouraging to realize that no player, no matter how good, is spared the roller coast nature of tournament play. I've been in first place several times before in a tournament, but it's super tough to stay up there. Well nigh impossible, in fact. As long as I can keep making the money in half the tournaments I enter, though, I'll continue to be one of the usual suspects :-)

buy_in entry_fee num_players num_hands place winnings

  4500       500           6        63    41        0

delta: $-5,000
MTT 8-game balance: $112,290
balance: $9,607,320