I've grown so accustomed to $200,000 buy ins that it's hard to stomach playing for lower stakes. This is a problem when the midnight train goes missing, since the only $200,000 buy in tournament that's likely to be available in that case is a bounty tournament. I try to avoid bounties like the plague. Last night, the midnight train went missing again, and I couldn't stop myself from jumping into the $200,000 buy in bounty that was on offer at the time. Bad move. I should have just settled for a $50,000 buy in MTT NLHE. A favorite poker style should trump a favorite buy in every single time.
style flavor buy_in entry players entries paid place winnings
MTT-B NLHE 174000 26000 9 149 36 - 0
delta: $-200,000
MTT with bounties NLHE balance: $-2,183,820
2020 balance: $14,893,343
blue distance: $2,376,000
balance: $76,701,353
