You just can't make this shit up

I really enjoy it when I see something monstrously improbable happen at the poker table, even when it's to my detriment. Here are all the improbable things which happened in a hand from the first tournament of yesterday's session, which was MTT Limit Triple Draw 2-7 Lowball:

- on my third draw, I made a 7 6 5 3 2 low, which is the third best low hand

- I lost to a 7 6 4 3 2 low, which is the second best low hand

- it was my first (and last) hand of the tournament

You just can't make this shit up :-)

style flavor    buy_in  entry players entries paid place winnings

MTT   L27Lo      22000   3000       6      97   18     0        0
MTT   Stud HiLo  22000   3000       8      83   16    62        0

delta: $-50,000
2025 balance: $-922,000
2025 blue distance: $922,000
balance: $15,375,303
MTT ITM pct: 40.41 (1414 of 3499)

You just can't make this shit up

Last night, I hit the rail in comical fashion. I was short-stacked, and shoved with two forgettable cards. I can't remember what they were, since I was so thoroughly annihilated by my opponent - before the flop, after the flop, after the turn, and after the river. Since I shoved pre-flop, our hole cards were revealed right away. My opponent had rockets. On the flop, he had a set of aces. On the turn, he had a full house, aces full of queens. Finally, on the river, he had quad aces. You just can't make this shit up :-)

style flavor buy_in  entry players entries paid place winnings

MTT   NLHE   174000  26000       6      72   18    12   438000

delta: $238,000
MTT NLHE balance: $40,554,968
2022 balance: $-3,667,300
blue distance: $3,684,500
balance: $91,176,653

You just can't make this shit up

On the final hand of my final session of the year, something happened that I'd never witnessed before in my entire poker career, which spans more than twelve years. I was dealt the deuce and trey of spades, and flopped a flush. That's not the rare part yet. When all my chips got into the middle, my opponent turned over a better flush. That's still not the rare part. The turn and river were also spades. That's the rare part. There were nine cards face up on the felt, and every single one of them was a spade. You just can't make this shit up :-)

style flavor buy_in  entry players entries paid place winnings

MTT   NLHE   174000  26000       6      88   21    23        0

delta: $-200,000
MTT NLHE balance: $23,321,768
2020 balance: $15,857,443
blue distance: $1,515,900
balance: $77,665,453