On October 6th, I achieved another MTT NLHE milestone - I made the money for the 600th time. Last night, I made the money for the 603rd time. Since I've played 1,438 MTT NLHEs, I'm making the money at a 41.9% clip. Not too shabby :-)
style flavor buy_in entry players entries paid place winnings
MTT NLHE 45000 5000 6 65 18 15 87000
delta: $37,000
MTT NLHE balance: $35,993,768
2021 balance: $10,522,000
blue distance: $3,201,000
balance: $88,187,453
Last night, I achieved an MTT NLHE milestone - I got under the lights for the 100th time. Since I've played 1,437 MTT NLHEs, I'm making the final table at a 6.9% clip. Not too shabby :-)
style flavor buy_in entry players entries paid place winnings
MTT NLHE 45000 5000 6 62 18 24 0
MTT NLHE 87000 13000 6 9 3 - 0
MTT NLHE 45000 5000 6 54 15 6 162000
delta: $-38,000
MTT NLHE balance: $35,956,768
2021 balance: $10,485,000
blue distance: $3,238,000
balance: $88,150,453
Back in the days when I played sit and gos, I realized that it made a lot of sense to standardize on a buy in; if you don't, then a loss in a big buy in sit and go can wipe out all the gains you made in a bunch of small buy in sit and gos. That's like mixing apples and oranges, generally not a smart idea. The same is true, to a lesser extent, for MTT NLHEs. Accordingly, I'm going to try playing $200,000 buy in tournaments exclusively for a while, and see how I do.
This is an excerpt from my January 24, 2020 post. I realize I need to take my own advice and stop playing Orient Expresses; I need to stick with the midnight trains, which are my bread and butter.
style flavor buy_in entry players entries paid place winnings
MTT NLHE 870000 130000 6 37 10 21 0
MTT NLHE 87000 13000 6 60 15 23 0
delta: $-1,100,000
MTT NLHE balance: $35,994,768
2021 balance: $10,523,000
blue distance: $3,200,000
balance: $88,188,453
On Sunday night, there was no Orient Express I could have taken without breaking my rules, so I settled for two toy trains instead. The first was an 8-game, a variant I hadn't played for more than four months. I've only made the money once in the last 17 8-game tournaments I've played, which is pretty pathetic. I did better in the other toy train, which was NLHE, but still missed the money.
style flavor buy_in entry players entries paid place winnings
MTT 8-Game 45000 5000 6 62 12 28 0
MTT NLHE 45000 5000 6 48 12 16 0
delta: $-100,000
MTT NLHE balance: $37,094,768
2021 balance: $11,623,000
blue distance: $2,100,000
balance: $89,288,453
Last night I played two Orient Expresses, but they were bogus ones. I broke several of my own rules in order to play them. Here are the rules I broke:
1. never play a 9max tournament
2. never play a rebuy tournament
3. never play a bounty tournament
I won't do that again in a hurry :-)
style flavor buy_in entry players entries paid place winnings
MTT-B NLHE 870000 130000 9 44 9 22 0
MTT-B NLHE 880000 120000 9 300 55 104 0
delta: $-2,000,000
MTT with bounties NLHE balance: $-4,183,820
2021 balance: $11,723,000
blue distance: $2,000,000
balance: $89,388,453
Last night, I got back into the blue in a big way. I was Lord High Everything Else on an Orient Express! It was the second highest session delta I've ever recorded. I could get used to this :-)
style flavor buy_in entry players entries paid place winnings
MTT NLHE 870000 130000 6 36 9 2 5160000
delta: $4,160,000
MTT NLHE balance: $37,144,768
2021 balance: $13,723,000
blue distance: $0
balance: $91,388,453
Tournaments with a buy in of $50,000 or less are toy trains. Tournaments with a buy in of $100,000 are plain trains. Tournaments with a buy in of $200,000 are midnight trains. Tournaments with a buy in of $1,000,000 are Orient Expresses. Last night, I took the second Orient Express of my career. I took it because no midnight train was in the offing. I didn't outlast the late registration period, which meant that I didn't record an official place. I hit the rail on a flush draw which didn't pan out. I have to say, however, that I really enjoyed the thrill of being a high roller. I've decided I'm going to keep on taking Orient Expresses as long as my 2021 balance stays in the black :-)
style flavor buy_in entry players entries paid place winnings
MTT NLHE 870000 130000 6 19 6 - 0
delta: $-1,000,000
MTT NLHE balance: $32,984,768
2021 balance: $9,563,000
blue distance: $1,424,000
balance: $87,228,453
