IG;WS

IG;WS is my shorthand for "In Good; Went South", which in turn is short for "I got my money in good, but the hand went south on me" :-)

This is an excerpt from my January 13, 2015 post. Last night, I hit the rail on an IG;WS hand. I was dealt K5o (king five offsuit), and paired both my hole cards on the flop. I shoved and got one caller. He turned over rockets, making me a 3 to 1 favorite to win the hand. The turn was a blank, but the river put a pair on the board, and that was all she wrote. To add insult to injury, there were 10 minutes left in the late registration period, so I registered a 0th place.

style flavor buy_in  entry players entries paid place winnings

MTT   NLHE    87000  13000       6      20    7     -        0

delta: $-100,000
MTT NLHE balance: $40,627,768
2021 balance: $15,156,000
blue distance: $100,000
balance: $92,821,453

A fine blue cadence

Lately I've settled into a fine blue cadence. What I mean by this is that I'm regularly achieving blue sessions, at fairly predictable intervals. 

This is an excerpt from my October 6, 2020 post; it applies equally well to my recent results. Four of my last ten sessions, including last night's, have been blue.

style flavor buy_in  entry players entries paid place winnings

MTT   NLHE   174000  26000       6      70   18    15   365000

delta: $165,000
MTT NLHE balance: $40,727,768
2021 balance: $15,256,000
blue distance: $0
balance: $92,921,453

Two pieces of bad news, and one good

Last night's session produced two pieces of bad news:

1. the midnight train was cancelled

2. I failed to make the money

It did produce one piece of good news, though: since I played a toy train, I only lost $50,000 :-)

style flavor buy_in  entry players entries paid place winnings

MTT   NLHE    45000   5000       6      72   18    25        0

delta: $-50,000
MTT NLHE balance: $40,562,768
2021 balance: $15,091,000
blue distance: $50,000
balance: $92,756,453

5th best month of my career

So far this month, I've made a profit of $5,702,000, which makes it the 5th best month of my career. Since the month isn't quite over, I have the chance to move it up even higher in the standings. Last night, I set a new personal best, registering my 5th Full Monty in MTT NLHE this month. I now have 10 Full Montys in MTT NLHE on the year, another personal best.

style flavor buy_in  entry players entries paid place winnings

MTT   NLHE   174000  26000       6      58   15     2  1362000

delta: $1,162,000
MTT NLHE balance: $40,612,768
2021 balance: $15,141,000
blue distance: $0
balance: $92,806,453

Not a believer

Whenever I'm at a table where one of my opponents has a huge stack which dwarfs the stacks of everyone else at the table, I have the hardest time believing his bets are not bluffs. Last night, I hit the rail as the money bubble approached, directly as a result of this disbelief. The thing is, often enough the bets are bluffs, so I don't reproach myself for my failure to believe :-)

style flavor buy_in  entry players entries paid place winnings

MTT   NLHE   174000  26000       6      61   18    23        0

delta: $-200,000
MTT NLHE balance: $39,450,768
2021 balance: $13,979,000
blue distance: $200,000
balance: $91,644,453

Once more into the blue, dear friends

I've said before that winning never gets old. That goes at least quadruple for getting into the blue. It's undeniably a rush to see your balance reach a height it's never reached before. It validates all the hard work you've put into your game. I'm psyched!

This is an excerpt from my November 2, 2012 post. Last night, I got that rush again.

style flavor buy_in  entry players entries paid place winnings

MTT   NLHE   174000  26000       6      68   18     6   709000

delta: $509,000
MTT NLHE balance: $39,650,768
2021 balance: $14,179,000
blue distance: $0
balance: $91,844,453

The nuts can't beat the stone cold nuts

Every now and then, you can have an "unbeatable" hand which nonetheless gets beaten. When that happens, it gives you a funny feeling. I got that feeling again on the last hand of last night's session. I was dealt the ace of clubs and another club, and flopped a flush draw. When the king of clubs showed up on the river, I had my "unbeatable" hand. It was certainly the nut flush, but it was not the stone cold nuts. That honor went to the hand my opponent had, which was also made on the river - a full house. I hit the rail in a daze :-)

style flavor buy_in  entry players entries paid place winnings

MTT   NLHE    45000   5000       6      82   21    27        0

delta: $-50,000
MTT NLHE balance: $39,141,768
2021 balance: $13,670,000
blue distance: $250,000
balance: $91,335,453