Hot and cold running cowboys

221 is a pretty important number in poker. Why? Because it's the number of hands you have to play (on average) in order to be dealt a specific pair. If you've played less than 221 hands in a particular session, you should expect to see a specific pair show up at most once. If you see a specific pair show up not once, not twice, but three times, you know you've witnessed an outlying event. Last night, I played three no limit hold'em sit and gos, and was dealt cowboys (a pair of kings) three times. Since I only played 161 hands, I knew I'd definitely witnessed an outlying event. Just call it hot and cold running cowboys :-) It was made even more unusual by the fact that cowboys were the last hand I was dealt in the last two sit and gos. I don't even have to look this up to be certain that this was the first time that's ever happened to me.

style flavor buy_in entry players hands place winnings

SNG   NLHE     4500   500       6    60     2     9450
SNG   NLHE     4500   500       6    77     1    17550
SNG   NLHE     4500   500       6    24     4        0

delta: $12,000
Sit and go no limit hold'em balance: $1,270,300
balance: $8,976,489