Poker selfies

Selfies, which are pictures you take of yourself on your cell phone, are now a cultural staple. The concept of taking a selfie applies to events you want to capture for posterity, even when neither cameras nor your own smiling face are involved. For instance, I've taken numerous poker selfies while playing tournaments. Instead of taking pictures of myself, I'm capturing screen shots of the tournament lobby when my stack figures prominently :-)

Last night, I think I took my earliest poker selfie ever. On the very first hand of my third tournament, I won a pot worth 3,256 in chips. It shot my stack up to number 14 out of the 205 players playing at that time. Definitely worth a picture! Unfortunately, that was the highlight of my session; I failed to make the money in any of the tournaments I entered.

style flavor buy_in entry players hands entries paid place winnings

MTT   NLHE    16500  3500       9    19     480   99     -        0
MTT   NLHE    45000  5000       6    16     115   30    66        0
MTT   NLHE    17500  2500       6    49     360   84   113        0
MTT   NLHE    16500  3500       9     4     421   90     -        0
MTT   NLHE    45000  5000       6    21      88   21    41        0

delta: $-160,000
MTT NLHE balance: $2,552,948
2017 balance: $635,800
balance: $12,053,630