The "never complain" rule

If there's one thing I've learned in all my years of playing poker, it's that you should never complain. Certainly, there will be times when you'll feel hard done by the poker gods. The thing to keep in mind is that it's much easier to remember bad luck than it is to remember good luck. It's all too easy to treat good luck as if it's skill. If you're really honest with yourself, you only ever get into a position to complain heartily about bad luck after you've already been the beneficiary of a lot of good luck.

A lot of poker players would be sorely tempted to complain if they exited a tournament in 9th place when an opponent hit a 2 outer on the river. That happened to me last night, and I'm happy to say I have nothing to complain about :-)

style flavor buy_in entry players hands entries paid place winnings

MTT   NLHE    17500  2500       6     4     280   72     -        0
MTT   NLHE    45000  5000       6    66     130   36    66        0
MTT   NLHE    17500  2500       6    29     432  114   176        0
MTT   NLHE    45000  5000       6    99     111   30     9   149000

delta: $9,000
MTT NLHE balance: $2,561,948
2017 balance: $644,800
balance: $12,062,630