On a roll versus card dead

[ND1991]

What a difference between two tournaments.

On a roll (18 man - 2 table):

You finished in 1st place.

139 hands played and saw flop:
- 10 times out of 34 while in small blind (29%)
- 17 times out of 36 while in big blind (47%)
- 3 times out of 69 in other positions (4%)
- a total of 30 times out of 139 (22%)

Pots won at showdown - 9 out of 10 (90%)
Pots won without showdown - 18

Card dead (45 man - 5 table):

You finished in 23rd place.

60 hands played and saw flop:
- 3 times out of 8 while in small blind (38%)
- 1 times out of 8 while in big blind (13%)
- 4 times out of 44 in other positions (9%)
- a total of 8 times out of 60 (13%)

Pots won at showdown - 0 out of 1 (0%)
Pots won without showdown - 4

[Whatsthepassword?]

Now that is a very stark comparison. Which site did you play these on? And were they played on the same day - one after the other?

[jolub]

There is a theorpy about regression to the mean. Which states that card dead and on a roll are normal.

[ND1991]

PokerStars. And yes back to back or close to it.

[PLAYFUL1]

Yah Pokerstars the biggest donkey site around, if you have chip lead in any tourney and you are able to chase down that 1 gut shot card you will 95% of the time get it... so happy chasing guys and gals