Outside of my bi-monthly cash game, I have three friends I get together with usually every Sunday to play poker (less so b/c of COVID). We like to play $5 or $10 tournaments, winner take all. We usually get 3 games in a night. For the past two years we've been writing the results of each game on the back of a door in my basement. We've never taken the time to add it all up. Our general consensus was that we're all probably close to even, and we've basically just been passing money back and forth.
Well, I decided to put all the data in a spreadsheet this weekend aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaand......................................
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For the record, I am that beautiful blue line.
Did something magical start happening 9 months ago? Did I miraculously get better, or did my friends get worse? Or is this just regular variance, and over another two years I'll come back down to earth?
I know this isn't crazy money we're talking about, especially when it's spread over 2 years, but I kinda don't want to tell Red & Green that they're both stuck $150, while I'm up over $300, unless they ask for some reason. Is that silly?