Assessing Satellite Success
I've been prompted to write this after accidentally regging a €10 satellite and winning a €100 ticket to the Unibet Supernova tournament. I didn't intend to play the Supernova, so have I lost my €10 stake or made a profit of €90? Could this be a Schrödinger success? I have both won and not won, only opening the box and playing the game reveals its true nature. As with all poker players, the dream is to go to Vegas and play in the World Series of Poker. Each year I would commit a month or two and a chunk of my bankroll to grinding the WSOP satellites. After 3 "years" of trying, I was fortunate enough to win a package to the WSOP in 2012. For a while now, I have reassured myself that if I just keep plugging away, keep getting to these bigger target events, then eventually one will coincide with some rungood and success will be mine, at last! A while back someone, probably my wife, suggested I would be better off winning money, instead of tickets. I fobbed it of...