Is there anything worse than being the first to bust out of a tournament that you are hosting?

It is your house, so you can’t simply make your leave gracefully. This unfortunate set of circumstances has happened to many of us on more than one occasion. A couple of dozen guys converge on your basement for a cutthroat game of No Limit Hold ‘Em. You make an early misstep or get unlucky and boom, all of your chips are gone. Suddenly you seem like a stranger in your own home. You look around uncomfortably, unsure of what to do next. You are really no longer a part of the action at your table. There are no other players around to chat with, or to play side games as they are still in on the main tournament action. It is the poker walk of shame. Maybe you’ve played for hours in a medium buy-in tournament in an Atlantic City casino and built up a huge chip stack. It looks like you’ll cruise to a nice cash finish on the final table. Five hands later you’ve bluffed and called away all of your money before the bubble, and the railbirds are asking you “What happened?” as you make your way to the door with your head hung low. It is the poker walk of shame.

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