Gold from dross

I've found that it's beneficial to play more than one MTT at a time, since the shorter the time there is for me to make decisions, in general the better the decisions I make :-) Last night, I played four MTTs - two pairs of two. I made the money in both tournaments of the second pair. One was an MTT NLHE and the other was an MTT 8-game. I didn't have the patience to wait until my usual point for joining the MTT 8-game, which is about 8-10 minutes before the end of the late registration period. When my stack went on life support with about 19 minutes left in the late registration period, I was cursing my impatience. I mentally wrote off that MTT; I "knew" I had no chance of making the money. Even though I'd written it off, however, I kept playing it to the best of my ability. One consolation was that I was doing much better in the other tournament of the pair. Lo and behold, my fortunes turned around, and I ended up turning dross into gold. I got under the lights, and ended up in fourth. I'm proud to say that my career UTL (under the lights) percentage for MTT 8-games is now 12.06 (24 for 199). I'm renewing my pledge to play only MTTs for the rest of the year.

style flavor buy_in entry players hands entries paid place winnings

MTT   NLHE    16500  3500       9    25     637  135   136        0
MTT   8-Game  45000  5000       6    56      49    9    14        0
MTT   NLHE    16500  3500       9    91     589  126    22    43700
MTT   8-Game  45000  5000       6   126      60   12     4   256000

delta: $159,700
MTT 8-game balance: $317,170
balance: $10,511,780