Landing the plane

Making the money in a multi-table tournament is a bit like trying to land a plane on a distant runway when you're running out of fuel at an unknown rate. If you have enough altitude, you can just glide there, conserving fuel. Your glide path will lower your altitude at a steady, predictable rate, which is just what you want. If you don't have enough altitude, you have no choice but to use your fuel. This analogy obviously breaks down, since winning pots adds fuel to your reserves, something that can't happen on an actual flight. However, the analogy is still surprisingly apt. Last night, I made it to the runway, with a little room to spare :-)

buy_in entry_fee num_players num_hands place winnings

  4500       500           6       130    10     7350

delta: $2,350
MTT 8-game balance: $104,640
balance: $9,554,580