40 hands in the wilderness

You know you've joined a tournament much too early when you can play 40 hands, hit the rail, and not achieve an official place (since the late registration period still hasn't ended). That's what happened to me in the second MTT I entered on Friday night. The next time I'm in the position of needing to wait a while before I join, I'll just play some chess in the interim :-)

style flavor buy_in entry players hands entries paid place winnings

MTT   NLHE    45000  5000       6    36     127   36    44        0
MTT   NLHE    45000  5000       6    40      69   18     -        0

delta: $-100,000
MTT NLHE balance: $1,279,748
2016 balance: $80,066
balance: $10,780,430