Open-ended exit

When I play MTT NLHE tournaments, I have two main goals. One is a do goal, and the other is a don't goal. The do goal:

Do outlast the late registration period.

The don't goal:

Don't have any regrets.

It's pretty easy to achieve the do goal; simply join the tournament with only a minute or two left in the late registration period :-) It's harder to achieve the don't goal. One way to do it, other than the obvious one of winning the tournament, is to get your money in good on the final hand. You can never regret getting your money in good; that's the gravy train of all good players. Last night, I hit the rail when I failed to hit an open-ended straight draw. That qualifies as getting my money in good enough :-)

style flavor buy_in entry players entries paid place winnings

MTT   NLHE    45000  5000       6      88   21    41        0

delta: $-50,000
MTT NLHE balance: $7,991,668
2020 balance: $1,174,000
balance: $62,982,010