Tournament selection criteria change

Periodically, I change my tournament selection criteria. It's that time again. I know I've sworn off 9-max tournaments many times before, but I've decided to let them back into my poker life. There are two good reasons for this:

1. I now believe that it's much more important to join any MTT very late in the late registration period than it is to join a 6-max instead of a 9-max
2. I will now be able to minimize my wait time before starting to play, since I'll be able to pick the MTT with the least amount of time left in its late registration period, regardless of whether it's 6-max or 9-max

Last night, I played my first 9-max MTT of the year, and made the money. A good omen :-)

style flavor buy_in entry players entries paid place winnings

MTT   NLHE    45000  5000       9     104   27    13    67000

delta: $17,000
MTT NLHE balance: $8,733,668
2020 balance: $1,916,000
balance: $63,724,010