A slight change to a train station definition

As a reminder, here are my definitions of the important stations on the poker tournament train line:

Station 1: when you've outlasted the late registration period

Station 2: when you've outlasted at least 50% of the field

Station 2.125: when you've registered an official place which is less than double the number of paid places

Station 2.25:  when you've outlasted at least 60% of the field

Station 2.5:  when you've outlasted at least 70% of the field

Station 3: when you've made the money

Station 4: when you've made the final table

Station 5: when you've won the tournament

This is an excerpt from my December 17, 2021 post. I've decided to make a slight change to the definition of Station 2.125. The new definition: when you've registered an official place which is less than or equal to double the number of paid places. I've tried to set up the station definitions such that if you reach a particular station, you should previously have reached all the stations with a lower number along the way. Station 2.125 is the only one which is a bit quirky; sometimes you can reach it without having reached station 2 first. However, such cases are rare and we can safely ignore them :-)

The reason I changed the definition of station 2.125 is to reduce the quirkiness, but also to allow me to feel better about some mediocre tournaments. Last night I had a mediocre tournament, but made it to Station 2.125, thanks to my new definition :-)

style flavor buy_in  entry players entries paid place winnings

MTT   NLHE    44000   6000       9     211   54   108        0

delta: $-50,000
2024 balance: $3,014,000
2024 blue distance: $63,000
balance: $15,823,303
MTT NLHE ITM pct: 41.49 (1211 of 2919)