Apples and oranges

Back in the days when I played sit and gos, I realized that it made a lot of sense to standardize on a buy in; if you don't, then a loss in a big buy in sit and go can wipe out all the gains you made in a bunch of small buy in sit and gos. That's like mixing apples and oranges, generally not a smart idea. The same is true, to a lesser extent, for MTT NLHEs. Accordingly, I'm going to try playing $200,000 buy in tournaments exclusively for a while, and see how I do.

This is an excerpt from my January 24, 2020 post. It highlights another good reason for my recent decision to stop playing both $50,000 buy in and $100,000 buy in tournaments. Last night, even though I didn't have a profitable session, the fact that the tournament where I missed the money had a $50,000 buy in instead of a $100,000 one meant that I saved myself from losing an additional $50,000 :-)

style flavor buy_in  entry players entries paid place winnings

MTT   NLHE    44000   6000       9     351   81   111        0
MTT   NLHE    44000   6000       9     283   72    57    93000

delta: $-7,000
2024 balance: $2,998,000
2024 blue distance: $79,000
balance: $15,807,303
MTT NLHE ITM pct: 41.50 (1216 of 2930)