Getting to the second break

In the $50,000 buy in tournaments that I play on PokerStars, the software gives players two five minute breaks. The first occurs at the 24 minute mark, which is five minutes before the late registration period ends, and the second is somewhere around the one hour mark. Since I habitually join tournaments late in the late registration period, I almost always make it to the first break. Getting to the second break is exponentially harder. If you make it to the second break, you've definitely made the money, and are likely to have a decent shot at making the final table. Today, I made it to the second break, and narrowly missed making it to the final table. Don't look now, but I'm closing in on crossing the $16,000,000 boundary once again :-)

style flavor buy_in  entry players entries paid place winnings

MTT   NLHE    44000   6000       9     294   72    11   206000

delta: $156,000
2024 balance: $3,154,000
2024 blue distance: $0
balance: $15,963,303
MTT NLHE ITM pct: 41.52 (1217 of 2931)