Money jumps

The title of this post is deliberately ambiguous. Is "jumps" a plural noun, or a verb? Actually it's both :-) The way all MTT payouts are structured, the gaps between the payout levels dramatically increase as you head from the bottom to the top; moreover, the number of paid places at each payout level decreases, until you reach the final table, where just one place is paid per level. Therefore, the higher up the ladder you go, the bigger the money jumps (a plural noun here) get. Also, the more the money jumps (a verb here) around from stack to stack.

This is an excerpt from my October 21, 2016 post. In yesterday's session, I made the money in both tournaments I entered. Not only that, I made multiple money jumps in each. In the first, I moved up the ladder five times; in the second, three times. I'm happy to be out of my slump, at least for the time being :-)

style flavor    buy_in  entry players entries paid place winnings

MTT   NLHE       44000   6000       9     326   81    28   143000
MTT   NLHE       44000   6000       9     272   72    39   113000

delta: $156,000
2025 balance: $-935,000
2025 blue distance: $935,000
balance: $15,362,303
MTT NLHE ITM pct: 41.52 (1292 of 3112)