16k the harder way

As I wrote in my post "16k the hard way":

When I start the session with a failure to make the money, I know that each subsequent failure will make it that much harder for me to turn a profit.

In the session I was writing about, I failed to make the money in the first three tournaments I played, but was able to recoup my losses and make a small profit by cashing in the fourth one. In last night's session, I didn't achieve profitability until my seventh tournament. Strangely enough, I ended up with almost the identical small profit.

style flavor buy_in entry players hands entries paid place winnings

MTT   NLHE    16500  3500       9    16     487   99     -        0
MTT   NLHE    17500  2500       6    52     447  114   165        0
MTT   NLHE    18000  2000       9    65     318   81    66    34000
MTT   NLHE    16500  3500       9    34     604  126   120    17900
MTT   NLHE    18000  2000       9    44     249   63    88        0
MTT   NLHE    16500  3500       9    38     487   99   147        0
MTT   NLHE    17500  2500       6   143     331   84    10   104200

delta: $16,100
MTT NLHE balance: $807,148
balance: $10,307,830