Different kinds of ROI

Looking at MTTs strictly from a monetary perspective, they make little to no sense to play. Since August 25th, when I switched from sit and gos to MTTs, I've played 26 MTTs and have a negative aggregate of $-4,576 to show for my efforts. The financial ROI on MTTs is essentially non-existent. However, there are different kinds of ROI. Not only do I have a lot of fun playing MTTs, I get an immense amount of satisfaction when I make the money, even though the winnings are so meager. For me, the fun ROI and the satisfaction ROI of MTTs far outweigh the lack of financial ROI.

buy_in entry players hands entries places_paid place winnings

   900   100       6    62     894         216   147     2132

delta: $1,132
MTT NLHE balance: $-11,348
balance: $7,437,696