MTT time vs value

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So I just got done playing in the nightly 2k on carbon, 722 entries and I made the final table and finished 9th (got flushed out on the river) re-buying only twice. The buy-in was $2.20, and I cashed for $16.40.

After the tournament was over I felt a little let down, not because I didn't win but, holy hell 7 hours for $12.00? That's roughly $1.7 an hour. And right now I am still building my BR ( we are getting there! :) but even though I have the roll right now for up to $5 MTTs, are these little ones even worth it, should I just keep building my roll then come back to full on MTTs when I can play at the $10+ range?

First place in the tournament was $220, which would have made my hourly rate insane. But we all know, that first places are few and far between. I cash over 60/70% of the time, which makes my overall MTT play breakeven. But all those hours. Don't get me wrong I am happy I am cashing and learning but the time comittment vs hourly rate for these little buy-ins.

So do I sacrifice some experience and come back or keep the knife sharp and keep playing for my daily MTT pittance?
 
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If you cash 60-70% of the time in MTTs you are running like god and definitely not breaking even. If you want something shorter try playing the fields of 60-100 people, they seem to last around 5-6 hours in total. Sure first place is not such a large amount but the pay jumps are much more significant when you get to the money.
 
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If you cash 60-70% of the time in MTTs you are running like god and definitely not breaking even. If you want something shorter try playing the fields of 60-100 people, they seem to last around 5-6 hours in total. Sure first place is not such a large amount but the pay jumps are much more significant when you get to the money.

I might be running like a god, but that has been the case then for 4/5 months now, I play the nightly 2k on Carbon alot and I seriously cash 4/5 out 7 times, but keep in mind that is a little skewed from the fact that I re-buy in ( I set a limit of no more then 2 entries, if in lose my stack twice it's just not ment to be ) so when I min cash my profit is only like $.30 or something small like that, but sometimes I can run deep.

And I am working on not playing so tight, so that I am not just cashing and busting. I am sure my percentages will go down but I will take more money down with it. I think a part of it is at the micro MTTs there is a huge amount of bad players, so the game is soft, most players know the concepts, M's / BB, short / large stack play, hand ranges, tilt control, etc., but they seem not to apply them. it's really not that hard to cash playing a solid TAG style. And with the fact that they can just re-buy in for 3 hours, they have no problems calling an all-in with middle pair or tp/wk, just to find me with a set or the nut flush.
 
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