I don't put in a lot of mtt volume. I reset my stats on betonline ~450 days ago, but have only played an mtt in 175/450 days for a total of 487 games played. Or ~2.8 mtts a day for 175/450 days. So, yeah, not a lot of poker.
This is why I focus on quality over quantity with mtts as I know I can't exactly grind them out to get over variance. Some downswings can take me weeks to get over because of my low volume. So, it's important to focus on mtts I know I do well in.
I talk about it a bit more in this thread.
To get an idea of how often a break-even player should win an mtt, do the following:
- [1/number of players] * [number of mtts]
In this case, I'll use my stats:
- [1/282] * [487]
- [.0035] * [487]
- 1.7
So, a break even player should have 1-2 mtt wins with this field size. Of course, if you are a better player than majority of the field you can expect better results. Its important to know the break-even rate for final tables as well as you can't win if you can't make a final table. So, if you have no wins but a higher rate of final tables than a break-even player, you might still be doing well.
My results are nothing great, but ok enough given how infrequently I play mtts and my average field size. It's a lot easier to win mtts in smaller fields than it is in bigger fields.
- 487 mtts
- 282 avg field size
- $1.10 avg mtt buy-in
- $354 in profits
- 27% itm
- 41% roi
- 46 final tables
- 11 mtt wins