MTT Min-Cash
C3 capstone — first MTT cash for 50+ buy-ins with full key-decision review.
Unlocks at 8,000 XP
Reward +900 XP
Submission ~/poker-curriculum/audits/c3-submission.md + linked hand history
Scenario
One year in. The MTT track was developed in parallel with the cash-game track, but tournament variance is brutal — the median time-to-cash for a serious MTT regular is dozens of buy-ins of breakeven before the first big score. C3 demands a real cash, worth at least 50 buy-ins, with the audit attached. The audit is the part most MTT players skip. Not here. Final-table decisions get an ICM check; key turns get a solver-comparison; the postmortem covers the spots that mattered.
Success criteria
- First MTT cash worth 50+ buy-ins (e.g. $11 MTT cashing $550+, or $22 MTT cashing $1100+)
- Hand-history dump for the cashed tournament
- Key-decision review notebook covering 10+ critical hands
- ICM check on every final-table decision (or money-bubble decisions if no FT)
- Mental-game pulse score for the session, with rationale