Stamina
I got in last year on about a $20 investment. Starting with $7k, I got up to $25k after 4 hours, having good cards, a weak table, and feeling really sharp and alert. In the next four hours I faded to (purple) breadcrumbs, partly due to less good cards and tougher opponents, but the main problem was that I just hit the wall with utter fatigue. You need a lot of STAMINA to play these things. I had no experience of such a long event, and I just couldn't stay sharp.
(So in the end I made it through one day, but could not hold on for the money. Of course a cruise for twenty bucks is not bad, and wifey was more approving of me playing poker.)
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