Question to consider, Sport. Are you getting frustrated at some short-term results? Seems to me you were cruising right along, then seemed to hit a brick wall. But keep in mind that that's part of the natural course of poker. You need to keep one eye at all times at your overall, long-term results. And the long term is ... well, long.

As I've mentioned here a couple of times, I've been on a nasty streak just like yours, where almost nothing I do has a good result. And I was finished, done with SnGs. I was convinced I had completely forgotten how to play them.

But guess what ... after a couple of weeks of only playing sporadically and not thinking about it much, I played one a couple of days ago and nailed a third place. Then I played another one and nailed another third. Then I waited another couple of days, played another one and won it. Won a second one.

And all of a sudden, I'm feeling good about my SnG play now. And I really don't think I'm doing anything different ... except not making a tilted, forced play at a critical point out of frustration.

I dunno, just a suggestion. But does that sound familiar to your situation, by chance?

MVP --- sounds like a short term problem to me.

If you have a record of your SNG finishes, how many of them LONG RUN have been 4ths, and how many have been 1st/2nd/3rd.

If you think your problem is going out fourth, then go through your histories and post hands here on BTP. Look for hands when there were 4/5 people left where you are unsure of your play -- that should narrow it down to only 3-4 hands per SNG. Feel free to post 3 or 4 hands on one thread here and we can discuss.