A person more experienced in SNG's than I told me that 25% ROI is a reasonable expectation and I figure 45-50% ITM is ok. Ok, so far, so good. However I have finished 4th 31 times. Is that normal or is that too high compared to my 1st, 2nd, and 3rd place finishes. I HATE finishing 4th, lol

The last 10 times I finished 4th. No Need to post the full history. Bottom line was I lost.


Seat 2: StarliteCst (900 in chips)
Seat 4: YoungKern (2070 in chips)
Seat 5: andrewn35 (5705 in chips)
Seat 8: BrotzBurger (4825 in chips)
BrotzBurger: posts small blind 75
StarliteCst: posts big blind 150
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to StarliteCst [As 2s]
YoungKern: folds
andrewn35: raises 300 to 450
BrotzBurger: folds
StarliteCst: raises 450 to 900 and is all-in
andrewn35: calls 450



Seat 2: StarliteCst (1060 in chips)
Seat 5: chubstradmus (1785 in chips)
Seat 6: sanatarium (3660 in chips)
Seat 7: jbltk (6995 in chips)
chubstradmus: posts small blind 75
sanatarium: posts big blind 150
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to StarliteCst [Js As]
jbltk: folds
StarliteCst: raises 910 to 1060 and is all-in
chubstradmus: raises 725 to 1785 and is all-in




Seat 5: pieces70 (3955 in chips)
Seat 6: StarliteCst (915 in chips)
Seat 7: floorwalker (5580 in chips)
Seat 8: UnknownChamp (3050 in chips)
UnknownChamp: posts small blind 100
pieces70: posts big blind 200
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to StarliteCst [3s 3c]
StarliteCst: raises 715 to 915 and is all-in
floorwalker: calls 915
UnknownChamp: folds
pieces70: calls 715




Seat 2: newfoundkid (5100 in chips)
Seat 6: StarliteCst (2440 in chips)
Seat 7: brandonclone (3500 in chips)
Seat 8: GAMBITQ7 (2460 in chips)
GAMBITQ7: posts small blind 100
newfoundkid: posts big blind 200
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to StarliteCst [Kc Qh]
StarliteCst: raises 400 to 600
brandonclone: folds
GAMBITQ7: raises 1860 to 2460 and is all-in
newfoundkid: folds
StarliteCst: calls 1840 and is all-in




Seat 3: StarliteCst (1455 in chips)
Seat 4: blampinen (4980 in chips)
Seat 6: abak31 (2525 in chips)
Seat 7: Burtsc (4540 in chips)
StarliteCst: posts the ante 25
blampinen: posts the ante 25
abak31: posts the ante 25
Burtsc: posts the ante 25
blampinen: posts small blind 100
abak31: posts big blind 200
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to StarliteCst [Qs As]
Burtsc: calls 200
StarliteCst: raises 400 to 600
blampinen: folds
abak31: folds
Burtsc: calls 400
*** FLOP *** [Kc 3c 8s]
Burtsc: bets 400
StarliteCst: raises 430 to 830 and is all-in
Burtsc: calls 430
*** TURN *** [Kc 3c 8s]
*** RIVER *** [Kc 3c 8s 6h]
*** SHOW DOWN ***
Burtsc: shows [Jh Kh] (a pair of Kings)


This one I was a bit too stubborn about.




Seat 2: zapper1000 (2005 in chips)
Seat 3: StarliteCst (769 in chips)
Seat 4: Ola Duhnk (4886 in chips)
Seat 6: BuzzaPoker (5840 in chips)
zapper1000: posts the ante 25
StarliteCst: posts the ante 25
Ola Duhnk: posts the ante 25
BuzzaPoker: posts the ante 25
StarliteCst: posts small blind 100
Ola Duhnk: posts big blind 200
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to StarliteCst [Qs 9c]
BuzzaPoker: folds
zapper1000: folds
StarliteCst: calls 100
Ola Duhnk: checks
*** FLOP *** [Ad 9s Th]
StarliteCst: bets 544 and is all-in
Ola Duhnk: calls 544




Seat 1: pdubb32 (6750 in chips)
Seat 3: MHicks03 (3080 in chips)
Seat 4: StarliteCst (700 in chips)
Seat 6: ranger2992 (2970 in chips)
ranger2992: posts small blind 100
pdubb32: posts big blind 200
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to StarliteCst [4h Ah]
MHicks03: folds
StarliteCst: raises 500 to 700 and is all-in
ranger2992: calls 600
pdubb32: raises 6050 to 6750 and is all-in
ranger2992: calls 2270 and is all-in




Seat 3: zaszerzoo (6380 in chips)
Seat 6: Jokkesson (5060 in chips)
Seat 7: Fastpitch23 (1820 in chips)
Seat 9: StarliteCst (240 in chips)
StarliteCst: posts small blind 75
zaszerzoo: posts big blind 150
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to StarliteCst [4d Jd]
Jokkesson: folds
Fastpitch23: folds
StarliteCst: raises 90 to 240 and is all-in
zaszerzoo: calls 90




Seat 1: StarliteCst (1820 in chips)
Seat 5: hynes13 (5315 in chips)
Seat 7: slugworth200 (4800 in chips)
Seat 8: nemesis24 (1565 in chips)
nemesis24: posts small blind 100
StarliteCst: posts big blind 200
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to StarliteCst [Ac Ah]
hynes13: folds
slugworth200: raises 400 to 600
nemesis24: folds
StarliteCst: raises 1220 to 1820 and is all-in
slugworth200: calls 1220

This one hurt




Seat 1: boyer3000 (4250 in chips)
Seat 2: cougar73 (3355 in chips)
Seat 6: StarliteCst (535 in chips)
Seat 9: King Boooo (5360 in chips)
King Boooo: posts small blind 100
boyer3000: posts big blind 200
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to StarliteCst [9s Kc]
cougar73: folds
StarliteCst: raises 335 to 535 and is all-in
King Boooo: folds
boyer3000: calls 335


Comment? Suggestions? Or is this normal?