The golden 1 / 6

Last night, I played one tournament, and won it. I have to say, winning never gets old! Here are my current place stats:

place    count(*)    count(*) / 328
1    60    0.1829
2    63    0.1921
3    65    0.1982
4    55    0.1677
5    52    0.1585
6    33    0.1006

This data inspires me to come up with yet another golden rule (yagr). This one is the golden 1 / 6 rule. Briefly stated, you will have tournament success if the number of times you come in first is at least double the number of times you come in sixth. I haven't quite reached this goal, but I'm within shouting distance.

One curious thing about the golden rules I've come up with is how often a factor of two comes into play. I can think of three off the top of my head:

1. the golden ratio (twice as many winning sessions as losing sessions)
2. the golden tgotl (twice as much money won as money lost)
3. the golden 1 / 6 (twice as many first place finishes as sixth place finishes)

buy_in entry_fee num_players num_hands place winnings

 50000       800           6        78     1   195000

delta: $144,200
tournament balance: $1,481,690
balance: $6,612,421