A long time between fifths

In 1,042 sit and go no limit hold'em tournaments, I've come in fifth 145 times. Last night, in 5 sit and gos, I came in fifth twice. However, before last night, I hadn't come in fifth for 27 straight sit and gos. Granted, one of those non-fifths was a sixth, but still :-)

I think I have enough sit and go skill now to be able virtually to eliminate fifth and sixth place finishes. Of course, this is assuming that the percentage of less skilled and/or less patient players remains constant :-)

style flavor buy_in entry players hands place winnings

SNG   NLHE    45000  5000       6    14     5        0
SNG   NLHE    45000  5000       6    72     2    94500
SNG   NLHE    45000  5000       6    27     5        0
SNG   NLHE    45000  5000       6    67     3        0
SNG   NLHE    45000  5000       6    76     1   175500

delta: $20,000
Sit and go no limit hold'em balance: $3,674,300
balance: $11,724,794