From bad to worse to better to best

I had an unusual streak to open last night's session. It was unusual in 3 ways:

1. it was my longest streak ever of finishing in the same place in consecutive tournaments in a single session (four in a row)
2. the place I finished in, fourth, is not my most frequently occurring place; it's actually my third most infrequently occurring place
3. in each succeeding tournament, I lasted less hands than I did in the previous one

Thankfully, the trend stopped in the fifth tournament. I managed to come in second. When I came in first in the sixth tournament, I knew it was time to quit. An overview of my night is that I went from bad to worse to better to best :-)

buy_in entry_fee num_players num_hands place winnings

 45000      5000           6        38     4        0
 45000      5000           6        14     4        0
 45000      5000           6         9     4        0
 45000      5000           6         6     4        0
 45000      5000           6        37     2    94500
 45000      5000           6        48     1   175500

delta: $-30,000
tournament balance: $2,148,840
balance: $9,031,539