I have run into a dilemma: this is my SnG poker record for $1 buyin tourneys on crazy poker. Crazy poker pays $1.80 for third, $2.70 for second and $4.50 for first. I know for a fact I play a solid game, I have been at this for over a year, mostly at fun games to get the hang of odds and percents. I have read all the newbie articles and follow them religiously. This is the record I started keeping, I used the $10 no deposit bonus when I started here, I am hoping to get that into the $100's, pay off the 100 raked hands, and eventually graduate to WSEX poker room for some no rake poker . My dream has been shattered by this very strange losing streak. Each of these third place wins i had the big stack of 4000, but when the biggest blinds come around (320/640-640/1280) I am always the first one knocked out ITM for third place. I have tried playing tight, I have tried playing loose, but except for that one day, I have been unable to make it past the stumbling block! Help me out here, I could use some advice on what and what not to do.

$1 buyin levels all the time

12/29/06
3rd
9th
3rd
7th
1st
+$2.60
$16.04

1/1/07
7th
-$1
$15.04

1/2/07
4th
-$1
$14.04

1/11/07
5th
-$1
$13.04

1/12/07
3rd
+$0.80
$13.84