Improving The Ratio

Looking through statistics from the multi-table tournaments I've played over the past year or so, I was disturbed to see that my final table appearances to top 3 finishes ratio leaves something to be desired. Although I've made 33 final tables, only 8 of those appearances concluded with a top 3 finish, only 1 of which was actually a win (technically two since I got the lion's share in a HU chop once but lost the meaningless playoff). Obviously this is a small sample size and you could argue that maybe I just suck at final table coinflips, but I think a more likely explanation is that I'm leaking at final tables, especially once it's six-handed or less.

I'm going to try talking to better MTTers than I who are good friends (Exitonly, skeptix, etc). Hopefully I can plug some holes in my final table game and start taking down some tournaments more regularly. An MTTer's ROI stands to be vastly increased simply by cleaning up their short-handed final table game.