A minor triumph

I have not been playing quite so much for the last few days, but at the weekend I played in one of those 180-player SNG's at PokerStars (NLHE). $20 + $2 entry, 20 tables. With a lot of luck and a following wind, I managed to achieve third place (and was actually in the lead at the point we were down to the last 9-player table). Obviously the variance with these events will be enormous, but meanwhile the $428.40 third prize will pay for another 19 entries, and they're very enjoyable events (albeit that they take over 3 hours!), so I will probably try some more ...