I finished 4th out of 1152 players. I started at the same time as the last tournament, and got lucky Nines versus Kings to make the top 3. But the rest of the tournament I just played the way I know I can. I took some hands off to take the garbage to the dump. I folded some good hands in tricky low value spots. I bluffed and got caught. I bet the nuts and wiped out players. I folded when I didn't have a good read on a player or a s But otherwise this wasn't taxing nor hard to complete.
My final return was $289.53. Based on my original #investment of $7.50US, that is a return over 8 hours of play and skills I talk about in my book was 38.6 times my initial investment.