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A weak player who gets lucky in the first hour and accumulates 40K in chips is no more likely to make the money than a solid player who slowly increases his stack round by round.

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But a player like me, whose best strengths are preflop play -- steals and resteals and such-- and who can flounder in the second hour with the super-deep stacks against players who have really wide hand ranges, having that 40k allows me to survive that much longer until the stakes are such that I can play my game again. I either have to get lucky in the first hour or in the second and third hours, so why not give getting lucky a shot while I can still rebuy if I lose?

Like I said, the maniac strategy allows me to have a shot at winning because it compensates for my other weaknesses. When I get better at deep stack play, extracting value out of marginal hands, and assigning ranges to opponents and playing appropriately, it won't be as necessary.

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If your strength is preflop play, why play a deep stack tournament like an online rebuy? There are plenty of fast structure tournaments available.