[Secret Squirrel]

You are right you should be playing more hands as your M gets lower but the right sort of hands- and position is important. But you are still playing WAY to tight in the Red zone.

You seem confused about what Harrington says about aggressive style and how this differs from how to play agressively later in the tournament. These are two different things. The first is the way a lot of people play (LAG) by seeing a lot of flops and raising with weak hands they are difficult to play against as unsure of their holdings- they play this wy from the start of the tourny. The second is that as you progress through the tourny your hand requirements become lower as you need to take a chance to double up or at least steal before you are blinded out. Very Different concepts.

Some more specific advice:

Don't be guilty of limping in too much- you should be pushing or folding most of the time when you have less than 10 big blinds.

Stop playing small pairs and SCs for value as you will no longer have the odds to hit your hand. eg. blinds are 100/200 and you have 1300 chips. If you limp in you are not getting the right odds. However, these hands can be pushed from later position when you are short stacked.

Position is important at all times until it is imperative you make a move first. In the mid stages and onwards of a tournament my hands matter less than the frequency I have been stealing, how the tight the table is etc. However in early position still need good hands to open.

I think most of your problems are stemming from raising/limping instead of pushing. You know you need to play agressive but are not prepared to risk losing. Remember you are trying to win and not just get in the money. Better to win on occaision than scrape into the money often.

Hope that helps- and get used to pushing 10 6o when you are in the red zone!!