[smbruin22]

one thought i've had...

in today's tournaments, do you not somewhat have to keep up with the LAG crazies (and other crazies)???

just think certain authors works are more consistent with the past times (which i wasn't a part of, so i can easily be wrong)...

i think lessinger has an article in current CP that you have to play a higher variance game to keep.. you should check it out.

i'm only throwing the idea out that alot of advice may come from older days where there weren't as many aggressive internet players around.... long tournaments i think it's somewhat o.k. as you have plenty of time to gain chips and bad LAG's have same for losing chips, but reasonably fast tournaments (starting M = 50, 20 minute levels B&M), i don't think that's true.

EDIT: since posting i thought someone would say, "yeah, that's what this thread is all about"... but i'm asking about keeping up with the maniacs which i don't think has been brought up much in the whole PTF debate. i see people with massive stacks after an hour and a half in 6-7 hour tournament. and if your stack is slightly bigger than you began with (which is a decent outcome), you're basically sunk... it's not winner take all, as mason and others point out, but you want to be top 3-4 out of 150-200. the rest is a waste of time, unless you're already there short-stacked.