[nath]

I play the maniac strategy although I don't push any two. I usually only push hands with some potential of winning a pot. I also tighten up gradually as I get a bigger stack, but I don't start playing normally until I reach 15-20k.
I've won two rebuys in the last 3 months. I'm pretty sure I had accumulated a large stack in both of those wins (the second time I had 48k at the break!).
The strange thing is, I'm NOT good enough to get the chips back in the second hour, as I've frequently learned. The second hour is a minefield for me: I invariably donk off 5k-10k in chips somehow, probably because I no longer have FE at my table and every so often I try to make a move that doesn't work. (In fact, I once sat out the entire second hour while I changed locations, figuring that losing 2k in blinds was better than I normally perform.)

If I could play better in the 2nd hour, this would be even better. But I still have lots of holes in my poker game. Figuring out what loose donks are calling my preflop and continuation bets with is a big one.