[RustyBrooks]

Most of the time I end up like you described, having to commit all or most of my chips early in a hand. The few that I've gone deep in have not been like that, or if they were, I was able to double up a few times and then play actual poker. Mostly this is when I am able to gather a good stack early in the tournament, in the first hour, and *keep it* which can be quite hard as in the 2nd hour once hand that goes down badly is 1/2 your stack.