Staking/Make-up question: What to do with lower prize-pools?

[JSmith2007]

Again, I just don't understand why you HAVE to make money.

You should be happy to have a backer in the first place, something many of us do not have. Why do you HAVE to get 1st? What is wrong with getting a FT and just paying something back? Any FT is a helluva lot better than another $300 in the hole.

Playing with the attitude that you have to win is great, sure, but you should not go in there saying "Meh, I dont really care anyway, 1st or nothing". You have to play poker one step at a time and stop trying to jump to the FT, HU for 1st.