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			At least that is what I must be thinking recently when I play an MTT.  A while back I would just wait for decent hands, I only ever went as far as the cards took me.  Sometimes that was to the final table, but mostly not even to the money. A few months ago I started to finall learn to actually play a few more hands early, when to steal some blinds, when I was short enough to shove and actually when to take a stab at bluffing a pot or two. Recently I think I must feel as though I should win every pot I get in, and that I have to steal anytime it is folded to me, that I can never limp into a pot, and everyone should fold to every bluff I make. That's not to say I haven't made the right play here and there just to run into a big hand (stealing blinds with A10 on the button and it's folded to me only to run into KK). It's seems like I have lost all patience and want to take down the entire tourney in 25 hands. I need help. Is there a decent MTT coach out there that could help? Somewhere in between what I was doing and what I am doing has to be a decent strategy for MTT success, I just can't keep from going to one extreme or the other.   
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			It's a balancing act between playing the cards and the way you are playing now. I think everyone has gone through the same progression you are going through. As far as a coach, Herchelw has his own website and comes highly recommended by many people on this forum...
		 
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			herschelw, no question. Use this link, please: | 
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			Funny... I just clicked on that link myself, and the first name I see is "USCPhido" - who I just happened to notice is sitting 6/30 in FTOPS #7 right now ($100r). $128k for 1st. | 
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			He's sitting 5/7 now... big score. Not bad out of almost 2k players. | 
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			He finished 3rd for $63k. /End hijack. | 
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			Thanks for the recommendation of Pokerpwnage.  USCphildo is a monster.  He followed that $63k finish up with a 3 way chop of the $250k on stars last night for $83k.  His videos are just amazing to watch.  He's truly on another level.
		 
				__________________ Online winnings since august '05 $300k+ Live tournament winnings since Jan '06 $310k+ Final tables on stars:44(7 wins) Final tables on Full Tilt:30(6 wins) Final tables on AP:17(3 win)(stats missing a $5k win) Final Tables on UB:18(4 wins) | 
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