MTT Strategy -- Tight vs Loose

[SirFWALGMan]

I do pretty well in these (sometimes).. I take a loose-weak stand first. I want to try and hit that weird flop, or the hand that might pay me off. If I get pushed back at I let it go.. I do not try to be too aggressive here. Once I get 1-2 hands that chip me up early then I go into a more tight-aggressive stance. I play the best hands and try and make smaller stacks make mistakes. If they get lucky I have the backup of having already gotten a larger stack and I can make a mistake or two..

I then try and keep ahead of the blinds and stay in the game. I really do not care how I am in the standings for the most part. It is irrelivent to me. I just want to stay as far ahead of the blinds as I can so I can still limp when I want to, etc..

Lately I have been less aggressive on the final table. I let people knock each other out.. each person who leaves gives you more money and at first they are more than willing to knock each other out. Even the huge stacks. If I get blinded down I need to crank up the aggression.. or when it gets down to five left. I then want to steal blinds, chip up, and make my move to first.