2 PERFECT examples, 2 of the 3 first hands in my first tourney today of why you dont wait for top 10 hands...

PokerStars No-Limit Hold'em Tourney, Big Blind is t20 (7 handed) CP hand converter

MP2 (t3000)
CO (t2960)
Button (t1470)
SB (t1510)
BB (t1500)
Hero (t3060)
MP1 (t3000)

Preflop: Hero is UTG with , .
Hero calls t20, MP1 calls t20, MP2 calls t20, 1 fold, Button calls t20, SB completes, 1 fold.

Flop: (t120) , , (5 players)
SB checks, Hero bets t60, MP1 calls t60, MP2 calls t60, Button folds, SB calls t60.

Turn: (t360) (4 players)
SB checks, Hero bets t60, MP1 folds, MP2 calls t60, SB folds.

River: (t480) (2 players)
Hero bets t60, MP2 folds.

Final Pot: t540

Hand #2
PokerStars No-Limit Hold'em Tourney, Big Blind is t20 (9 handed) CP hand converter

UTG+1 (t2860)
MP1 (t3000)
MP2 (t2960)
MP3 (t1480)
CO (t1450)
Button (t1430)
SB (t2980)
Hero (t3400)
UTG (t2920)

Preflop: Hero is BB with , .
UTG calls t20, 2 folds, MP2 calls t20, 1 fold, CO calls t20, Button calls t20, 1 fold, Hero checks.

Flop: (t110) , , (5 players)
Hero bets t40, UTG calls t40, MP2 folds, CO calls t40, Button calls t40.

Turn: (t270) (4 players)
Hero bets t60, UTG folds, CO calls t60, Button calls t60.

River: (t450) (3 players)
Hero bets t60, CO folds, Button folds.

Final Pot: t510

Were they great hands, NO, but it put me T800 up on the table in the first 3 hands.... That's 5 orbits of blinds in level 5....