This is always my god damn problem. I make it through the first hour of any of my tournaments and always have an above average stack. If I make into the third hour, I'm almost ALWAYS reaching the FT then top 4 because I have a solid end game (thank you SNGs). But in any tournament I lose...I lose in the 2nd hour when I still have 20-30 BBs but try making a huge move. It's a big leak and I don't know what to do.

I may change to a TAG: 1st hour. Weak-Tight: 2nd hour. LAG: 3rd hour.

The 1st and 3rd hours are never problems for me...but I sometimes play too aggressive in the 2nd and somehow see all my chips in the middle against a similar stack. Any suggestions?

seany i use to have the same problem, lately as ive been more successul,

26th last week 2k field
13th monday 2k field
6th last night 1700 field

what ive been doing is playing more pots but in position in the first hour..ie hands 79 suited, 89 suited, lots of hands that have huge value if they hit and almost always get paid..If i pick up AK in LP and theres a raise and a call or 2 calls, i shove, i know some may frown this play but more times then not your ahead if not flipping with a great chance to hit your cards, this way to pick up more chips.....

then once the blinds reach 50/100 i stop that and go straight to TAG , i do not start stealing pots until 100/200, or unless i have 2 rocks in the blinds and have a decent hand to raise with like k 8 suited or something to the effect..this is only at 75/150

that covers 1.5 hrs of the tournament, 1.5 and on i plan on stealing pots every other orbit, only playing huge hands and good hands in pos KQ suited etc...

what I have a problem is and gotten better of is picking up a hand like AQ suited in the CO with a limper in EP, i raise 4x bb +1 bb for the limp and he calls flop comes JavaScript 5h 3c , clearly an ok flop, but I tend to double/ triple barrel if i dont hit my hand and he flips over 77-99 or j10 off suit..so basically im saying depending on the situation if u dont hit your hand and fire a cb and get calld unless you improve on the turn shut down, its not worth spewing chips when you can get your money in later...

this post is wicked long

Thanks.

In the middle, you're really playing your stack along with the stacks around you because they vary so much. Post more hands because the situations just vary too much to have a set strategy. Don't know if you've watched 'em, but I recorded that $5r because I felt that I played really well in the middle and it left me a margin of error for being a retard through the final table.

I'm gonna record a recap of a rebuy that I FT'd Sunday or Monday night. I'll keep you posted.