I am fairly new to live tournament play and have managed to place in the money once.
I am a very tight playing and always wait for a hand although when i get a hand i will raise pre flop and see how it all pans out. Normally at the start of tournaments i can double up once or twice to give myself a healthy chip stack nice and early on but when the blinds start to increase and am down to about 8 big blinds i try and raise pre flop and either miss or am re raised. Just wondered if people could give me some advice for when blinds are big compared to chip stack as these times are my biggest weakness.

Thank you
ViperRobK

Under 18 bb's, you shouldn't be raise/folding preflop. Under 10 bb's, you should be shoving preflop.

so under 18 i should try and limp or fold pre flop??

<18...no...don't limp. Just if you raise and someone 3 bets you, you're getting it in, not folding....this should determine your range.

when you get low in chips you need to make a bold move and hope for the best