Continued poor play on bubble

[aslowjoe]

I finished my 200th sng 10NLHE on party yesterday. My results are.
200-26-21-29-34.
As you can see I am have trouble when it gets to 3-4. I believe I am playing too conservative and fold too much pre flop. When at 4 I usually play any ace any 2 face cards. I don't play connectors under jt and and don't play suited cards that do not match above. Also if anybody is already in I will only enter with premium hands.Any comments will help.

[David BB]

When you say you play any ace and any two face cards do you mean you limp with these or do you raise them? And how much do you raise?

[jedi]

Your stack size and table image has something to do with the way you should be playing later in the tournament. When you have a big stack, don't be afraid to be a little looser and bully people around, assuming you can get away from a hand if played back at. If you've been playing tight, hopefully other players will notice and you can steal with trash. Remember, hand values change as you go from a full table down to 4-5 players.

If you're a short stack, then you'll just have to find a hand to go all-in with. Limping in instead of raising is rarely correct.

Gap theory is also key, so not calling raises without premium hands is a good thing. Remember, you can make money by simply watching other stacks go at it.

[aslowjoe]

Depend on who I am playing against and how big my stack but on average probably 2x.