Re: How to become a top WPT player? And what is the best way to get there?
You have to play aggressively towards the end of the tournament with huge blinds and maybe short handed. Earlier on, a tight approach can work particularly against bad loose players. Harrington discusses this in HOH2. Generally you have to be able to play aggressively and fearlessly whatever your style: players who cannot do this are known as weak/tight. For example, look at Harrington's bluff reraise of Arieh and Raymer with 62o.
A lot of plays late in a tournament are justified by pot odds, folding equity etc. For example, it is often correct for a short stack to push with a marginal hand, to move allin over top of a short stack allin with a less than premium hand, or to call a push form the BB with a junk hand. Generally you bluff when you have absolutely nothing and you know that is the only way to win, so it looks silly when it doesn't work.
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