[Hickboy]

Posting hands would be really helpful.

Just be selectively agressive. If you run into aces with kings, there's nothing you can do. If you don't win coinflips when your stack is getting small, there's nothing you can do either. You need to catch a few key hands to make it to the final table at this stage. It's VERY tough to steal your way to a final table, since the blinds are so huge. Players are also much more willing to gamble a this stage to accumulate chips.