Re: Surviving huge fields. How?
One of my first posts here was the about the same thing. but after a bit of research i found that those guys who jumped out to the 10,000 chip lead rarely kept it till the end.over half didnt even hit the money. the fact is they got a big rush early..they got aces on the first hand and got lucky and had 3 callers and didnt get drawn out on...with 150+ tables its bound to happen. patience and getting your rush when the blinds are more like 400/800 and up is the key to hitting the board.
as an experiment , you can wait the whole 1st hr for aces or K's and if you get them and double up you'll start the 2nd hr with an avg stack against only 55-60% of the players..even if you dont play a hand the whole 1st hr your still not in terrible shape, your backs against the wall but your not desperate by any means..patience and aggressiveness when your hand is a 60%+ fav will take you along way in these tournys...
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