[AaronBrown]

I don't think it makes much difference. If you play it safe because you don't play very often, you'll probably lose, especially if other people figure it out.

Don't just think about MTT or even just about poker. If you take the positive expected value opportunities that come your way in life, you'll probably do okay. You'll have a lot of them so the luck will even out. If you turn too many of them down in an effort to reduce your standard deviation, you might regret it.

Only in the case of losses you cannot afford does it make sense, in my opinion, to reject positive expected value or accept negative expected value. If you can't afford losing a poker tournament, you shouldn't play.