There are way more nice people on this forum than mean, so let's just start over.
Okay, in a tournament there are many different strategies to succeed. It is very dependent on the amount of chips you are given and the structure.
In the only O8 tourney that I cashed big, the levels were an hour and we were given 3000 in chips, with blinds starting at 15/30 and gradually moving up. It was so slow that it was almost like a cash game. So it played a lot like a cash game. The "fast" O8 players quickly burned out trying to push with subpar hands.
In fast tourneys, waiting for A2, or "monsters" is such a horrible strategy, as I found out firsthand at Commerce in January. I totally got creamed by waiting for top hands.
Top tournament theorists seem to advise that if the structure is such that is more akin to a cash game, we play like we would a cash game. When things speed up, we have to play a lot more hands, and play them faster. Sometimes you just have to suck it in and push.
Keep asking questions.
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