In tourney's I feel that having an image of tight aggression makes it easier in the long run. I prefer players that will fold to me. I look at my stack and am happy if it continues to go up. Having people fold to you allows you to make another continuation bet on the turn if you choose and people will still fold, since they value their stack.

Then when you get caught with crud after that 2nd continuation bet, others will notice and you will get paid off on your next hand. I find that playing tight-aggressive puts you in position where a good percentage of your hands are stronger than anyone calling you.

Its bad enough that the end of tourneys are basically crap shoots and coin flips, so I rather people pay me off bits at a time and continually raise my stack. Going for the homerun gets costly in tourneys. Gradual increases will get you to the money consistently, and when you are hitting monsters in multiway pots, you have your chance to double/triple up and get in strong contention.

IMO