[PrayingMantis]

You make good points, but most of them are not really relevant to the discussed situation, IMO. For instance, the fact that people are aware of the paying structure can mean many things. By itself it doesn't say anything. Some peope play too tight, some play too loose, some wait for others to bust, some take marginal +EV spots too often. Any decision should be made according to the specific conditions.

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Even the shortest stacks will be able to steal, as long as the other guy's stack takes a big hit if he loses the hand;

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That's generally true of course, but when a very aggressive big stack acting in front of you, as I already mentioned above, your stealing potential in this particular situation is diminished by a lot.

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resteals when you sense weakness are huge, too

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Thanks for the information, but I'm the last player who needs to learn when to resteal.

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(I will often push with something like a QT or a 97s the minute the big stack minraises instead of pushes).

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Well, again, this is not very relevant. I mentioned big stack is a strong player. He is not miniraising you here.

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If anything, rather than being weak/tight, most people here underestimate how much patience and selective aggression work for you at an FT.

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Thanks for the advice. I don't know what does this have to do with anything, since again, I'm the last one who you should teach what is patience and selective aggressiveness.

In any case, claiming that calling with AT-A9 in the spot we discuss is "close", like you did earlier, is *extremely* weak-tight, period. Regardless of any theoretical talk about patience as a virtue. Over-patience = losing money in MTTs.

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For the record, of the last six FT's I've made, I've got 3 1'sts, 2 2'nds, and a 3'rd.

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Well, I ran unbelievably hot in April, for instance, in the $109 MTTs I have played. I'll skip the details if you don't mind. What does it have to do with anything? If I won more money than you did, does it mean that I'm right and you're wrong? Or vice versa?


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but just passing on spots like these (and then pushing that same A7 to a minraise) is enough to move up to a much bigger payout.

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This is very much results-oriented thinking. I can tell you that NOT passing a spot like this is what brought me to 4th place in this specific tourney, for a ~$2500 win. Tell me I'm wrong. Unfortunately, that's not the best way to think about it. And again, I don't know what MTTs you're playing, but miniraises are not very common where I usualy play.