Agression Level during a bad run of cards

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I was in a $50 backroom MTT last night. about 35 players. 5k starting chip stacks. Normally I like to play a pretty standard TAG style, but last night I was getting absolutely no cards the entire night I had 1 pp (2's) and kt0 2x as my best hands. I was only able to play one hand outside of the blinds, and had to fold that to a re-raise (correctly, as it turned out). At any rate I ended up folding my may to the final table and finishing 8th. I don't know whether to congratulate myself on having acquired enough disciipline to resist playing bad cards, or second guess myself for not making some moves (blind steals, bluff's) anything.

I know I haven't posted much in the way of specific info, but taking as a given that I have an acceptable knowledge of Theory and strategy, did I play correctly, or should I have been more creative, and thrown Theory and caution to the wind, so to speak..

How do you handle these type of situations, when they occur?