Problems with Tournement Theory and ICM

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Yeah, but big stack against thinking players just doesn't come up that often in Party SnGs.

I play the $215s, and 80% of the time, I'm either playing very simple tight-aggressive (if table is fishy) or pre-flop 2+2 style (fold first three rounds, push with anything reasonable if you are first in afterwards, call a push only with premium hands).

The other 20% of tables, I can actually make some moves on occasion.

On deeper-stacked SnG sites (sometimes), or in MTTs especially, there's much more room for big-stack play. I'd focus on those if you were interested in improving your play in this area.