Backing into the money: bad idea MTT, but how about STT?

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OP was asking if squeaking into the money is a good way to think. Correct me if I misunderstand him, but I think he was asking if it's better to avoid big gambles on the bubble in hopes of sneaking into the money. It is.

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To be clear, I've always felt squeaking into the money in MTT was a terrible way to play.

I brought this attitude with me to STT, and started to think it was wrong. Sounds like most of you agree.

I hadn't played STT's in a long time. I started dabbling with them again, and was doing very well, so I decided to focus on them for a while. I played ten $20+2's last night, and had three 4th-place finishes, which I thought was too many, given my stack sizes and fishiness of opponents.

I was treating 3rd place money with disdain, like it was next to nothing, the way I would treat squeaking into a MTT payday. But after starting out 0-for-4, a couple of 3rd's really made an impact on my bottom line, and I started to consider that I may be in error.

Great discussion, thank you all.