How do youdeal with this type of table?

[winky51]

I've been doing well in the live tournaments ($65-$200), making no serious mistakes, placing at the final table about 1/4 of the time. Played about 12 of them.

Finally I decide to take a step up and try the $350 tournament. A little nervous at the cash amount but I forgot about it when I sat down.

Anyways I was expecting decent player with a mix of 20-30% good players. I was at the Indian casino waiting for the tournament to start. I got there early to get a low # table so I dont get moved around. I was cold and felt sick from all the smoking in the poker room after an hour.

After the tournament started I noticed a lot of aggression from the players at the table. I felt I was at a tough table full of LAGs... till I started noticing the hands and plays these players were making. Basically I felt like I was at an limit 1/2 game with calling stations and bad LAGs.

I couldnt put anyone on a hand.
I could only read if they had weakness or strength.
Their plays made no sense, they called raises with crap that you could'nt put them on. I was lost on what to do?

If I raised I got 3-4 callers. The variance was unbelievably high like a no foldem holdem game.

EXAMPLE of play: UTG calls, CO raises, SB reraises, UTG goes all in, CO folds, SB calls. UTG shows 55, SB shows QQ.

UTG raises, CO slams his chips on the table yelling "I call" Flop comes K 9 7 rainbow. UTG bets, CO raises all in, UTG calls showing AA, CO shows K9s.

Players were pushing all their chips on just draws, and sometimes bottom pairs. Players calling a bet and raise on the flop with middle or bottom pair.

It was nuts! I expected better players not worse from the $150 tournament game I am used to.

Anyways from all the casino banter, people on the rails yapping it up, people playing the slots right next to the table, the players at my table, me feeling cold and sick from the nasty smoke I did not play my best. I played 7 hands getting out drawn of beat by some rediculous hand.

But looking at this tournament how do you play the early rounds when your whole table is acting like a no foldem holdem game with a little LAG within each one???

1-2 crazies I can handle, but a table where 7 of the 10 are nuts?