I may not ever make a MTT FT

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Another suggestion: Play smaller (field wise) tournaments. Aren't most tournaments on Stars 1000+?

Try some odd hour tournaments on UB for instance. 10 AM $5+.5 1200 guaranteed, so that's 240 entrants to meet the guarantee, so you could probably expect 300 or so. That's a LOT smaller field.

I prefer tournaments in the 200-300 person range.