Quote Originally Posted by LuckySlevin
I have this thing in my head that says it's bad to just tighten up in the later stages if your chip leader as you're not using your chips optimally... but then I think this is compensated for by the reduced risk of losing half your stack to a bad beat/or when your AQ meets AK for instance. Interested to hear your guys thoughts on this.
I suck at SnG's, so I may be full of bs here. But my view on a big chip stack is that you have to use it - well. Playing too loose allows opponents to wait for great hands and double through or win a big pot, thus allowing them back into the game. Playing too tight, you blind off all your monies. There is some happy medium, playing good solid ABC poker, opening a bit (especially in position), and taking a few small chances. You don't have to play very loose (maybe 15-20% or so VP$P) to stay even with the blinds if you don't go card dead, so there's no reason to start playing 40% of your hands.