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[QUOTE="fundiver199, post: 6766913, member: 397965"]
First of all its pretty normal, that an early chip leader dont even cash. This is just simple math. If a tournament play 1 out of 7 entries, that dubbling or even trippling your stack early on still dont give you, what will be an average stack, when players are ITM. So at this phase of the tournament the biggest problem might be a misconception, that you are supposed to play any differently or always cash, just because you are among the chip leaders.

Both of that is completely wrong, and you should just continue to play your normal game, since ICM is still not important, and its just like playing a cash game. You might get into a deeper stacked hand, if for instance you have 200BB, and someone else does at well. But thats the only time, you need to do something different, which is then to only stack off a stronger range and pot control more. Again just like you would in a 200BB cash game hand (many MTT players suck at this).

Where a big stack matter, is when there is ICM-pressure, which is mainly near the bubble and on the final 2 tables. At this point a big stack can loosen up his game and be a "big stack bully" taking advantage of other players risk aversion. Except of course against another big stack. If you are the chip leader on the final table, you dont want to get into some huge confrontation with the only player, who can cripple your stack.
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