Looseness and Fields

Recently i heard a "rule" from Jonathan Little (WPT Champ 2 times !), he says: the more people are in a tournament, the looser you have to play in the early stages.
STT-SNG´s: tight
Multitable SNG`s: a little bit looser
Normal MTT´s: (even more) looser
What´s your opinion ?

I'm not sure I completely agree with the "rule"

however I can see what he means I think as the fields get larger the stack size you will need to cash/win will be significantly higher

however I would also take the standard of play and buyin into the equation too

inti

For a more top heavy tournament structure, we should treat chip expected value (regular pot odds) the same as tournament expected value. So yeah, you can play a little looser in top heavy tournaments compared to SnG's.

However, -EV decisions are always bad. Just because a tournament is large, does not mean you should be shoving 22 over UTG raises early in the tournament to try and double up quick.

That's not really an opinion thing, either. I hate when people ask for opinions when lots of the time the answer is going to be factual.

I would agree with the first two

I think for the third you remain a bit looser you just have to remain patient.

Get a feel for the table before you decide how your gonna play

. I think lose play has it's place but certainly not too early in a large field. Unless you just want to chance it and don't mind if you go out early. I like to play tight early and wait untill I have an average or slightly above avg, chip stack. Incase i take a hit I still have chips to go the duration. I also tend to take advantage of the late reg if avail. I size up the field roughly as follows. A quick glance at the chip leaders then where is the average and most important how many short stacks will i be competing with to gain an average chip stack. I tend to be a fairly good shortstack player with paitience so I do not mind registering late for a tourney. But I never play lose in early stages. Just my oppinion.

I'd have to agree with this one. Know the players first before you decide how you're gonna play. Every game is different.