1.00$ MTT has a strategy for it to be beat, it's more of a gear shift. U would have to play in a few 100.00$ MTT's and many other tourneys varying in small to large buy-in amounts to understand this. Then u will be able to seak out a low limit tourney style that has been adjusted after seeing how all tourney sizes have been played. The lower limit micro tourneys (yes) tend to be a shove fest, then that's the gear your gonna have to play in by picking strong whole hands, folding trash, and folding even more. If u can pick a few good spots in the early rounds of a micro MTT the "shovers" will eventually shove then selves out a few rounds after reg. If you play a 100.00$ MTT u will shoving pre in a lot of pots doesn't happen as often and if it does ur prolly shoving into the nuts. The 100.00$ MTT is a whole different gear, so to say "what limit MTT do they start playing real poker in" just meNs u gotta try playing a few more big limit tournaments to understand how to beat a smaller limit tournament. It might sound crazy but from aging in higher buy-in tournaments it's helped me identify more winning spots in a lower buy-in tournament and sigher a deep run.