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ph_il
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Silver Level
this is very understand able, but the goal isn't to coast into the money with mtts. it's to go for the top prize. in majority of situations, you won't have aces or a hand where you'll have to risk your mtt life and you can just get into the money. at the same time, you shouldn't be passing up huge +ev spots because you deny yourself so much value when you do.I would call for sure, but it would be stressful. Because even though I know that's the right thing to do, I know there's a chance I'll get knocked out when I could have likely coasted into the money. And even though we try to chalk it up to that's what poker does to you sometimes, that would be a situation where it would be more painful to lose.
there is always some risk of you going bust and missing out of the money (1/5x) but you earn so much more money when you hold that it makes it worth the risk.