[not at all veiled brag: I've made Day 2 of the Planet Hollywood Main Event ($1150 buyin, 3 starting flights, $1M gtd) and will restart in about 12 hours with 45BB, slightly above average and probably about an hour away from the money]
 

I often find when I'm fortunate enough to get deep into a live MTT that most of the fish or random rec players have been thinned out and half or more of my table-mates are pretty aggressive – my opens are rarely  getting through and often getting 3-bet, my C-bets are getting checkraised, etc.  Sometimes I handle this well and other times I sort of freeze up and just play tight and wait for a premium hand to bail me out.  I am capable (sometimes) of finding good spots to 3-bet or squeeze vs an aggro opener, but I am not usually capable (for example) of identifying a good spot to put in a cold 4-bet without a premium hand.  Sometimes I am able to exploit my image pretty well or counter-exploit my opponents; other times I get frustrated and pick questionable spots to get involved, usually resulting in spewing small or medium or large chunks of chips and whittling my stack down to reshove or open-shove mode.

     

Yesterday during my Day 1 run at PH I had two difficult tables, but I had a combination of good fortune in picking up premiums (QQ+ several times and 3 flopped sets QQ/KK) and making a couple of good decisions about picking off big bluffs from players who clearly thought I was easy to push around.  I'd like to have more weapons in my bag to help me deal with rampant aggression even when I'm not finding QQ+ or flopping sets, and I'd like a better approach than seat-of-the-pants “I have to finght back more” thinking.

 

Can anyone either recommend videos to watch that speifically deal with handling an aggressive table dynamic … or offer advice on how to approach the situation?  

 
Thanks in advance … any other TPEdgers in the PH Main Event tomorrow?