i play tighter in the lower stakes, in general. players arent thinking beyond what they have or maybe what they think you have. bluffing works against weak passive players but hardly against the fish stations that flood the field. deff very ABC at start of mtts but loosen up a tad later obv. I do think one area that is very profitable is isoing the limp fest with your value range. they often call pre and c/f flop or c/c flop to only c/f turn. i also overplay my big hands and get max value, since they will bleed chips your way and will stack off much lighter. as the stakes get higher, deff incorporating 3-4-5bet bluff and value ranges is key while also adjusting to theirs, and also adjusting your flatting range. for instance, lower stakes i almost never flat KK/AA whereas at higher games, i adjust to certain tables and do this. then post flop play is different where you have to adjust to floats, turn bluffs, river CR bluffs, blocker bets, and so on….stuff that you just dont see in lower stakes.

thx benny. there is obv alot more adjusting then what i mentioned. in low stakes, you have soft players that you can just abuse but obv there are those that just wont fold so knowing which one is which is crucial. last night i had a hand where i 4bet this lag fish with JTs, he called. flop: K97, I cbet, he calls. turn: A, I shove, he snaps off with 22 lol. river blanked cuz lag fish own me. maybe he had a soul read on me, its possible. or maybe he is a super comp that can see my hole cards. but its obviously my mistake for thinking he would fold everything but the top of his 4b calling range or that he even is capable of clicking the fold btn. what would have been a great play against the passive fish, it was total spew against him.

In an attempt at some kind of bankroll management i recently dropped down a few levels from ABI $30-50 to an ABI of between $5-15.

I have not reached a final table in over a month, possibly not even a top 18

A few factors come into play here, firstly I have been racing like a donkey, seriously seriously bad. I have also had hands like the 2/2 snap call example above happen time and time again. Another important factor has been the volume of players per tourney, something i didnt take into consideration at first. Going from playing a $33 tourney with 300-500 runners, to playing a $10 with over 3000 runners is obviously going to have a big effect on my ITM finishes. What really makes me sick is placing in the top 2-3% of these low stakes tourneys and still only taking home a $7 profit for over 4 hours play.

I have kept up with the studying, everyday i read a few hands from the Winning Poker Tourneys one hand at a time  books and every day i watch at least one video from TPE and catch up on the forum posts but 9 times out of 10 i gain information that i have to put to the back of my head because it just doesnt work at the stakes I am rolled for.

I have to make a decision, either stick it out and wait for the big score in the micros to move me up, or take the plunge and roll myself properly for the mid stakes, where i feel my game can fully expand and progress.