Barry Greenstein gives some pointers on how to good deep in the PokerStars WCOOP
by Barry Greenstein
My advice to WCOOP competitors is: Go for it.
Don't just play to last. A survival strategy may get you into the money but it will rarely get you to the final table. If your opponents show weakness, bluff them out of their shoes.
In order to win large field tournaments, you have to build up a big stack that you can intimidate people with. It's not like cash games where people will call you for all their chips knowing they can buy in again. After every checked down hand that you lose, you should always decide if you could have won the pot by bluffing, and if so, you have to decide if the signs were there that you could have gotten away with that bluff.
If you have a WCOOP series with a several early bustouts and a few big finishes, you'll do much better than having a majority of slightly above average finishes.
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