First off, you may want to try the MTT section on this board - this is the Ring game forum. Read the MTT stickies - http://www.flopturnriver.com/phpBB2/...st-t36038.html - I think Soupie's guide is still pretty good and makes you think. then read all the threads in the MTT forum. even after all that, you will still lose your big stack again and again, that's the nature of MTTs - but the occasional wins/high placings will more than make up when they happen!