Day two: playing a bagged stack

Day two starts the night before. Bag with a plan: write down your stack in big blinds, the two players at your new table you know, and the level at which the average stack forces action. Arrive early enough to see the seat draw. The first level back is where the money is lost — players either freeze or over-adjust after a night of thinking about it. Treat it as a continuation of a session, not a new tournament, and let your stack depth, not your excitement, choose the strategy.