Early Stages - Normal MTT Strategy with a slightly tighter range. Keep it pretty ABC, getting fancy can see you get in trouble as you will encounter several players who have no concept of satellite strategy (that's here, across all internet poker and live. The knowledge gap is still amazing).
Middle Stages - If you are a large stack, happy days. Now tight is right. I would advise you not to be the table bully. You have the comfort of a very healthy stack, pick your spots very carefully.
If you are a medium stack this is the hardest stack to play. You need to be identifying weak blinds, limp/folders and serial thieves who will put down a good chunk of their opening range. TAG would be my advice but to loosen the leash in regards to the aforementioned spots. Don't over do it though, you don't want people to start turning the tables back on you.
If you are a short stack, lovely brainless poker. We need a double. We employ a healthy reshove range and we take a flip if it comes up.
Late stages - Fun times. I'll address this advice to the present UKOPS Sats as I have seen them. If we're big and can fold into the seats, do it and fold AA pre, no special prize for getting all the chippys here. If we need to play, at this stage it is unlikely we ever have a stack (or effective stack) to have more than the Shove or Fold options. If you are stealing the best stacks to steal from are the mediums (the ones who can fold for a seat but not comfortability). The main spots you are looking to shove light from are the SB and the button. Equally you should be tightening your calling range but stay aware of who is stealing your blinds and adjust your range form there. Also don't over over do it (you can over do it a bit but not too much) or you will get called crazy wide. Currently on the money bubble in a 55 DYM the normal reg calling range versus me is any pair, any Ace, any King and Q9+. Makes life difficult for me and I would not advise you to use this calling range near the bubble on a Sat. Unless it's against me of course, seems to work for people.
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Finish in one of those places.