Hi Baron
I know how frustrating these tournies are as I played them a while back for a decent length of time. Firstly, it may be right to leave STT's for a day or two to clear your head of previous bad beats/misplays etc. This helps a lot. It probably helps more in cash games as the plays can be more technical and require 100% focus and concentration; however STT's can be cruel at times due to the fast structure and having to get busy earlier than you hoped.
In terms of playing top pair hard, it can be a successful strategy but be careful who you do this against. A loose-passive is almost NEVER going to give up some sort of hand so be prepared to get outdrawn now and then. Of course, they could flop the nuts and you catch top pair/top kicker and you go broke with this strategy this way. It can obviously work the other way and your AK crushes their K3 on a K high flop.
My personal opinion is to just take a break for a few days mate, it does wonders
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