No I don't think that there are players who made the final table playing only Premiums and Pocket pairs, you have to adapt to the table, if players around are LAG you have to be more conservative and vice versa. Suppose you wait until you got a premium hands, after 20-30 hands the blinds get bigger and bigger, the active players will have more chips than you and will call your raise or all-in and you end up in an awkward spot. However when fighting with correct hands like Ax suited, KQ, and some suited connectors you can catch big and double your stack. The key to success is adaptation.
