What is the biggest mistake low-stakes MTT players make?

I've been playing low-stakes MTTs for a while, and I notice many players either play too tight or gamble too much early. In your opinion, what's the biggest mistake low-stakes tournament players make? Is it poor bankroll management, bad preflop ranges, tilt, or something else? I'd love to hear your experiences and tips.

I think the biggest mistake is playing too many hands early. A lot of players either try to build a huge stack too fast or call with weak hands hoping to get lucky. Being patient and avoiding unnecessary spots is much more profitable in the long run. You don't need to win the tournament in the first hour. There will be plenty of better opportunities later when players start making bigger mistakes.

Playing far too wide and too passive.

The single biggest mistake low-stakes Multi-Table Tournament (MTT) players make is over-valuing marginal hands and failing to fold when the betting tells them they are beat.

veryluckyfish7k said:

I think the biggest mistake is playing too many hands early. A lot of players either try to build a huge stack too fast or call with weak hands hoping to get lucky. Being patient and avoiding unnecessary spots is much more profitable in the long run. You don't need to win the tournament in the first hour. There will be plenty of better opportunities later when players start making bigger mistakes.

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From experience I can say that yes, at the beginning people don't play by ranks or position... They just want to win a lot of chips without realizing that the reward comes to those who know how to wait.

Low-stakes players often misunderstand the difference between raw hand strength and relative hand strength.
AA has 80% equity vs 1 Villain how much vs 3? AA preflop is a strong hand- what % of board runouts does it remain strong on?
You can study this by doing a simple exercise. Flop 976 if we type out the nut hands- T8-85 99 77 66 97 76 96 AA we see that AA is the 9th strongest hand on that board- Should we play for stacks?

playing too loosely in the beginning. need to firm up, get through the all in noise and slowly build a bit of a pot.