One fine evening, young (let's just say young) noob signs up for yet another freeroll with a field of thousands.
The television is on, but BBC America has been repeating the same show all evening, so it's not really a distraction.

Though quickly doubling up off a flopped monster flush, the little noob starts out playing what she considers pretty tight, and ends up having well over double the average chipstack heading into the dreaded "time of the antes."

59th place. 92nd place. 148th place. Suddenly, out of nowhere, and for no reason, the noob has gone from 40BBs to under 10.

The noob decides to push sometime soon.

K10s come the hole cards.

No, decides the noob. Not good enough.

5BBs+SBs+Antes*9.

Q10o UTG.

No, definitely not, especially not UTG.

4...

A6o, middle position with no callers!

Not yet. Not yet.

The noob eyes the bubble. So close! If only a few more people would bust out. The .30 could be hers!

3...

It doesn't look like the people ahead of her noobness have any intention of playing any hands. Curses!

2...

Q10o again, once again UTG.

Finally, the noob pushes.

4 callers and the noob exists a few places from the bubble.

And this is how young noob learned you can't continue to play super tight through a whole tournament and expect not to get blinded out.