1st hand I would play more aggressively preflop - the fact is, early on in tourney's everyone is playing looser as a preflop raise is still a relatively small portion of their stack. Make it at least 100 to go, maybe (just MAYBE) you'll get that guy to fold preflop.
2nd hand - I agree, you need to raise more preflop, 3x the big blind is good. Sounds like you have a solid table image, people are afraid of you, and you know your the best player. If this is the case, there is no need to double up - I'd much rather steal the blinds with AA then push on the bubble against the big stack when he has outs.
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