Final Table Play in Texas Holdem Tournaments

One of the best feelings you can get during an Online Poker game is making it to the Final Table of a major tournament. Whether you paid or made it to the end of a Freeroll, you know you are in the money, and in many cases could be in for a considerable prize. You now have a couple of problems:

1) Dealing with quality players (almost by definition the players at the end know how to play Holdem)

2) Ensuring that however large your chipstack is, you make it to a top 3 position.

The second point may seem rather obvious, but it