Greetings all -
Been playing the low stake live MTT's for a while, and sometimes struggle with the most basic of opponents. I subscribe to online sites, I read books, have a study group and constantly work on my game. However, I feel that the level of play that I am studying and work towards getting better at is on a different thought plane than the average tournament player who plays in <$500 MTTs. Does anyone else have this experience, or feeling?

When playing >$1,000 buyins at my local casino when better players come out, I seem to do really well against them.

I think what I'm trying to ask is how do I study to beat the current level of play that I am at while still working towards building a bankroll to play at the higher limits? Is there a way to study theory to play against average, recreational players?

Seems like all study material on this site and many others are aimed at playing against thinking opponents, and the opponents I usually face don't seem to follow any sort of logic or patterns.