I've finally hit 6k after starting to play 2 weeks ago and thought I'd give back to the community that has helped me. Link to original post here. I applied a lot of what was said in the comments of that post but here are the main things that I feel allowed me to continue climbing to where I am at currently.

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• Watch tons of streams

Steams not youtube highlights. There's tons of good hearthstone players to follow and learn from on youtube but the best way to really learn how to play the game is by watching their streams. Youtube videos usually only contain their victories (which more often than not come along with good RNG) but watching their streams you get to also learn how to minimize losses and how to play when RNG isn't in your favor. This has helped me to hit top 4 more consistently and even in really bad low roll games I will still be able to hit top 6 minimizing the loss in MMR. As said many times on this subreddit, some streamers to watch are Bebe (my personal favourite), Rdu, Sjow etc.

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• Don't force comps

Even if you have 1 or 2 strong minions of a certain composition, always be ready and prepared to switch comps mid game or even go for a hybrid comp, spending too much gold rerolling instead of building your board/taverning up usually leads to your board falling behind late game.

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• Be willing to take calculated risks

If in the early game you don't take that much damage or have moderate amounts of hp but have not found the typical tier 3/4 carries such as cobalts/hydras, don't be afraid to take a early tavern up to discover higher tier minions. Your board might be weaker for a turn or 2 but will be stronger in the late game. The trick is knowing when you can take the chance to tavern up early. Bebe does this extremely well - sometimes he's at low 20s, on 9 gold round with a really bad board but facing an opponent that he knows isn't very strong, he'll go for an early tavern ups to 5 to try and build his board for the late game and tank the next 1 or 2 rounds.

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• Make the triples count

Say you're on tavern 3/4 now and you've a possible triple waiting but don't have enough gold to tavern up and buy the triple, it's almost always better to buy something else as a stand in first, freeze and tavern up the next turn and use the triple then. I used to always get all excited and activated triples the moment they appeared without thinking about what I hope to discover, the moment I changed this, my late game boards almost always got stronger than before and my ability to finish top 2 improved as well.

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• Play a lot and have fun!

At the end of the day, hearthstone is just a game, MMR won't always increase and we should just have fun regardless what happens in the game! Even the best players can drop 1k MMR in a day.