[Gatto]

I'm no expert, but just as a stab at this... might this be due to your stategic style? In a tourney, survival often trumps chipbuilding as a priority, so you can't put as many chips at risk with a small margin. In a ring game, the risk/reward may lean toward putting more chips at risk with small margins.

This would be due to the relatively compressed format, and typically where the blind structure is such that you have less time over witch to choose good hands to play. So, there is an increased need to get maxiumum value out of the few good spots you will get in a relatively short amount of time.

As an example... in tourney play with something like AQ, where the flop is an Arr rainbow, you may look to bet out on the flop if there's money in to make it worth it, or build on the flop, and bet out on the turn if not. To avoid putting too many chips at risk.

But, in a ring game you may want to trap a lessor ace to get them all-in and double up in the one hand, with a relatively small margin. You risk running up against an AK or a flopped two pair that wasn't identifyable by preflop action, but the reward of gaining maximum chips may be worth that increased risk.

Given where your success is, I'd hazard a guess that you're good at patient play, and keeping your chips out of harm's way over long stretches. But, perhaps when in ring games, adjustment is needed to get more value (albeit with increased risk) out of your winning hands.