[DyessMan89]

Me and my pals typically play 5 buck buy in's, 13-15 players, with 2 tables that converge into one when down to around 6-8. Its not a complete winner-take-all, but its just about. For a 60 buck pot, 40 will go to the winner, 15 for second, and 5 for third.

We start with 1300 in chips, and 5/10 blinds. They go up around every 20-25 minutes. The play is pretty typical, 1/2 the field is tight-aggressive, 1/3 is tight-passive, and 1/3 is loose-passive. There are a rare amount of LAG's. I myself am seen as one of the rare LAG's. Im very aggressive. My question is : Are there any changes I should make in a tourney like this? Since its almost a winner-take-all, I should play it like a ring game, right? Because of the structure, I try to gamble a bit more early in the tourney then I would in a 50/30/20 ... but its just left me short stacked and hasnt helped matters.