Importance of early level play in an SNG

[Moonsugar]

I make so many chips in the early levels of 55 it is sick. Early play is very important, and gets more important as you move up cause the guys dont make near as many endgame errors.

[fnord_too]

(slightly off since I have not imported tourney summaries from tonight, ~20 that I wasn't first or second in)

For August: 426 50+5
I'm not as loose early as I thought, I guess I selectively remember the times I play loose because I see something I want to exploit.

Totals all levels
VPIP 20.11, pfr 10.49, BB/Hand .02 Total won 204K TC
From 15/30 down:
15.45 3.25 .06BB +14.6K
14.05 4.15 .01BB +4.8K
15.12 7.22 .00BB +1.3K
16.85 11.54 .00BB +1K
23.4 15.93 .01BB +12K
30.69 18.74 .02BB +51.7K
38.55 21.87 .01BB +23K
42.94 25.49 .01BB +8.8K
50.95 27.96 .08BB +80.4K

I need to look at these carefully and figure out how to address those middle stages. Here are finishes:
1 63 14.79%
2 54 12.68%
3 42 9.86%
4 54 12.68%
5 54 12.68%
6 59 13.85%
7 39 9.15%
8 26 6.10%
9 19 4.46%
10 16 3.76%

To give an idea how the 15 or 20 tournies I need to get summaries on affect the numbers, my ROI for August is I'm pretty sure 16.5-17%, but it shows 19.72% right now. (I know, I could have imported the things in the time it took me to type all this, this was supposed to be quick though, I want a beer and to chill damnit.)