I have been having a good run of getting to final tables. However, I very rarely win. Is there a different way to play when at the final table? ie tighter, looser I know, usually, the better players are left so it should be harder to win hands,
Being a big stack, you can put pressure on all players, but your main goal should be medium stacks, since the risk to reward ratio for them at this stage is skewed towards risk, and in some situations they may have “hands tied”. Doubling does not double their equity in the tournament, while a departure from the tournament, when there are three or four shorter stacks left after them, costs them a lot of money. Therefore, in order to take risks, they need to be significantly ahead. Coinflip ICM exposure at this stage is close to suicide for them.
As always, you need a plan, and you must adapt to changing circumstances. For example, the above situation is almost ideal and unlikely. Short stacks will often have quite a few chips to damage your stack. In addition, it is unlikely that other large stacks will allow you to rule the table, and will not interfere with being the chip leader all the way.
Being a medium stack, your goal, of course, is to fill a large stack! Now that we have stated the obvious, the key question is how to do this. Attack those who are in the same situation as you. As mentioned above, their hands are also tied. The difference between the medium and large stack will always be different. Remember this chip difference that you need to compensate for and how you can harm deeper stacks, for example, players in second or third places when you are in fourth or fifth) I also recommend that you better study the ICM model in a certain software, in order to follow the stacks of all players and make informed decisions and make competent folds