I never liked playing those hyper tournys, but for the past month on Party my friend has talked me into playing them, we late register in them at last 2 levels and hope for a good hand to double up. You can make moves in position also, to steel the blinds, at that point you have about 10 BB left. Usually if you can double up twice you can make the prizes and you didn't have to spend a long time playing.
But the thing you need to know most is that luck has a lot more to do in those turbos and hypers. By entering that late it takes some of the guess work out, at that point it is all in or fold. No fancy plays needed.