Finally won my first freeroll today.
Came 3rd in aloha poker and won $12. (Coulda came first but I slowplayed my pocket kings like a moron with 3 people left).
Unfortunetly that didnt last long. I started in a $5 max NL .05/.10 game and lost $5 on one hand with triples kings to a set 8s full house. I continued playing but it kept going on like win a small/medium pot lose a big one and slowly i kept decreasing.
I couldnt use my tournament style play in these ring games, mostly because I wasnt as aggressive. If I had a raising hand AJ, 99, I couldnt raise enough to knock enough people out without jepordizing half my stack, so alot of people would limp in with to a small raise and outdraw me.

I then switched to limit which had about the same success and slowly with a couple bad beats got widdled down to 0.

My question is how does tournament play differ from ring games and how should I play on a short stack?

Is it best to start with limit or NL?

Thanks alot.