Shootout strategy

[robthedlphin]

I've won a seat at the qualifying tournament for the WPT Celebrity Tournament at the Commerce City Casino (worth $10,000). The qualifying tournament is a shootout, and I'm guessing I'll be up against 100-150 people. Because the radio station in which I won the seat is a rock-n-roll top 40 station with mostly younger listeners, I'm guessing the average player will be your typical online player (like me).

I've only played one shootout on stars and I hated the format. Can anyone give me some tips on strategic play for this format? Right now it looks like I'll try to play tight for the first few levels, and then slowly loosen up as the blinds increase. When we get to 3 players left at the table(s), I plan on being super aggressive. After all, as far as I know only the winning player at each table will move onto the final table. I haven't been given the blind structures or anything, so it remains a mystery how many seats we will have/starting stack/blind increase times.

Any comments? Can anyone give me some pointers/suggestions? Anyone seen a book on shootout strategy?

Thanks in advance all!!