Free MTT experience

[lsutiger]

I have been playing the WSOP free qualifiers to get more experience in playing MTTs (especially against donks). Anyway, this hand came up and I put the villians on their respectvie hands (and still went broke - thats why these freebies are fun).

Anyway here it is - I would like a critique.

***** Hand History for Game 3755519681 *****
NL Texas Hold'em Trny:21077500 Level:3 Blinds(50/100) - Thursday,
Table WSOP Freeroll Qualifier(632844) Table #143 (Real Money)
Total number of players : 9
Seat 4: Yan8888 ( $2610 )
Seat 5: AlbertGobex ( $8919 )
Seat 6: Dolphin553 ( $3315 )
Seat 7: lsu0tiger ( $5996 )
Seat 9: McGee09 ( $4232 )
Seat 1: gooseman133 ( $6795 )
Seat 3: maggan2222 ( $15176 )
Seat 8: rufuss777 ( $2330 )
Seat 2: IGotDaNutzI ( $8065 )
Trny:21077500 Level:3
Blinds(50/100)
** Dealing down cards **
Dealt to lsu0tiger [ Ts Td ]
maggan2222 folds.
Yan8888 folds.
AlbertGobex folds.
Dolphin553 did not respond in time.
Dolphin553 folds.
lsu0tiger raises [325]. Standard raise from me for this table - very loose, bigger raise to knock down callers.
rufuss777 folds.
McGee09 folds.
gooseman133 calls [275].
IGotDaNutzI calls [225].
** Dealing Flop ** [ 2h, 9h, 6s ] two hearts, I have over pair
gooseman133 bets [100]. I put him on the flush draw.
IGotDaNutzI raises [1000]. His play was either overpair or TPHK.
lsu0tiger raises [3157]. My raise may be too large here (half my stack), but I am pretty sure I am winning and I want to find out if I am ahead. If bith call, I am pretty sure that I am.
gooseman133 calls [3057].
IGotDaNutzI calls [2157]. They call, but I am pretty much pot committed - should I have pushed there?
** Dealing Turn ** [ 9d ] If Igot had TP, he now has trips....I consider folding, but figure I am >50% chance of beinig ahead (and it is a freeroll...take out the freeroll and I may fold here....
gooseman133 is all-In.
whos on a draw?
IGotDaNutzI is all-In.
lsu0tiger is all-In.
** Dealing River ** [ Js ]
gooseman133 shows [ 5h, 8h ] a pair of nines. Draw was spot on.
IGotDaNutzI shows [ Qs, 9s ] three of a kind, nines. Top pair was on...
lsu0tiger shows [ Ts, Td ] two pairs, tens and nines.IGotDaNutzI wins 1270 chips from side pot #2 with three of a kind, nines.
IGotDaNutzI wins 1598 chips from side pot #1 with three of a kind, nines.
IGotDaNutzI wins 17988 chips from the main pot with three of a kind, nines.
Player lsu0tiger finished in 2063 place
Player gooseman133 finished in 2062 place

Too aggressive this early on? I would think so, but again, I am using these to learn. If I win that, I have a good stack that I can sit back on and cruise...top 50 move up to the next level. Either way it is experience.

[puckhead23]

No, I don't think your raise is too big at all. I think it's just right. Reraising to 3x the original raise is a good amount to let someone know you're serious. The argument for just pushing is since the 3100 raise is more than half your stack, you're probably going to go the rest of the way anyhow, so why not stick it all in with the best of it. The reason not to is because 2000 chips is a good stack to work with when the blinds are 50/100.

You said it best.....it's a freeroll. Everyone is acting differently than they would if a buyin was involved.

[mervhage]

Just push the flop, it's makes things easier. The fact that this is a freeroll makes it all the more right move to do. Q9 isn't going to fold regardless, but I think pushing elimantes all the other bullshit.

[cavman]

i'd push since you have tens. you wouldn't mind winning the hand right away and there are way too many cards to hurt you. if you had a bigger pair, i'd call the flop and push a safe turn. then you can make sure you are a bigger favorite before commiting everything. the reason i push the tens and not a bigger pair is because of overcards.

your raise on the flop leaves you in a very bad spot on many turns. you are almost sure you are beat, but the pot is over triple your stack, so you really can't fold.