First Hand In a Freeroll...

[golfguy37]

Sorry, hand histories dont get recorded in Freerolls.

Blinds 10/20
All Players have 1500 in chips

Everyone folds to Hero.

Hero is right before the button with 10-10.

Hero Raises to 100.
SB Calls 90.
BB Calls 80.

Flop: 3 8 9 (Rainbow)
SB Checks.
BB Checks.
Hero Bets 180.
SB Raises All-In
BB Folds
Hero ??????

[bigspenda73]

snap call

{From BC}

Tourney hands go in here

[sinister1]

Do not ever fold an overpair on the flop in a freeroll except under rare circumstances.

[drmcboy]

wow you guys are wrong:

FIST PUMP, slow roll, call

[golfguy37]

Yeah I figured he had A 9. What do you guys think he had? THe only hand that I figured he could have that would beat me (and call the preflop raise) is 8-9 or 3-3. Anything else that could beat me he would have probably come over the top preflop.

[drmcboy]

JJ

[golfguy37]

I would think he would come over the top with that hand preflop rather than just flat call.

[drmcboy]

I know, but I would think you would stop saying that if he didn't have an over pair. And I don't think you would have asked us what we thought he had if he had a set. Maybe 83 or 93

[KoRnholio]

AK. K on da rivah

[sinister1]

56 for the gut shot and he hit running 5's

[GatorJH]

you obviously didn't yell HOLD loud enough.

[golfguy37]

Sorry I didn't mean to upset anyone. My apologies.

[sinister1]

you obviously didn't yell HOLD loud enough.

I find yelling "BRICK" works well also.

[Extremophile]

Easy fold if you want to have longer prospects. Nesxt time push all in the same pos; that is more profitable in a freeroll. They probably call with those A9 kind of hands, double up and wait donkeys eliminate each other. They never fold hands preflop in freerolls.

[golfguy37]

Easy fold? I wouldnt say it's that easy! Its the first hand, no one has any reads on anyone, a large range of players (good + bad) play in freerolls, and it looks like I'm making a continuation bet so he could be pushing with any pair.

[Extremophile]

no one has any reads on anyone

(exactly!), you are in the beginning of a tourney, and you are not short stacked. Fold and keep playing; you still have chips. Learn more about the players instead of losing to a donk holding 93 off-suit.

[KoRnholio]

losing to a donk holding 93 off-suit.

I'd rather call and lose to the donk with 93 offsuit than fold to the donk who has a hand like A9, K9, Q9..49, A3 etc and thinks it's teh nutz.

[Extremophile]

losing to a donk holding 93 off-suit.

I'd rather call and lose to the donk with 93 offsuit than fold to the donk who has a hand like A9, K9, Q9..49, A3 etc and thinks it's teh nutz.

How about tournament strategy?

[baudib]

Extreme, you are tilting the fuck out of me. There are like a few combos of sets we are losing to and almost nothing else.

[Extremophile]

Extreme, you are tilting the fuck out of me. There are like a few combos of sets we are losing to and almost nothing else.

Sorry, you are right. i wouldn't fold that hand either in a freeroll.

[melinda1978]

i think you would have to call also. But i would liketo know what happened

[Pino_Diablo]

i would just push it AI preflop. or fold it preflop (freeroll) how often do you see one or two AI's first hand on these tourney's????

[Roller]

Call the All in ...

Don't be to shocked if he has Pocket KK QQ JJ.

All depends where you play and against who.

Good Luck.

[Roller]

QQ

Call him All in.

[FateAver]

In freeroll there are some peoples all in with any kinds of hand in beginning to get lucky double up or triple up in early hands
if you don't want to get in it just wait for a while
but I will call him

[DaGrinch]

Did I see the words 'tournament strategy' in a thread about the first hand of a freeroll? First consider ... what is it going to take to get "in the money"? Top 1% or better probably. You have to play long ball (but not stupid ball) early and here is your chance.

[revolvingiris]

Basically, you have no idea what anyone has. For sure stack off here as you dont have a great enough edge over the remaining competition to fold this oppertunity.

I would expect you to be ahead here more times then you are behind. Even if you are beat in this exact scenario.

[pjr54]

Unless I am playing against someone I know to be at least a decent player I would call. Freerolls get player to say the the least varying ability I believe it would be worth a shot.

[hbrianmcfarland]

In a freeroll, any donk might call with any two cards. (I use the term donk quite loosely, a good player might donk out and call with any two cards if he's been playing in a similar tourney and got on tilt.) Given this, you have to decide who this player is. If you don't wish to think about it, survival instinct in the situation kicks in. Thinking man's possible hands he might hold:
aa,kk,qq,jj,1010,99,88,77,66,55,44,33,22,j10,qj,a-x,k-x and so on and so forth... TThe hands that should scare you at this point in the tourney, are: higher pairs than yours, two over cards, an overcard with a pair or suited/unsuited connectors that match the flop. Given the nature of the tourney, I have seen, and indeed have even myself, slowplay of higher pairs. This doesn't happen very often, but without any guidemark, you're about a 60-40 favorite at this point, is 1.65 to 1 a good bargain for your chips?
(freerolls are just like any other MTT, you have to make it to the money and doubling up early is irrelevant if you don't make it past the first hand.)

[AlKo4g7iC]

Yes ill make that call all though there is two others in pot and could easily be out drawn i figure to have the best hand with given info, am i wrong?