critique my plays

[freepp]

I played in my first live tourney today and I just wanted my play to be critiqued. It was a 3k free roll tourney with 110 players (was supposed to be 60 player limit, which is why i even bothered going). Anyway, it was horrible, blinds went up every 10 mn, and blinds doubled. I don't know how its supposed to work, but compared to online tourneys this is insane.

Ok now to the part of critiquing my play. Blinds are 150-300, there is one caller in mid position, i look down at K 10s on button and limp in (had 900 in my hand), sb goes all in. everyone folds and i call. He turns over AA and I turn over K 10. He looks at me like i'm crazy. But lucky me I flop K K. Bad call? or a must call?(lets keep in mind that i saw lotta people treating A rag like gold).

Later on, i'm sittin on about 5k. blinds are about 200-400. When I am BB button raises all in(button is chip leader). I'm see crap cards. He does this again next time, still crap cards, and the next time when blinds are 400-800. So that's 3 times in a row. When I say crap cards, I mean 2 6, 10 4, and i forget the last one. Am I supposed to be calling and taking a gamble? Let me just note that every all in that he has made which was called, he turned over very legit hands, AK once and AJ the other. Am i supposed to call with these rags and gamble?

Also, in between getting bullied, i sit on probably 3-4k. UTG jumps all in with about 2500. I am next to act and am holding 33. Should I be going all in here? I ended up folding since there were so many other people acting after me.

Looking back, I probably should have been more aggressive since the blinds were moving up so quickly. However, I just never played in a tourney like this and really didn't know what to do. Let me know what you think. Sorry for the long post. I placed around 14th by the way, not too bad for my first live tourney i guess.

[corpfan1]

Great post!

[BradleyJ]

1. You can't let the Chip leader bully you 3 times in a row - he had you pegged as tight, and was clearly stealing your blinds. The odds of 3 all in worthy hands in a row for a chip leader are quite large.

2. With limited knowlege on UTG player in you last question - I say Abso-Frigging-Lutely! you have to imagine that it will only be a two way hand and your in the lead if he's holding AK. Furthermore, He was probably woried about being crippled by the looming $1200 worth of blinds - hell he could have been holding J7.

Still, for your first time......not bad at all.

Bradley J

[adioking]

I think you have a good mind on your shoulders. Why call with 33 when he could have something as little as 44. Even if it is a coin flip, you DONT know what he has. he COULD have many other hands that beat you which means that you should NOT have called. Trust me, I've been around the block and I'm a winning player.

Keep these good tight plays up and you'll win a lot more. Even if the guy is bullying you, let him do it when you have crap cards (especially when all you've seen from him are good hands) Be patient and wait till you get a playable hand and be aggressive with it. He will either fold or call and either way you can still win.

dAn