Suckouts are a part of life in poker. Sometimes the variance is on your side and it benefits you, other times you're on the short end of the stick. In times where you may notice or get frustrated by how many suckouts are happening in a game, try to think of it over a longer period of time rather than just in the moment and how fortunate or unfortunate the suckout is and you'll be less frustrated by it.
100% correct - but OP, here's something else to keep in mind. If you are finding that you are putting yourself IN these situations more often than not, you're playing well, and the results will reflect that in the long run.
the free ones are 80% lucky and 20% skill you must understand that these things happen since most players play very loose in almost all hands because there is no buy-in
I agree to a point, because I find that the first part of any freeroll is VERY high in variance as a general rule. You will see plays that are very puzzling to you, and you're thinking to yourself "WTF is with this player???".
Here's where I stop agreeing with you. Let's take the GG Poker #Stayhome
freerolls for example. They are played hourly, and capped at 1k players. Once you get to about the final 200 players or so, the play becomes LESS swingy, and this is where you can use your skill to your advantage. Here, you are facing players that have managed to make it through the higher variance period of the tournament, and now you can start to play a little less ABC poker.
Your approach to these should vary by table draw and overall tournament situation. What you do in the first part of the tournament should differ from what you do here, as it would differ when you are closer to the money, and then once you are in the money.
