Do you think that free tournaments you get a lot more people taking unbeleavable chances trying to get lucky and if so Why do we play them are the odds stacked against the good players.
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In free tournaments you will face more variance as players will suck out more often. That is fine if you know how to play strong ranges vs wide ranges preflop. Also knowing how to read boards post flop is very important.
AA vs 3 all-ins preflop wins less than 50% of the time but when it does win it often 3-4X's your stack. At the right times in tournaments that can easily propel you to final tables.
So the odds are seldom against good players unless they get the odds wrong.
Example we 3bet AsAc get called in 2 places flop comes 9h6h2h. If one of our V has 8h7c they are 56% to win. Not to mention any flush gives us only 2.5%
equity.
Over estimating are odds vs any 2 possible cards x 2 or more players is where tight players often make mistakes in free games. In free games taking free cards and protecting our stack is important because you will have a skill edge and if you have a skill edge you want to apply it over multiple
hands. Taking a 50/50 flip means you have erased any skill advantage.
There are times we do take flips in tournaments because we have to, not because we force ourselves into that spot.
Hope this helps.

