Tour 10,000 Freeroll End 371 163 Hands Round 1 Freeroll

Payout 1-250 Entry to $1,000 Weekly Freeroll

Though I had an overall decent session I still find these Freerolls very frustrating. Didn't have any really crazy players at any of the tables I was at which helped a bit, BUT as we get down to the end and I need chips, it seems when I fold my cards they hit and when I play them they don't. If I have high cards, the flop is low cards. There usually is 4 or more people in any round, so I find it difficult to bet post-flop without getting called by someone, so it's difficult to get anyone off their hand. All of this puts me in a negative mood, which I'm sure doesn't help. At least I'm getting closer to that 250 number.

Last hand shows you how it goes. I'm CO w/Kd 6d and 6500 chips. Blinds are 400/800 w/a 100 ante so I don't have a lot of time left. UTG & UTG+1 both limp in, rest fold to me, I call, BTN & SB fold, BB calls. Flop  Kc 4s 7s. I pair my K. BB bets 1600 into the 4500 pot. He often does something like this so it's not clear to me that he has something or he's just betting to take the pot. He also has 47,631 in chips so it's not a big deal if he loses. He's well within the 250 entry range. So I reluctantly decide to go all-in with my last 5700 chips in hopes he'll fold. He doesn't and shows Ks 9c. Paired K w/a better kicker than mine. Turn 8h. River 10d. The way many hands seem to be going for me. I'm outta there.

Is there a good workable strategy with all these multi-way pots? Or does one just gamble, toss all of ones chops in and hope for the best, and when it works you build enough chips so these short stack problems don't occur?

We'll see. All this just to get into a large tourney where the most you can win is $100 for 1st!