Some people think that it is stupid to go all-in early in these big freerolls like many people do, with marginal hands like 10/9 suited, KJ, any small pair etc.  You are not that big of an underdog with any two live cards, much less a pair.  In these big tournaments you need to accumulate a lot of chips and the advantage of building a large stack early outweighs the risk of busting out...and you are usually not that big an underdog and getting great odds as very ofter 2 or more people are all in as well.  The alternative is waiting around for a hand, hope that you get action, then probably get called by 2 or more players because they have much bigger stacks then you because they won those early all-ins.  Then when you do get your big hand, you're not that big a favorite.  I am a very tight aggressive player in the ring games, but freeroll tourneys are a different story...if you want to win.

I have to agree with cow on this one,sometimes at the start of a freeroll I dont even play the first 10 or 15 hands cause of play like what you are describing. I have won my fair share of freerolls and always with solid play.I see alot of players going inn with junk and getting lucky,get chipped up but when push comes to shove they never make the bubble,most of the time I will note this garbage play and be happy to take your chips later with a solid KK or AK.

I don,t agree with the 1st post. But i will go ALL IN with AA , KK or QQ only early to take the chips off these fools. Of course I,m even nervous with KK and QQ because the ACE-Rag player can catch that ace.

not quite sure i would call that strategy.  reckless maybe.

First of all who cares what anyone thinks in a freeroll, unless its a big money or private freeroll in which case you should treat it like a buy in.  In  a freeroll do whatever you want, the problem with your playing style is there is nothing wrong with playing fast, unfortunately you arent playing poker, nor are you going to get the biggest stack that way.  It is okay to play every two cards, and even raise with them I have employed that, but you need to try and hit some flop and bluff off the flops to get more chips, unless you are playing surrounded by idiots no one is going to call all in all in allin preflop without the best hand, if you raise half the pot or pot with hands like 910 you might be quite succesfull, also calling reasonable raises with all connected cards early is a good strategy. This is actually how Gavin Smith and Erick Lindgren play early in tourneys and reccommend that strategy.

HA HA just noticed that nice call there. Probably all inning all the way through the 100k on Bodog and winning the first place prize.