Free card play in MTTs? Comments?

[Matador225]

Anyone who plays limit is certainly familiar with the free card play. I had never attempted it in a MTT until earlier tonight in a $5 rebuy and the only reason I decided to use it was because of unique circumstances and the fact that I hated my other options. Comments appreciated...

Background info:

Derfmover is a terrible player and his range is really wide. I put him on a weak ace but he could certainly have worse. Joakimgarp is a pretty solid and intelligent player. I don't automatically give him credit for a very strong hand because of derf's wide range and terrible play.

#Game No : 3031119626
***** Hand History for Game 3031119626 *****
NL Texas Hold'em Trny:17384689 Level:6 Blinds (75/150) - Sunday, November 13, 18:13:54 EDT 2005
Table Multi-Table R&A(510879) Table #48 (Real Money)
Seat 5 is the button
Total number of players : 10
Seat 2: goose552 ( $12873 )
Seat 5: NJKowboy22 ( $6655 )
Seat 6: djhall111 ( $3375 )
Seat 7: lacielady ( $18010 )
Seat 1: joakimgarp ( $14150 )
Seat 9: BEER_ME_ALOT ( $5305 )
Seat 8: derfmover ( $7125 )
Seat 4: Fold_again ( $5252 )
Seat 3: thvols ( $8607 )
Seat 10: ppAsuited ( $4900 )
Trny:17384689 Level:6
Blinds (75/150)
** Dealing down cards **
Dealt to NJKowboy22 [ 8h 6h ]
derfmover calls [150].
BEER_ME_ALOT folds.
ppAsuited folds.
joakimgarp calls [150].
goose552 folds.
thvols folds.
Fold_again folds.
NJKowboy22 calls [150].
djhall111 calls [75].
lacielady checks.
** Dealing Flop ** [ 5h, 3s, Ah ]
djhall111 checks.
lacielady checks.
derfmover bets [150].
joakimgarp raises [700].
Your time bank will be activated in 5 secs. If you do not want it to be used, please act now.
NJKowboy22 will be using his time bank for this hand.
NJKowboy22 raises [2600].
djhall111 folds.
lacielady folds.
derfmover calls [2450].
joakimgarp calls [1900].
** Dealing Turn ** [ 8c ]
derfmover checks.
joakimgarp checks.
NJKowboy22 is all-In [3905]
derfmover is all-In [4375]
joakimgarp calls [4375].
** Dealing River ** [ 3h ]
derfmover shows [ Jd, Ad ] two pairs, aces and threes.
joakimgarp shows [ 9h, Kh ] a flush, ace high.
NJKowboy22 shows [ 8h, 6h ] a flush, ace high.
joakimgarp wins 940 chips from side pot #1 with a flush, ace high with king kicker.
joakimgarp wins 20265 chips from the main pot with a flush, ace high with king kicker.
Player NJKowboy22 finished in 742 place
Player derfmover finished in 741 place

Thoughts on my flop play? I didn't want to fold with that much in the pot and I hated a call, which would basically shout out "I have a flush draw." I considered pushing but I felt that Joa would correctly interpret it as a flush draw and call. To me a significant raise showed the most strength.

Obviously I was trying to take the pot on the flop but after they both called I had to reevaluate their range of hands. I considered checking the turn but the 8 gave me a lot more potential outs.

All comments appreciated about my play as well as using this play in MTTs in general. After thinking about it I realize that I should have taken a different line and that this play works better with a deeper stack. I certainly would have played it differently if I knew I was up against the nut flush draw.

Thanks a lot,
Jack