Three Mistakes

After complaining about my in-the-money percentage in the $20 freeroll (see this post), I was successful in securing a $5 tourney ticket.

In the process I saw three mistakes players made (in my opinion):

1. Limping & Not Raising.  My first hand of the day was Ace/Ten offsuit and I was in the big blind.  Two players limped in (that is, they called the big blind without raising).  This allowed me to see the flop for free.  There was an Ace and Ten on the flop giving me two pair.  But the end of the hand another Ten landed -- a full house!  I was able to triple my stack on the first hand of the tournament and knocked two opponents out.  Not sure if I would've folded to a raise -- but I don't fold if the cards are free.  Neither do your opponents.
2. Not Calling with Great Pot Odds.  In this tournament four players get paid.  When the table was down to five players, the following happened.  The player on the bubble was blinding out.  In fact, he was in the big blind and was "all in".  The small blind could call with a minimal bet.  Although I don't recall the exactly numbers it was something like 150 chips versus a pot of 3000.  I believe it represented less than 10% of the small blinds stack.  More importantly, that teeny tiny little bet, if won, would've knocked the other player out and vaulted us all into the money.  The amount of the bet would've been inconsequential and could've ended the game.  Instead the player of the bubble got a free pass and took down the pot (with antes) uncontested. 
3. Raising at the Bubble.  The next time the player on the bubble was "all in," he had two callers.  For some reason, one of those players raised (same player as discussed in #2) and the other player folded. I really don't know why.  All players receive the same prize -- so chip accumulation is no longer important; survival is.  If the other player folded the best hand (and the raiser actually had the worst hand), the player on the bubble would've received another huge windfall. Alternatively, if the other player had a great hand and went "all in," what would have the raiser done?  Checking all the way through would've been the easiest way for victory.  I don't see the logic of raising at all.   

In any case, a fun tournament.