In a bit of a rut lately so I'm reviewing my hand histories. This one occurred tonight during a $2.20, 36-man turbo sat to the Sunday Hundred Grand. Wondering if I overplayed this hand postflop.

PokerStars No-Limit Hold'em Tourney, Big Blind is t50 (9 handed) Poker-Stars Converter Tool from FlopTurnRiver.com (Format: FlopTurnRiver)

CO (t1385)
Button (t1840)
SB (t1585)
BB (t2700)
UTG (t1635)
Hero (t1290)
MP1 (t1930)
MP2 (t3035)
MP3 (t1395)

Preflop: Hero is UTG+1 with 6, 6.
1 fold, Hero calls t50, 2 folds, MP3 calls t50, 2 folds, SB completes, BB checks.

Flop: (t200) 7, 2, 7 (4 players)
SB checks, BB checks, Hero bets t150, MP3 folds, SB folds, BB calls t150.

Turn: (t500) 4 (2 players)
BB checks, Hero bets t250, BB calls t250.

River: (t1000) 4 (2 players)
BB checks, Hero checks.

Final Pot: t1000

How I usually play these spots in tournaments/sngs:

Usually, if I limp with 55-99, and get three callers, I'm looking to flop trips or dump the hand, especially this early in a tournament. Otherwise, I feel I'm risking either bleeding money into a better hand, even on a flop like this, or betting into a good draw which is going to get there, let's say, 25+ percent of the time against my small pair. This is assuming my flop bet gets called in the first place. Against three opponents, there's a decent chance of being called here I think. Since I don't have any real way of knowing which I'm up against - the draw or the better hand, but usually one or the other, I feel this isn't among the easiest way for me to make money in a tournament.

Since I don't know what I'm up against, I'm forced(or may feel forced) to bet large on the flop and turn to try to force out the draw, which bleeds money if I'm actually against something like 2s, x7, 88+.

I'm not 100 percent against the bet on the flop. But when it's called, I usually shut down. Usually, I just check fold.

The problem with trying to take the pot too is it's only worth 200. The idea of playing 66 in the first place is stacking an opponent right? Or at least taking a huge pot. Otherwise it's not a hand worth playing.

The main reasons I'm check/folding this hand is I opened limped into the hand preflop and got three callers. That means I'm up against a large range of hands and I have shown no strength preflop, which means it's going to be harder to get people to fold to my flop/turn/river bets with my sad pair of 6s and I could be up against just about anything, although a premium starting hand is unlikely.

Had I raised it up with my 6s preflop, I could play the hand a lot differently. My opponents would have a hard time putting me on a hand like 6s while I could probably narrow the field and narrow the range of hands I would be up against. Folding to my flop bet would now seem much more likely if I was up against one opponent who called my raise than three who limped along with me.

The good news is I got to see the flop super cheap:) I should be happy with that and move on.

So the short answer - Yes, I think this was too aggressive. I think you can find better spots to put your money in.

I check call on the flop and re evaluate the turn.

Very valid points, and I did think about this just prior to clicking the bet button on the flop. If I'm going to take a stab at playing more aggressively than I normally would, I really should start preflop.