A basic poker freeroll strategy

Try it where there are less than 2,000 players for best effect.

it does always work, i tried to your method and right away i was in big trouble..lol

PokerStars Game #16322383961: Tournament #81835324, Freeroll Hold'em No Limit - Level I (10/20) - 2008/03/28 - 20:36:30 (ET)
Table '81835324 954' 9-max Seat #6 is the button
Seat 1: rookie2beat (1500 in chips) is sitting out
Seat 2: TheseNutsWin(1320 in chips)
Seat 3: johnnysboiz (1470 in chips) is sitting out
Seat 4: 12ROCCO (1480 in chips)
Seat 5: wander363 (2360 in chips)
Seat 6: kkapone (1470 in chips) is sitting out
Seat 7: hunny OH (1480 in chips)
Seat 8: pobrecita (1140 in chips)
Seat 9: OhioGasHog (1280 in chips)
hunny OH: posts small blind 10
pobrecita: posts big blind 20
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to TheseNutsWin[Kd Ks]
OhioGasHog: folds
rookie2beat: folds
TheseNutsWin: raises 1300 to 1320 and is all-in
johnnysboiz: folds
12ROCCO: folds
wander363: folds
kkapone: folds
hunny OH: folds
pobrecita: calls 1120 and is all-in
*** FLOP *** [As 9c 9h]
*** TURN *** [As 9c 9h] J♦
TheseNutsWinsaid, "BA"
*** RIVER *** [As 9c 9h Jd] Q♥
*** SHOW DOWN ***
pobrecita: shows [9d 7c] (three of a kind, Nines)
TheseNutsWin: shows [Kd Ks] (two pair, Kings and Nines)
TheseNutsWinsaid, "BS!"
pobrecita collected 2290 from pot
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot 2290 | Rake 0
Board [As 9c 9h Jd Qh]
Seat 1: rookie2beat folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 2: TheseNutsWin showed [Kd Ks] and lost with two pair, Kings and Nines
Seat 3: johnnysboiz folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 4: 12ROCCO folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 5: wander363 folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 6: kkapone (button) folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 7: hunny OH (small blind) folded before Flop
Seat 8: pobrecita (big blind) showed [9d 7c] and won (2290) with three of a kind, Nines
Seat 9: OhioGasHog folded before Flop (didn't bet)

There are such idiots playin in at the start of tourney that they will call your ALL in with 97o and beat you ! lol

Amen to that!

Interesting strategy... I will give it a go!

Does always work, or doesn't?The main point for me is that I would prefer to invest five minutes in a freeroll than five hours....

I like to play the occasional freeroll to try different ideas out and 1 thing I havent figured out yet. What do you do when u sit down at a table where there is 5-6 players sitting out...i.e they registered and aren't playing. Someone on your table is raising every hand to take down the dead blinds. I play mostly on ipoker tables so the sitouts are all easily identifiable. What do I do? Reraise? Call with any decent hand? If I wait for a good hand they either fold or go Allin because they have u covered with their earlier gains. Any ideas?

I agree with this & in fact have come up with an advanced strategy that cuts another 5 minutes off.
Nice post by the way, having any strategy in a freeroll puts one ahead of the majority of the competition.

Mr WF It is time to be a winner FigJams strategy has proven the test of time by every mate of mine who is capable of not breaking a single rule. Give it a try if you have enough DISIPLINE. I play 12hrs per day online and average $100 per day. Not big money but handy.From an OZI friend.

when playing a freeroll i start of out tight and become more agressive as it goes on but normally lose concentration after an hour and a half

I would try it if I could understand what the pluck you were going on about, always keen to try out new strategies.
Incidentally, there is a C in discipline.

Really good advice

I used to play similar way in freerolls and its amazing especially at the start of tournaments how many people call with junk, as long as you dont get a bad beat or run into AA KK with your AKs AQs or top pairs etc its a good way to get a good start and play properly once majority of the donkeys have gone

pretty good, except all in right away with the big pairs, i like a half stack raise, then all in on the flop, you can get caught more often. but the pot will be bigger and you win most of the time.

This strategy has already helped my game!!
Thanks for taking the time to help us Donkeys,lol
Now I guess Practice,Practice and Practice some more.
online is different, Hard to read a computer monitor!

I started with free rolls, and if I made any money, I played the $1 SIT & GO'S, where patience is truly a virtue, as long as you catch some hands. It seems you can get to the final 4-5 by letting others knock each other out, and if you only played good hands and did not get unlucky, you can then play poker instead of All In Circus.

Good Cards + Patience = $maker.

Wow.
I THOUGHT I was a pretty good freeroll player - apparently I was way, wayyy too loose.
Thanks for the strat - I'll test it out this week on UltimateBet (home of the Freeroll Donkeys) and let you know how I come out.

I don't know if there is one solution to survive long in freerolls, but i mostly play like this:
First part:
I will call often with many interesting hands as 64 suited and all that kind of hand as most of the players will try to catch a pair or 2, but won't see any further. Big raises for strong hands if there were no bet before, call or all-in if someone already raised (depends on the quality of the hand) .
Later, before ITM:
I will try to play only big hands and will push it hard, to defend the pot. Will call with some seducing connectors. The image is getting important as the tournament is runnin', so i want it to be Tight-aggressive.
After ITM:
I will play the same hands, but will try to catch players with it.