| This is a discussion on freeroll strategies within the online poker forums, in the Cash Games section; Hey guys, i have a question about your poker strategies. it sucks that ervery time i play a tournement all idiots go with any hand ... |
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| freeroll strategies Hey guys, i have a question about your poker strategies. it sucks that ervery time i play a tournement all idiots go with any hand all in an win a lucky two pair or something else. How do you play??? Wait or play risky |
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| With a free roll, you're usually up against 5000 other opponents and only the top 50 or so get paid. That means you have to finish in the top 1% of the field. And you won't get there without luck. At the same time, your opponents are usually willing to give their chips away for free, especially early on in a freeroll. I've cashed in a few, and my general strategy is to start out very tight. Play your premium hands, and capitalize on the idiots who are throwing chips at you. Then later in the tournament (when the ante kicks in), just be FEARLESS! Steal every chip that isn't bolted down, take a few coinflips, threaten their tournament life if you think you don't have the best hand, and do your best to become a HUGE stack. Then once the money bubble breaks, everyone will go CRAZY, because they're guaranteed money. So then sit back and just play conservatively, and ride the donkey wave to the final table. |
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| FREEROLL HAND HISTORY This dude was playing like he could see everyones cards or knew what was coming. I watched for a while. (montruo). After I asked him was he chip dumping or cheating, he kept going all-in every hand and tell one of the players to call. Then I searched for him to see what other games he was playing and he is on hide. LOL. I was going to report him but they probably just think I was mad because I lost. It just did not feel right. The other player that went all-in had J/5 suited. ![]() PokerStars Game #17016244008: Tournament #82987095, 10FPP Hold'em No Limit - Level IV (50/100) - 2008/04/26 - 19:57:14 (ET) Table '82987095 149' 9-max Seat #8 is the button Seat 1: XPOKERCHIC (2385 in chips) Seat 2: rou000 (6190 in chips) Seat 3: Hitman-180 (990 in chips) Seat 4: montruo (5600 in chips) Seat 5: mrniceguyGER (3390 in chips) Seat 6: noni queen (3380 in chips) Seat 7: thespida32 (1650 in chips) Seat 8: crosscar (350 in chips) Seat 9: bananette (1345 in chips) is sitting out bananette: posts small blind 50 XPOKERCHIC: posts big blind 100 *** HOLE CARDS *** Dealt to XPOKERCHIC ![]() ![]() rou000: calls 100 Hitman-180: calls 100 montruo: raises 1700 to 1800 mrniceguyGER: folds noni queen: folds crosscar said, "zzz" thespida32: folds crosscar: calls 350 and is all-in bananette: folds XPOKERCHIC: raises 585 to 2385 and is all-in rou000: folds Hitman-180: folds montruo: calls 585 *** FLOP *** ![]() ![]() ![]() *** TURN *** ![]() ![]() ![]() noni queen said, "sorry i thought i pushed the fold & sit out button" *** RIVER *** ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() *** SHOW DOWN *** XPOKERCHIC: shows ![]() (a pair of Aces)montruo: shows ![]() (two pair, Fives and Fours)montruo collected 4070 from side pot crosscar: shows ![]() (a pair of Fives)montruo collected 1300 from main pot shade9000 is connected *** SUMMARY *** Total pot 5370 Main pot 1300. Side pot 4070. | Rake 0 Board ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Seat 1: XPOKERCHIC (big blind) showed ![]() and lost with a pair of AcesSeat 2: rou000 folded before Flop Seat 3: Hitman-180 folded before Flop Seat 4: montruo showed ![]() and won (5370) with two pair, Fives and FoursSeat 5: mrniceguyGER folded before Flop (didn't bet) Seat 6: noni queen folded before Flop (didn't bet) Seat 7: thespida32 folded before Flop (didn't bet) Seat 8: crosscar (button) showed ![]() and lost with a pair of FivesSeat 9: bananette (small blind) folded before Flop |
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| re: freeroll strategies poker I've found that if I sit out the early rounds and let the loose-as-a-goose players "have at it," things settle into normal play. Usually when the game starts up, there are a bunch of wreckless players, most likely because the entry is free, or they've more than one pla. Have a cup of coffee, sip it slowly, and watch your dealt hands for something "playable," in your view. Eventually things will settle into normal play sequences. Food for thought. |
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| re: freeroll strategies poker In stud freerolls on PS there is a lull about an hr in. You can sit out early then pick up alot of chips fast from sitters. Otherwise its a long game. Work out when you have enough chips to sit out and make the cutoff. This can save half an hour at the end. In NL you're going to have to take some chances so might as well start early where you can build a stack and limit your # of allin situations |
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| Its about the time involved philthy. This is just Rd 1, no payout yet. I can sit out of razz and either go from 1k to 4k in ten min or go bust. I can play first hour and get to 3k if things go well, but there are too many garbage reraisers that kill 2nd best hands. I'll take the ten minutes and see how i stand. Its a freeroll theres another tomorrow. When i get to say 50k 200 left in an ante game I know I can make it and I'm out. I'm not going to risk making whole time a complete waste. |
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| re: freeroll strategies poker freerolls like everyone has already said here are extremely loose early on. Only play premium hands for the first 30mins or even hour. after that it does even out, but there are still some donks out there. The farther you go, the better the play. Later on I like to get aggressive on hands preflop. People that get close to the money tend to tighten up. Aggressive play more often than not gets you a lot of chips well into the tourney. |
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| freeroll humm hey all i agree that hand hurt but as an avid freeroller i have become accustomed to these types of calls and plays and not a fan of them but have been on both sides none the less you just move on and look for the time when you are winning and moving forward anyways good luck and forget the odds calculators when it comes to freerolls rely on your gut and hope you have the luck.in closeing best of luck to you all bye |
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| My advice is to save up enough money to make a deposit and play buy in tourneys. Freerolls sponsored by the gambling sites(ie. pokerstars, full tilt, etc.) are nothing but donkfests. They are condusive to bad habits and tilt. You WILL take more bad beats than usual. The beats in the buy in tourneys are bad enough. Why spend hours treading through a field of 5,000 donks to get a whole $5 for first place. The private freerolls are slightly better because the fields aren't as large. Ie cardschat tourneys. |
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| I am usually patient early on unless I have a great hand, usually after 20 mins or say is when the play gets a bit better.Then again I have been fairly far in a tourny and gone all in with pocket Aces and got called but 10 6 offsuit and the guy only had me outchipped by 500 or so he flopped the straight.As with all tournies you need luck probally more so in freerolls. |
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