Three easy tips for poker freeroll sucess!

Alright, it's official. I hate the both of you.


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freeroles are a mad house. there isnt much logic or stratagy involed for the first hour or so. it only becomes a game after about 3/4 of the feild is gone. i have found that sitting out for the first 15 or so minutes of a freerole increases my chances of a top spot finish. that way im not timpted to fall into the all in rush. if i have AA and get folded or timed out i wont be there to see it. besides i make more mistakes in the first 10 hands than i will in the whole turny. blinds are cheap, pots always have the pot odds to call ith a marginal hand.

Starfall, David -- great take on a usable FR strategy (one among many of course) and your math (essentially game theory) approach provides a good concept for FR warriors to ponder.. everyone talks about BRM, nobody talks about time management, which in the end may be even more important.
Not to take away from the original three tips, or those who want to play 'solid poker' in FRs, that can work as well. I can't remember how many times I have cashed for a buck after three hours of solid play .

I like it and it makes sense to me I hate freerolls and even with a double stack it don't mean you will get anywhere but you will feel better about the game . you still have 3 hours to go to win a very small amount of money .
you could carry this strategy on to small buy ins too lol , double up first hand or go home , then just play your normal game

I think I might have developed a crack in my very tight game

edit : just saw there's one more page so this is a first page opinion
but the seed has already been planted

I think that's exactly the point, the freerolls that rolls every 2 hours in my opinion you should play loose agressive in the beggining because you can do something else if you loose for 2 hours, but the special one like $500 freerolls that only 80 people get in, or maybe 10,000$ freeroll with a little more than 200 players you should be tight since the beggining, because in the second case the prize would worth the price of playing a lot of hours, while the freerolls every 2 hours has a prize pool of only 25$
I just think some people join the freerolls expecting a high quality poker, so when they see a lot of people going all in in the first hand they got a little bit frustrated

I am not a big fan of freerolls because unless you are in the top 10 you are making pennies for sometimes 3 hours of playing. I love poker but I also like to make it worth my while and nothing is more frustrating than playing for 3 hours and losing on a suck out only to make 28 cents. I guess the saying "you get what you pay for," applies to these tournaments.

Starfall: I don't fully disagree with you, but I would rather be able to start 100% of my freerolls with a normal stack than 25% of them with 3-5 times my normal stack. Generally, it doesn't make much difference how much I start with because I can outplay the opponents later.

On the other hands, it is fairly stupid to not go all in with AA if you will definitely get called. You will win about 30-40% of the time against 8 random hands, which is amazing odds to start with 9x your starting chips especially in a freeroll.

why not go all in with the first hand of a freeroll if you have AA or KK you somones gonna call and you can double up. sure you can lose to a worse hand but how much did you actually pay to get in this tournament?? it's a no brainer.

Thanks alot for your advice, I think that has been a big problem for me "going all in" right away on AA, which i should no better, I almost always loose with pocket Aces. I almost think i should just fold them...lol not really but jeash, what luck, I have gotten more patient, and learned not to go all in.

With a freeroll there is nothing to lose

i disagree with the above statement
ive made over $500 in freerolls
my biggest win was $60
had two more of $50 each

there is an possibilty of making some good money
and to improve your game
and its free
thats what you can lose

Poker is just a game, i dont like to criticize because when i do something a little unorthadox i dont like hearing it. and some people are quick to judge your play. success is measured in many different ways, i define my self as a winner because i have not lost all of my games. ilove freerolls for the loose play and the free money I LOVE THIS GAME.

those were all very helpful.... but i find the key to winning in freerole tourny's is to not get too comfortable.... even if you have chip lead and get too comfortable, you can soon become vulnerable to misreads and people slow playing... just my lil 2 cents here, thanks!

Not necessarily. There may be multiple winning hold-em strategy considerations. But I think that the main trick to placing well is survival. Possibly you should only go all in with top 3-5 hands and muck everything else. No limit online micro stakes hold'em is wild and woolly.

That said I think anyone who thinks "always go all in first hand" is an utter idiot and I welcome their chips in the long run.

My experience in freerolls tells me that is good toplay tight in the beggining and wait for a big hand to call a possible all in, but if i got a pair of pocket aces i don't care if it is the first hand i go all in, if i lose well i haven't invested neither my or my money so it isn't a lost at all.

THis statement made the most sense off all of emm... only had to sum it up in one phrase too ...lol..."dont come back playing nlhe"...brilliant ....this is the greatest ....yet hidden... strategy i can think of.... learning to play a whole new set of odds does take a while ..... but i bet you it saves the br over the long term.

Contrary to what most people would advise, i Play alot of hands early on. Since u get moved around alot in these freerolls, ur image can easily be disguised. I play aggressive but also make huge folds on multiway pots. I like to attack players while in position..Then when everyone labels me a looney i tighten up slighty..( ive cashed easily over 30 freerolls in over 2 years in all of the different games on fulltilt.Horse is by far the hardest 4 me)