| This is a discussion on Something to watch for in a mega-freeroll within the online poker forums, in the Tournament Poker section; Hey all, I read this somewhere on CC, but I thought it was worth reiterating because I tried it last night, and it worked! I ... |
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| Something to watch for in a mega-freeroll Hey all, I read this somewhere on CC, but I thought it was worth reiterating because I tried it last night, and it worked! I played in a 7,500 person freeroll and finished in 58th! In the beginning, a lot of people aren't even at the table, so a bot plays for them. The bots *always* fold if someone raises. So, once you figure out who the bots are, you can *always* steal their blinds with a min raise. Near the beginning of the tourney, I tripled up with AA all-in. That put me at 4,500 chips. But at the end of the first hour I had 10K clips from blind stealing. It was just me and one other player stealing blinds, going head to head every so often. Then a third player joined us. It was like playing three handed but with free chips every so often. If no one raised by the time it got to the third player, the third player just did a min raise and took the blinds. It was very cool. Anyhow, just thought I'd share that as it really helped in the first hour or so work my way up the ladder. I'm not sure if I would have even thought of it had I not read it here on CC. Thank you CC! And enjoy those mega-freerolls everyone! -Dave |
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| re: Something to watch for in a mega-freeroll poker OK, OK, so they're not quite "bots". But they're not just sitting out either. They can technically win hands when in the BB position. Quote:
Thanks for the advice! It seems there are always answers on CC! -Dave |
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| True, especially something like the country freerolls on fulltilt where people will sign up 24 hours before and forget about being in the tourney. You get lots of people timing out. Also note that these players start to drop finally in the 300-800 tourney positions, so if you've got 800 people left, wait a few minutes, and a few hundred ghosts will be gone. |
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| re: Something to watch for in a mega-freeroll poker Not that big of a problem if you understand what is going on. I will say it is annoying at first until the blinds go up and the field is reduced, and, the real poker starts. Nothing like scooping up a few blinds to get your stack to a size where you can manage your risk and placement in that tournament. |
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