i've gotten $5 bucks out of these and just missed a few others (leading HU step 3 and lost) ... u would have thought i was playing for $1K not $1 ... i wasnt happy!
you have a max of 8 step 1s u can convert per day, so let's say u turn 3 of those into 2s which isnt hard to do at all u could easily win 5 out of 8 ... the competition is weak and impatient ... now impatient can be a legit strategy if you only can play for a few hours and have all 8 chances to convert to step 1s
so now you have 3 step 2s, which naturally you can play at the same time as u continue to play step 1s
let's say you turn 1 of those into a step 3 (place 1st or 2nd) also u can get another 2 by placing 3rd
now the step 3 is winner take all basically, however, i've placed 2nd a few times which gives you a step 3 back and 3rd gives u a step 2 back (ladder deal)
essentially if you have 4 hours to play , you should be playing in 1 step three every 4 hours, so it gives u a 10% chance per day to get a $1 ... i've done a little better by earning $1 per week for the 5 weeks i've been playing these
i know, high roller! ... but it's kinda fun ... and it's a way for old micro players on stars or ftp to get some of the excitement back
also nothing stops you from firing up a MTT freeroll at the same time ... Carbon runs one every 4 hours ... i won a whole $1 in an Omaha MTT and im not an Omaha player, so you can imagine the level of competition, however i lost most of that playing Limit Holdem cash ... now i want to get to $10 before i really start hitting the
real money
and for hard core multi tablers ... the
intertops freerolls (2/day) are easy fields, altho i did only place once out of 30 games, so not great results there (250 field 8 places ... well i guess 1 out of 30 is average statistically, but it was a 1st which got me into a $1K freeroll that only had 30 players with late reg. open ... that was a tough loss for me ... i coulda got some real $$ in i finished in top 8 and i ended up getting felted in like 11th ... ouch!)
anyway, i dont think any of that will satisfy a higher stakes player , but for micro players there is still fun to be had and with a few hits here and there ... some small dollars to start grinding away with
if you play the steps ... im Fugitive67, so give me a thumbsup! or your chips