Freeroll & Micro Stakes Ring Games stratagies

My strategies for freerolls don't seem to work I have been playing for a while now and have yet to cash in anything but the Ferguson sat.

And my play at micro stakes tables has lost me as much as iv won

here is a quick overview of my strategy for each(any tips are appreciated)

Freeroll- Usually near the beginning all in fest i fold anything that isn't a large pocket pair(AAs KKs QQs Etc) and when i see the play start to slow down I play suited cards down to 65 and any unsuited high cards(AT AK AQ KJ Etc) and limp in alot and see alot of flops and try bluffing when i have a little security but none the less the best i can do is 33rd place twice.I never have a stack big enough to contend with the blinds near the end.

For Micro stakes ring games- I scout the table the first few hands to see how people play, then i start in only playing strong pairs and suited cards, i try to see flops alot because it's usually cheap, but i think sometimes i see to many, I try and play just about any two cards till isee the flop after i have established a tight style and i bluff(maybe a little to much) i havn't realy lost or gained anything i sit around the same amounts i lose a little and win a little.

any tips would help

Ok, Terry, maybe you should try going All-In with hands you usually wouldn't. High pocket pairs are always good, but they decrease the chance of beating higher pairs. For example, say you have Jacks. If whoever called has Aces, you're kind of screwed. My favorite type of hands are flush and straight draws, for the sole reason of and advantage over one or two pair. Well, if you hit the flush or straight.

Do you take position into account along with starting hand requirements?

I try to but usually, i end up trying to hurry my decisions, and don't think about position. Sorry if this sounds dumb, but is position a crucial part of the game? I'v had people tell me about it a few times but I rarley ever think about it when I have a tough decision to make. is that you play stronger hands from early position or vice versa?(if you could please explain it at least in simplest terms I'd be thankful).

Position is vitally important. You should be playing tighter the closer you are to under the gun, and looser the closer you are to the button. The reason is you will know what your opponents are doing when you have position on them, which gives you information, which is really what the game is all about. When you are first or second to act you can give away a lot of bets by calling with decent hands and then having to fold when you get bumped up by one of the next people to act, or if you call and go to the flop, you have to make your decision before you get to see what the preflop raiser wants to do on every street.

here is one of the of the best way to play a freeroll, and its on this site
https://www.cardschat.com/freeroll-tournament-strategy.php

I highly recommend the Strategy Articles section of this site (one of the 4 tabs at the top of the page) which where khicks if referring to.

Here is a direct link to the article on position Poker Theory: Position

https://www.cardschat.com/position-in-poker.php take a look on that

Thanks guys, All of this was very helpful and if not for a few unlucky hands I'd have a bit of cash right now(one day soon i hope )

Going all in after 2 or 3 hands with any ace or pocket pairs to double up is not completely stupid. That depends of the freeroll.
Freerolls with a lot of players are very difficult.Spending hours and hours to be busted at the bubble is a waist of time.
But for freerolls with a lot of money and not a big field,you must try to do it seriously.

Microstakes strategy = valuebet

True

kcanuck said:

Do you take position into account along with starting hand requirements?

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Yes..your position has a big part of the cards you play..

Freerolls - you need to cash big pots off strong hands while people are loose. You can tighten up later but as the tourney progress you need to adjust. Finding the players at the tables you can extract chips from are key.

Micro tables- these are for gamblers. you can't just play the cards. you have to be able to player the player as well

I played in four Freerolls this weekend and cashed in two of them. I play extremely tight for the first portion of the tournament. Be VERY agressive when you have the cards. Most everyone else at this stage is playing really loose and you have a good chance to build your stack.

Once the donks start disappearing you can loosen up a bit.

The big thing is to keep your cool and not get on tilt because someone went all in with 58o and made their straight on the river. Stay calm and remember that those folks will eventually be giving up their chips...hopefully to you.