Not really. You play tight in the beginning and let half the field donk out. At some point it gets a little more serious and you can open your game up.
I think the free rolls are too hard to win and to keep wining. I think that Ft steps would be better to play for your chance to get it. But even in that it is a numbers game. even if you win 50% of the steps the higher you go the harder you will have to work to keep going.