best strategy for cardschat freerolls

#1 22nd August 2016, 7:37 PM

hey everyone,

i'm playing cardschat freerolls for sometime and i believe i played approx. 15 tournaments and got into the pool twice or three times i guess. still, i really got unlucky many times with the better hand but that's not the point. i believe that percentage should be better and i would like to get some insight into it. playing tight and doubling up around 3000 chips gets you somewhere but just to get into the money. however, can someone recommend a better strategy? any opinion is welcome. thanks,

#2 22nd August 2016, 7:41 PM

I also play tight but you must watch your opponents in late stage of the freeroll cuz there could be some players who bluff to get many chips before the bubble
Tight/aggressive is the best strategy for me, when you have good cards and a good flop comes dnt be afraid to raise more

#3 22nd August 2016, 7:53 PM

I am need recommendation also for this CC freeroll, how to reach FT ,
Totally, i was played 2 times CC freeroll for member (15+post), and made 2 times ITM.
Here my result for last two CC freeroll :
First, 24/189
Second, 26/218

I have no idea how to play in the late stage, i'm so confused to open bet from all positions at table. :/

#4 22nd August 2016, 8:19 PM

I'd look at the various posts/articles & other kinds of interesting things CC has to offer and FIGURE IT OUT... I'd be surprised if veteran members (would be stupid enough or...) would give you clues/insight on how to be beat them at freerolls on their own card forum...lol... no EASY answers HERE... If I WERE to give advice I would read "Poker Tournament Formulas 1 & 2 by Arnold Snyder and Crushing The Microstakes by Black Rain" their styles are very "unorthodox" compared to the traditional "ho-hum" Slansky/Malmuth styles (which EVERYBODY knows already)...

No offense meant to anyone... JMHO...

#5 22nd August 2016, 8:31 PM

That is the thing with poker, you can win with a Q3 and lose with AA (sometimes). Just having fun I guess. Very few things that are free in this life.

#6 22nd August 2016, 8:35 PM

Originally Posted by vic88888

That is the thing with poker, you can win with a Q3 and lose with AA (sometimes)...

+1 to this...
It happens...

#7 22nd August 2016, 8:46 PM

From those i played, i learned that you have to arm yourself with alot of patiance and give your best. Thats good for all tournaments not even here.
As some member here replyed its good to know what are the different phases of the tourney, cause when you get further you have to change strategies depending on your stack and the others around you. For this reason is good to watch some late game tournaments and try to figure what the others are trying to reach with their acts.
Thats my opinion, i think im in the right direction to get to the winning places. Also i will need more to do it, so ill follow this thread for replyes.

#8 22nd August 2016, 11:13 PM

Well unlike other freerolls the play is more controlled and not many loose all ins at the early stages for the sake of stack building like many other freerolls.

#9 23rd August 2016, 2:09 AM

Every tournament should be played how you like to play it. Yea, it might have a different title, but you cannot go out and think that one tourney is different than another.
Read up on some strategy books and try to play like it tells you to is my best strategy for this tournament and any other tournament alike.

#10 23rd August 2016, 12:18 PM

How do Cardschar freerolls differ from others?

#11 23rd August 2016, 7:34 PM

Originally Posted by ayahuasca

How do Cardschar freerolls differ from others?

I have yet to play in one but just from seeing the registration numbers, the fact there is $100 and not $10 and the fact you have to work to get an invite to one.......id imagine people are playing a lot more seriously.

Way way fewer opponents, for more money, and took at least some work to get invited. Again im not there yet so cant say for sure but I would have to imagine the play is a bit tighter and taken a bit more seriously.

#12 23rd August 2016, 7:40 PM

All people in this thread share their tactics and now everyone know how someone plays I must be carefull in today CC freeroll

#13 23rd August 2016, 7:40 PM

Originally Posted by BadluckBubba

I have yet to play in one but just from seeing the registration numbers, the fact there is $100 and not $10 and the fact you have to work to get an invite to one.......id imagine people are playing a lot more seriously.

Way way fewer opponents, for more money, and took at least some work to get invited. Again im not there yet so cant say for sure but I would have to imagine the play is a bit tighter and taken a bit more seriously.

so far my experience says the same!!! as long as considering the blinds increase every 10 mins and highly gradually. so just keeping it tight helps a lot as i also didn't witness that many 3-bets or so which would test someone

#14 24th August 2016, 12:58 PM

You say that you are unlucky with the better hand. That is impossible. When the river complets the cards the better hand beats a worse hand. What you probably mean is that you have a better hand before all cards are on the board.
And when you loose on the river you think that's a bad beat. Well, i think it's a bad bet. You bet to much into the pot, not having the nuts. That is were you go wrong. You are to happy with a good starting hand, but it aint over untill the river has fallen. Too many people go all in with only a draw. And off top off that they call themselves unlucky instead of stupid when they do not hit the river.

#15 24th August 2016, 2:24 PM

The tourneys have good players and u have to play your A-game to go to FT.

#16 24th August 2016, 11:56 PM

root me in, ill update at minute 55 next hour, u root me in ill root u in when u
get deep and can offer advice to each other

#17 24th August 2016, 11:58 PM

Keep Practicing... thats the best advice, Cant win cardschat FR? Play A FR everyday... ACR, BOL, PS, Whatever... Just get practice.... (And adapt small ball poker into your game)

#18 25th August 2016, 12:57 AM

4/17, weaver.at.the.loom, acr $10 freeroll 5911922, also 17/47 in acr $10 freeroll 5912258, anyone want to watch me and offer advice ill watch u next time and do the same

#19 25th August 2016, 1:56 AM

6/7 grinding it out, anybody watching?

#20 25th August 2016, 11:17 AM

Originally Posted by paulsmall007

Well unlike other freerolls the play is more controlled and not many loose all ins at the early stages for the sake of stack building like many other freerolls.

That's not always the case. I see people shoving all-in pre on level 1 of these freerolls, or shoving on a limped flop.

#21 26th August 2016, 8:41 AM

I like very much not to like when transplanted to another table !!! It is already furious because I also learned as a player who plays a loser who is who and who plays Tight agresivno and when you are transplanted to another table then all you need to start all over again : ( (

#22 26th August 2016, 8:57 AM

My tactic is to play tight in early stage with monster hand and later when ante start ill tray to still blinds and play agersive with good cards :-D

#23 27th August 2016, 7:14 PM

You need to play like a normal tournament. Plus the fact that you have a lot of information. And it must actively used.

#24 27th August 2016, 7:57 PM

Play as many as you can. You can then start to adapt a strategy for them tailored towards your game.

#25 27th August 2016, 8:04 PM

There is no winning strategy for CC freerolls. There are too many loose cannons who play any two and call all-ins with garbage. there is more luck than strategy in these tourneys. Just try to play whatever strategy you feel comfortable with, and under no circumstances should you gauge your success on results. That is the path to disaster.

#26 31st August 2016, 7:45 AM

as much as the next person, but I think the 'freeroll mentality' calls for more dependence on luck than solid poker skills. I would take freerolls for what they are (a call to bingo players and runners), try to take advantage of the free seat, but depend on money games (even micro stakes) to truly hone legitimate poker skills. It's a whole different game when players have to put up a stake of some kind. Just my humble opinion as a student of the game.

Cheers . . .

#27 31st August 2016, 8:52 AM

playing only strong hands

#28 31st August 2016, 12:43 PM

I play most of the time so tight , but I can change my play depending on the other players

#29 31st August 2016, 6:33 PM

They play more like small buy in tournaments than free rolls. Just a little higher level of play going on in general. It may be as much a matter of pride as it is a matter of skill. The players feel like they know each other a bit more and want to win not just toss chips around and hope to get lucky.

#30 2nd September 2016, 12:14 AM

Originally Posted by Shumkoolie

That's not always the case. I see people shoving all-in pre on level 1 of these freerolls, or shoving on a limped flop.

Play the 10$ freerolls on acr and it's basically a shove fest till late ref ends, it's way different in the cardschat, there is not as many really bad players

#31 2nd September 2016, 7:17 PM

For me the freeroll Cardschat are one of the best as there are a lot of good players, I have little time here but I have seen good results, playing so tight, aggressive and disciplined.
Of course there are some of these tournaments where the password is filtered and enter any number of players playing as unhinged and put us in difficult decisions, but hey this is part of a Freeroll.

#32 2nd September 2016, 7:40 PM

certainly not be anxious about the wrong letters and great expectations in flops good is to have concrete sure game and bet with certain measures at certain times

#33 2nd September 2016, 7:47 PM

No special strategy, same play like any other tournaments!

#34 2nd September 2016, 7:53 PM

My friend, is though to be ITM since members are already experience players so you must play as many hands as possible and dont let anyone Bluff you out.

If you get a nice hand pay or better Tribet and keep on trying this strategy. It works for me.

#35 2nd September 2016, 8:00 PM

the party in poker freeroll Cardchat I came across a monster hand that I have waited a long time, I was doing all in, but my AK was slaee A9 than 9 on the river. And because such a situation I did not never entered the awards at party poker.

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