My First ITM on Freerolls

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Hi Guys,

Yes, the title of this post is surprising! I FINALLY Could get my first ITM on the freerolls.

1st, why freerolls?

Well, I am a relatively new poker player. I actually play for a while but since 2 weeks I decided to really study poker. I was out of money and found some Freerolls over the internet. BINGO, my chance to practice and don't loose any money.

I Strongly suggest every new player to register in pokerstars school of poker, and start playing their OpenSchool freerolls. That gave me real good insights about outs and odds, some strategy to play SnGs, and some tickets to higher freerolls.

OK, 2 weeks studying and training.

Loosing one after the other, and considering the hands where I lost all my chips. A Mix of Bad beats with lack of patience to study the player and the hand situation, BANG, there goes NKGB13 out of another freeroll.

Yesterday, I decided to really play poker, like a champ. Got an strategy and stick to it (sorry for the bad English by the way). Studied EVERY single hand, gone wild sometimes, but knowing my risks.

2 Freerolls, 2 ITMs.

1 Turbo - I tried to play like PS 2cents Hyper Turbo, thinking all the time "They will Pay", so, no marginal hands, no lower pairs, Monster hands with basically all in or 4 - 5 bbs raises depending on position. That went reaaaly well. I finished this tournament in 64 out of 7000. Small prize but the joy of getting into ITM.

The other one was a regular tournament. Little different strategy, allowing myself to see the flop with group 3 hands, (QJo, AJ, KJ, KQ etc..). Betting hard when I decided to go on a hand, putting my opponents into pressure of seeing a flop with an A, 7 for example. That strategy really works for regular games. I avoided all the time to play off position. I needed that advantage all the times. A good tip for these kind of tournaments, DON'T BE AFRAID TO FOLD WITH A QQ OR KK OR A GOOD DRAW.. Your opponent can have equal chances of having the draw or the hand made already, for that, study odds and outs and make a good choice. I even folded with AA when a straight was a possibility for my opponent (Some will say I did wrong, some will agree with me, but that was my strategy and I stick to it until the end). I controlled myself to stay with an average stack, gone all in just to call other all ins with a monster hand. Got to the final table with a stack a bit below of the average. Then I controlled myself, being the 2nd lower stack I got to my Turbo tournaments strategy, all in with Monster hand.

Again, got to 7th position out of 40 players.

End of history. 55 cents more rich (that's 550% higher than I had before) and proud of getting there. Now I'll practice even more and adapt my strategy to get into final tables with a good stack. Let's see!

And what about you. Tell your success history. I've read a few before getting my own and that helped a lot..
 
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Congrats Buddy! Keep it up and here's to many more to come. As you bankroll builds I would look at playing the smallest micro stakes SNG's available and try to build further till you have a manageable BR. :)
 
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Congrats Buddy! Keep it up and here's to many more to come. As you bankroll builds I would look at playing the smallest micro stakes SNG's available and try to build further till you have a manageable BR. :)

Thanks ConDeck. I prefer the single table ones but they're still 1,50. Still need to get some more ITM or win one of these freerolls.

Do you have any indication?

Thanks!
 
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congrats,
its tough to go from $0 to hero
moreso nowadays
stars has .50 9mans dont they? yup they do-turbos
the .25 45mans are good builders too

I used to play alot of those pokerschool games, I liked them, especially the buyin one
freerolls are def. all about patience, one member here used to drag the clock out every hand lol, people hate that but he lasted longer because of it

wish you success
 
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congrats,
its tough to go from $0 to hero
moreso nowadays
stars has .50 9mans dont they? yup they do-turbos
the .25 45mans are good builders too

I used to play alot of those pokerschool games, I liked them, especially the buyin one
freerolls are def. all about patience, one member here used to drag the clock out every hand lol, people hate that but he lasted longer because of it

wish you success

hi Micalupagoo. Liked that idea of use the full clock time! hehehe.. yes, just by having patience I get real close to ITM.. That's definitely the best tip I ever got, and would like to share..
 
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Good job getting to where you are. Continue on and build a bit of a bankroll and continue using patience, position and you should continue to build at the small stakes. I would suggest to try to build a small bankroll (playing freerolls) before you start to try moving on to playing in cash games. It is so easy to go bust with a really small bankroll, due to variance when playing poker, and it can get discouraging.

My advise, and success story, is to search and install lots of sites, as there are lots of them out there. I play about 10 freerolls a day, and try to start a large number of them at the same time. I play an average of 4 hours per day playing freerolls and in the past year, I have won about $600. If you look at my "wage" it works out to about 50 cents per hour, so definately not a good return on my TIME investment, but I play for enjoyment rather than for making money.
 
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I understand what you entiu with this win in freeroll

I understand what you feel with this victory in freeroll me the same thing happened also tried to increase my gain sng 2cents are following the same path I also learn a lot here cardschat and pokerstar poker school try to win the freeroll ticket bluff bluff very good puzzle very cool head


:as4::ac4::ad4::ah4:: for you
 
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up unti that point i have played enough freerolls but the fields are so large (+10,000) that i have only twice out of 20 times been in the money.. and when i say in the money i mean at the last positions... getting very few cents out of it... so i guess i will need a freeroll of a smaller field...
 
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Gratz! keep going im sure there will be more freerolls even for bigger money :)
 
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congrats the lower stakes always fun with soft competition
 
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Congrats, It is always nice to hear of success no matter at what level it comes. I hope you have continued success in the future! :)
 
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2c$ hyper at PS - has nothing with a skill
it is total gambling LOL
play freerols, your skills will get better with a time. learn pushfold and read more articles
 
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