Freeroll Grinders?

Hi all,

looking for any tips or advice; i'm trying to build a bankroll from freerolls. I find i can cash a few and have had a couple of final tables, but i then lack the discipline (moreover patience) and just "go for it" in the micro mtts to try and work it up.. lol it's only pennies of course, but is anyone out there approaching it the same way? do you just look for a single cash then move or keep building for a while?

Low- Middle stakes MTTs used to be my thing, but found alot of holes in my game, variance aside i lacked consistency in play. do freerolls help your game in the long term do you think or is it just a base to get started

likely to get experience, so you willfully your Range and tactics of the game and of course endurance marathon tournament))

Hi buddy,

i am a FREEROLL player just like you, the reason why i am be a freeroll player because i have difficulty to make deposit from my country.

But, as long as you have good will and wanna to learn a lot of poker you can make some profit in future.
Just like me, i was made profit around 85$ total accumulated.
Freeroll tournament can make you being a good player when you can reach FT or ITM. Freeroll for me is good game for exercise your poker skills.

i'm happy to share experience with you anytime you ask my friend

cheers

i'm created a post for freeroll tournament on pokerstars.
You can find out following this link :
Get your free tickets for EPT LIVE Bounty Bonus 500$ on Pokerstars

good luck

thanks for the link! never noticed that, i've been trying to work on up the pokerstars pokerschool but been getting (lets call it "coolered" haha) in the my last few freerolls early with aa, kk, and qq :'(

back down to 4700th lol whole half of the month to go i guess to get back up for at least 50c hehe

ilyass certainly are marathons with sometimes full 10000, hoping it does translate to l#some endurance skills for the big yearly series like wcoop etc

for first 10 minutes you just wait, only play AA - KK - AKo/s.
dont shove, because Open Skill League counted your finished place to leaderboard.
its better to make some points for leaderboard.

Hey Jsteppps,

Here is some free advice for you. Maybe you should try the Furguson Challenge. I've been @ it for 2 weeks now & have $55 so far. Basically for Cash Games & SnG's no more than 5% of your bankroll. MTT's no more than 2% of you bankroll. Rebuy MTT's 0.2% of your bankroll. Satellite's only if the target tourney would be affordable according to the 2% rule. Then if you in a cash game and your winnings exceed 10% of your bankroll cash out & level-up. Chris Fuguson did this on Fulltilt poker and turned $50 into $10 000. Give it a try... if you stick to this plan with your bankroll and with a little luck, skill & patience... you'll have a fat bankroll in no time.

Good luck Mate and all the best

appreciate the advice i'll look more into it

Ok so I was a freeroll grinder at one point and I had the same issue that you are having. I would grind them out, cash for a few dollars, then bust taking shots at micro MTT tourneys. Recently, I've been fortunate enough to run hot and take a couple MTT's down and have turned my bankroll of $0 into around $700 then back to $200 within a one month span. Obviously I was making some really irresponsible decisions with the money, but luckily the money doesn't really impact my life atm. Through my experience I think taking the shot is fine because the micros are so soft and easy to cash, but don't start thinking you are the best poker player on earth once the money does start coming in.

As for freerolls making you better, they definitely won't. If anything they just teach you how to be patient and fold.

hard to be a freeroll player if your in the usa, im not sure how the freerolls are in other countrys. but before black friday they had freerolls that were like a buy in tourney now.
made first place in a few of the 4k freerolls on crazy poker when it was round. i believe it was 400 or right around that for first, awe the good ole days

I still play freerolls, before "Black Friday" when I first started there were tons of forum freerolls. I'd play 8 to 10 per day.

It's a whole different game playing against "real" players. But playing here at CC has improved my game very much. But I'm a long way from the player I'd like to be.

Turn yourself on a valuated member here, make quality posts then you will be able to participate of Freeroll Club. Today I finished on 3rd and earn about 11 dollars on the daily freeroll.

Tip 2: play the CashGiveaway games on PS, get the tickets forever u can and play them.

Tip 3: don't play Spin & Go. JUST DON'T DO IT!

meagain00

They used to give away a lot of money to Americans on freerolls. Now, not so much.

Im trying to be a more active member on this now think you have to be active for at least a month so im restraining myself from being a total spammer haha

i've lost faith entirely in the pokerstars open school league - i'm wondering if the premier skill league is any better?

e.g AQ suited bb, utg utg+1, CO and button limp. i just rip it for 24bbs. Q7(o) calls and rivers a straight.....

i guess i mean is there less of the unpredictable plays? lol Im hoping the cardschat freerolls (when i gets there) are decent. I had a decent year last year in mtts with a few K in cashes.

had a silly dream of building a bankroll from scratch. im a true thrifty scotsman afterall

appreciate the heads up about the cash giveaway thing i always seem to miss the stars code promotions :S im a diddy lol yeah spin and go's are danger lol used to get my jollies for 6-max hypers during tourney break time thats enough wild fire for me

jsteppps,
A bit more than one year ago I decided to play in open school league for a whole month. In that month I've played at least once a day and earned 2.5 dollars at the end. A lot of work and wasted time for only 2.5$...

freerolls, unless very specific, are for one reason only - to build up your BR to play good cash/mtt/sng... games.
When I mean specific I mean games like are done by cardschat for example: relatively small field, blinds go up slow,decent prize ~15$. Compare that to other frees where you game 10k+ field and 3-5 min levels, and a prize of 50$. They are a hustle, to get your 10-100$ to have something bankrolly-like

100% Impossible !!! Normal BR diapason near 100 $
Unswer is to win 100 bucks u spend 1 year...

the if the cents dont make dollars, then the dollars dont make sense

or in other words, get some value....monetary and knowledge in freerolls or its not worth it

freerolls help me first learn to play poker and the second doing my bankroll for future games for money

Im getting those feels! lol will be happy just to scrape the 50c bottom prize with how its been going in my last few tourneys. (back down to 2100 after being top 500 for first half of month )

i know they're wild but i think there can be some value to be salvaged as a side project - esp with the premier league as top prize is up to $5000 assuming you're burning 500+ vpps (i think thats the requirements ) but hmm

considering forgetting the whole build from these tourneys and just use as a side project next month and chart results and knockouts for as much as i play. Highly doubt its a productive form for building a bankroll but could be useful for cash to satellites for the major tourneys. will have a think and probs bring something new for next month... i'll mess about with some excel spreadsheets lol

i do believe there's knowledge to be gained from the deepness of some the freerolls with 10k players, heard/ read alot of reg players that tend to avoid the Big tourneys each year because of the variance vs buyins. i'd like to think overcoming these godawful pools talentwise builds character for those real big uns with 25k+ entrants aha

Novice players only play better STT, in MTT tournaments you will be much less likely to succeed

I think that Freeroll is impossible to learn to play , as there are many do not value their chips

Dont call the early all in's unless you hold premo...

I Play tight and wait - usually people pay ya off when u hit a hand

Dont Play too many hands thats the biggest error alot of 'freeroll players' make. Also dont try bluffing until later in game around the time of button, thats when you have a huge advantage, but at same time recognize style of opponents vs hand strength. Hope that helps, and good luck!

You can absolutely learn something from playing freeroll mtts. It's generally not going to translate to higher stakes, but I don't see much difference from freerolls to micro mtts under $1

It also helps to get used to whatever software you're going to play.

And it's a way to learn some patience in early stages and change gears with more aggression as the tournament progresses.

Trying to build up from nothing it a challenge as well. Turn those pennies here or there into solid BRM and you will naturally progress through levels depending on the effort and discipline you can apply.

heres my advice buddy, be patient, take advantage of the sit outs, be aggresive when u get gooder hands, avoid the 3-5 handed all ins, avoid the big stacks, pick your spots and get your money in good, play multiple sites such as ACR, Seals swc, full flush. best of luck fool:

[quote=catchitfool;3209709]heres my advice buddy, be patient, take advantage of the sit outs, be aggresive when u get gooder hands, avoid the 3-5 handed all ins, avoid the big stacks, pick your spots and get your money in good, play multiple sites such as ACR, Seals swc, full flush. best of luck fool:[/quote

I have to agree with this completely. And I'm sure I would agree with many more opinions here, but I only read a few because I'm playing a MTT right now. But it's only one table, so I can post here a little. What I want to say is if you want be a winner in any game, first of all, take the advice you get here and use it, but nobody can make you change you game except you. even if you get a truck load of advice here. It takes time, patience, the will to learn, no tilt at all, and a positive mind whenever you play GL to you

A strategy some people I know use for large, low-value freerolls like the on-demand ACR $10 one is to shove a lot in the beginning and try to at least quintuple up early. You have to get very lucky to actually do it, more likely you will bust - but the rationale is that grinding a small stack in such a huge tournament with such a small cashout is just not a great use of time, whereas if you build up a huge stack early, especially considering the quality of the average player, you have a solid shot at cashing. To be clear, this may not be the most +EV strategy in a raw monetary sense, but it's quite probably more "worth one's time" when considering freerolls like this [or large freerolls that give you a ticket to a real tournament, etc.].

You can check my CC blog, it has several articles on exactly this topic. Link in signature.

A good strategy for freerolls is to only play top tier starting hands as a lot of people are going to jam all-in for the first 3-4 levels. then once it slows down and most the maniacs are gone to start to open your range up again.. you can certainly build up money through freerolls if you have patience though

You can create a bankroll out of freerolls. Be patient, play a lot.

You can play 888poker and pokerstars for freerolls .
888poker , if you can and want to play there , have the 20$ snap tournament free for all but after level 5 you gain access to 2 other freerolls , level 10 2 more etc .
You can use the money to play steps :step 1 costs $0.01 and gives 0.10 step2 , the step2 $0.10 gives $1 step 3 etc .You can use step tickets to play to SNG or tournaments , but you should play SNG at the beginning until you build your bankroll .
Pokerstars used to have many freerolls of its own (100k privelege , 2000 round2 weekend) and more of sponsor sites , but now has less and the freerolls that are pokerstars' are more difficult , in my opinion , to get access or win.
If you can win them (the cash giveaway, the CC,etc) play SNG by the rules of the articles refering to SNG strategy posted on this site , buid a bankroll,then start playing MTT. You need a lot of buy ins when you start playing MTT .
Play MTT with the rules exlained on strategy articles on this site.freerolls help you at start , but you must go and get familiarized with SNG and later with MTT ,early-middle and late stage .
Good luck on the tables.

I recommend you gain about 5 dollars or more and start playing Sit & Go to increase your bankroll, if you only play freerolls you lose a long time

you can play the cardschat freerolls, this week the EPT freerolls and the the walking dead freeroll, too you can get free tickets with intellipoker or other poker school, the others freerolls have a lot of players so is much difficult to get some cash

the tip 3 came a little late for me hahaha xD