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Hi, I've been playing a lot of freeroll tournaments lately and it seems like early on I will often have a good hand (JJ, QQ, AK) and get shoved on before it is my turn to act, a lot of the time I have these people dominated but there are so many people in the hand someone hits a flush or a straight or a low two pair and I will get sucked out on. I was wondering what anyone would recommend when playing said freerolls (play them tighter?, etc.)
 
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Honestly waiting for the donkeys to lose their stack is a good way to play. Of course play your premiums and just hope you hold the best hand. Those players that are sucking out are rarely going to cash, they just get an early lead and blow it
 
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Unless you are going to wait in early stages and fold all hands except AA and KK (shoving all-in with those), you're going to have to gamble early on.
I tend to play super tight when in a shove fest. Folding almost every hand in early position. patience and things may change a little.

Oh and after all it is only a freeroll.

Many play by the theory: get a big stack early or go home.
 
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there is no sure way to get through risks. you have to just get your money in good and dodge bullets. easy enough?
 
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Hi, I've been playing a lot of freeroll tournaments lately and it seems like early on I will often have a good hand (JJ, QQ, AK) and get shoved on before it is my turn to act, a lot of the time I have these people dominated but there are so many people in the hand someone hits a flush or a straight or a low two pair and I will get sucked out on. I was wondering what anyone would recommend when playing said freerolls (play them tighter?, etc.)

That's a horrible spot haha. Play good hands for value and dont try to bluff too much, specially at early stages... If you can see cheap flops with speculative hands, medium pairs, do it (not limping but with a 2-3bb raise, depending on how much your opps respect raises)
And if you're in a middle of a shovefest i think you should: wait for monsters or just sit out and wait they kill each other.
 
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At the first stage of this competition, very often there is a real mess. In such a situation it is almost impossible to determine which of the opponents on hand really strong cards. Playing poker freerolls, it is worthwhile to lead an aggressive poker strategy.
 
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Iagree with Spripe wait till the donks do their all ins. Play your good cards but fold the mediocre hands.
 
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I usually play aggressive in freerolls and I think I am going to have to tighten up my game a little bit later on in the tourney because I always get hero called by some guy that has like bottom pair, and it just blows my mind how these players are still in the tournament. Maybe they had a read on me but it still tilts me so much.
 
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Honestly waiting for the donkeys to lose their stack is a good way to play. Of course play your premiums and just hope you hold the best hand. Those players that are sucking out are rarely going to cash, they just get an early lead and blow it

definitely my type of game :smile:
 
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If you want to win a Freeroll, then your strategy must be tight-aggressive.

Play only good starting hands.
Make big raises and big bets more, than in a normal game.
If you have a good combination, put, put and put again.
If you have nothing, well, nothing can be done. Don't try to bluff.

P.S. Playing in a freeroll, sometimes it seems, that you are playing into a closed poker world, which is completely different from cash games or ordinary tournaments. From the different positions of the table constantly fly all-in, and few people can explain why he moves his chips in the middle of the table.
 
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If you want to win a Freeroll, then your strategy must be tight-aggressive.

Play only good starting hands.
Make big raises and big bets more, than in a normal game.
If you have a good combination, put, put and put again.
If you have nothing, well, nothing can be done. Don't try to bluff.

P.S. Playing in a freeroll, sometimes it seems, that you are playing into a closed poker world, which is completely different from cash games or ordinary tournaments. From the different positions of the table constantly fly all-in, and few people can explain why he moves his chips in the middle of the table.
It happens that a good card does not go too long, you start getting angry, you make mistakes. But if in fact the card does not come, what should I do?
 
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You must be very patience in freerolls. Keep calm and build your chip tower ;))
 
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It happens that a good card does not go too long, you start getting angry, you make mistakes. But if in fact the card does not come, what should I do?

If in the game a long time does not come good cards, then I try to enter a trade a limp (but only from the position, preferably only later).
A rough range of hands to limp:
1. Suited and offsuit connectors;
2. Small pairs;
3. Hands with suited aces;
4. Hands like J9, Q10.
In the event that there is a raise after limping, in this case it is necessary to consider the opponent's game, his stack, your stack and then make a decision.
But that's just my opinion.
 
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When you playing in multi-pot even with AA, there is a still remains big chances to lose this bank if you don't get monster-hand from flop. Try to go all-in against 1or2 opponents. And best freeroll strategy was and still is - Tightly game on early stages and agressive in late.
 
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You just have to endure in freerolls a lot of crazy play)))
 
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free rolls are saturated with donks just cuz there is no risk and there is good reward. So the plan is to try best to outlast the donks, only go in multi way pots where players might have shove when you have hands like AA, KK or AKs. In multi way all ins those are the only 3 hands worth goin in with. gl sir
 
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I think the key of success in winning freerolls is to know how to play tight and to get max value when u hit the nuts. U must do observations on what works well against LAG players (95% of the players are sticking with this style of play). Personally I stick with the TP (tight-passive) style of play. Remaining 10% of the total players, here's where I lose my stack most of the time.
 
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There is a lot of cases when people call your all-in with AA with 72 off, but trust me, you want them to call you with that kind of hands.
 
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If in the game a long time does not come good cards, then I try to enter a trade a limp (but only from the position, preferably only later).
A rough range of hands to limp:
1. Suited and offsuit connectors;
2. Small pairs;
3. Hands with suited aces;
4. Hands like J9, Q10.
In the event that there is a raise after limping, in this case it is necessary to consider the opponent's game, his stack, your stack and then make a decision.
But that's just my opinion.
Bad cards are discarded, and in the end you see the best combination with your cards)
And this often happens.
 
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See, freeroll can be tough. because there are so many douchebags that go all in with anything. So you have to be cautious as hell at first with what you play. Try to get a few double ups and sit out for a little bit..but not too long because with the blinds going up fast you will be screwed. Watch who plays there hands properly and who moves like a child. Best advice is to stay aware of your table.
 
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The good thing when you play freerolls is that you don't have anything to lose, and when you don't have anything to lose, you can play by intuition which in the most cases tells you the right thing to do.
 
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I just play tight and premium hands; if I am up against one or two player then I will play a little aggressive with marginal hands or better.
 
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At an early stage, I play broadly, but this depends on the presence of the aggressor at the table, and on his position ... then tight, the bluff is virtually eliminated ...
 
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My personal strategy with freerolls is to be tight aggressive.

I personally don't like playing loose because it never works for me.

TA is the most solid strategy that works consistantly.
 
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