My tactics of fighting on freerolls

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It's about a lot of players.
I realized recently one very big mistake that I made in tournaments.
Suppose I went for a $ 500 freeroll, which had a ticket.
Having 1500 starting chips, I reached the 4200 level after 12 minutes of play.
Then in half an hour to 10200. My place was 101 out of 1120 (prize places 540), i.e. if I kept my bank, I would get a prize. But I wanted to play more hands, as if having an advantage. And this is a fatal mistake. After all, I just hit the bad beat. This is annoying. I do not advise anyone, having the advantage of continuing to play aggressively, until you get to the prizes.
This is my personal opinion, good luck in the game!
 
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Yes you are right with what you say. Adding to what you said , one shouldn't strive to play more hands but rather to play more carefully. The temptation to play more hands, now that you have lots of chips, is a great one. You shouldn't stop playing altogether.

What I do is pretend I haven't got a big chip stack and it helps me make better decisions.
 
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I think one of the many secrets of poker is patience, especially in freerroll tournaments.
 
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Play with patience, expect the best opportunities, avoid bluffing, especially against weak players. I advise you to choose the right position to play, playing out of position can read cost many chips.
 
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I have found this to be the hardest freeroll tactic. To keep a chip lead you need to be aggressive but to make it to the money you got to chill and fold. What do you do?

Pick your battles, know your opponents.
 
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It's about a lot of players.
I realized recently one very big mistake that I made in tournaments.
Suppose I went for a $ 500 freeroll, which had a ticket.
Having 1500 starting chips, I reached the 4200 level after 12 minutes of play.
Then in half an hour to 10200. My place was 101 out of 1120 (prize places 540), i.e. if I kept my bank, I would get a prize. But I wanted to play more hands, as if having an advantage. And this is a fatal mistake. After all, I just hit the bad beat. This is annoying. I do not advise anyone, having the advantage of continuing to play aggressively, until you get to the prizes.
This is my personal opinion, good luck in the game!
Ltd! as I know it ... I also have such a problem. because of this I can not win any prestigious tournament. I do not even know what to say. it all depends on yourself. good luck.
 
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In other words just not to disturb the dynamics of the game to prizes and get a working stack to wait ITM... Sometimes work
 
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Yes, sounds pretty tough. I mean being an aggressive player gets you into a good position, but it can also make you lose everything that you have.
 
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I really like to get as big of stack as possible very early on. Grinding out a freeroll for hours without getting a prize sucks so bad. So in other words, I'll either have a ton of chips by first break or I won't even make it to the second level.
 
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I always try to get ITM with around 10, but preferably 15-20bb. Once you go down below 10bb and you hit ITM you won't get much more than a min-cash usually, considering people will loosen up and you would need good cards to compete for a pot. Having 15-20bb will allow you to fold out some medium hands while the first wave busts and then you can start shoving correctly (pretty loose with <10bb).

Generally accomplishing this by playing fairly tight and picking the right spots to steal. Pay attention to (big) blinds sitting out and widen your range on BTN/CO.
 
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I always try to get ITM with around 10, but preferably 15-20bb. Once you go down below 10bb and you hit ITM you won't get much more than a min-cash usually, considering people will loosen up and you would need good cards to compete for a pot. Having 15-20bb will allow you to fold out some medium hands while the first wave busts and then you can start shoving correctly (pretty loose with <10bb).

Generally accomplishing this by playing fairly tight and picking the right spots to steal. Pay attention to (big) blinds sitting out and widen your range on BTN/CO.
Thank you for the example. I read it three times and brought out something for myself) good luck to you!
 
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Sometimes playing those all-ins is a good way to getting ahead. As long as you have a good hand and luck is on your side.
 
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Until you're in the money you should be minimizing your risks as much as possible, but if you get good hands in position you should play them and aggressively. But there is a difference between aggressive and reckless play. 2.25-3bb raises is plenty then just avoid bloating the pot unless you have the nuts.

do that and your stack will increase.
 
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I think the main thing is always patiently waiting for a good card.
 
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In your case, the excessive confidence in your cards after long victories is one of the psychological mistakes in poker. We all are not computers and are not able to constantly make the right decisions when playing poker. But the truth is that mistakes - it's part of our development and forward movement.
 
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I think the main thing is always patiently waiting for a good card.
Yes, but not always so it is necessary to do! The most important thing in time to understand when to change the style and why
 
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I decided for myself what in the early stage of a tourney and further I will play only good hands, will play mostly ABC poker. Chips advantage gives you only one thing -- you are not afraid of coming blinds. And because of a badbeat as you said you can lose everything in a moment what is not pleasant. May be my tactics is wrong. But I dont see the reason why I should play more hands as even when I fold quite a playable hand it folded mises the flop anyway.
 
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I decided for myself what in the early stage of a tourney and further I will play only good hands, will play mostly ABC poker. Chips advantage gives you only one thing -- you are not afraid of coming blinds. And because of a badbeat as you said you can lose everything in a moment what is not pleasant. May be my tactics is wrong. But I dont see the reason why I should play more hands as even when I fold quite a playable hand it folded mises the flop anyway.
ABC is the simplest scheme ... just the main thing in time to understand when to change this scheme
 
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