cwdignus
Carpe diem
Loyaler
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underdog140
Legend
Silver Level
If we are talking a random site freeroll that you didn't have to earn your way into. Take advantage of the loose play at the first. Go all in with any decent hand preflop. AQ + ... pocket pairs. Don't be scared to race. Players with A rag call allot pre-flop in these type of games.... there is always another freeroll around the corner if it doesn't work out. As the game progresses.. change your style accordingly.
I always have said, it's better to go out early then it is to play for hours and go out on the bubble. Build you chip stack early to give yourself the best chance in winning or go busto and onto the next game.
I always have said, it's better to go out early then it is to play for hours and go out on the bubble. Build you chip stack early to give yourself the best chance in winning or go busto and onto the next game.
shpilia
Rock Star
Silver Level
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Mantones
Visionary
Bronze Level
Be aggresive and if you hit top pair on the flop just make a huge raise,there will be many begginers and call with middle pair,just play like you play everytime but be more careful and be open-ranged to all-in situations 
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gklcap
Rock Star
Silver Level
Playing tight in the early stages is pointless IMHO. 2 months ago, when I started playing poker online, I was playing 10+ freerolls daily on pokerstars. I've cashed lots of times(Top 100) but never made the final table in one of those freerolls with 3k+ people.
I often see that the common advice given is to play only TT+ early on and to stay uber tight. Doing so is pointless IMHO. Since most freerolls are Turbo, on Pokerstars at least, playing tight in the early stages will lead to one of the following :
1)You will go card dead and will be forced to shove with a mediocre hand
2)You will get a premium hand and shove but by this time you've blinded down so low that a lot of donks who got lucky early on will call you.
If the tourney is a Turbo or faster, then you will be short stacked pretty quickly. You're unlikely to see more than 25 cards, at best, before you are under 10BB.
So my advice to you is to play loose early on and amass a chip lead. Shove or call with any Ace, any suited King, Any Broadway, Any Suited Connector 98+ e.t.c. And if you're in the BB with only 1 person who has shoved, then I think you should call with ATC.
You will bust out a lot if you follow this plan. But the thing is you haven't wasted much time and the next freeroll is right around the corner and the few times you don't bust, you'll be coasting with a massive chip stack. There is no feeling worse than playing TAG for 4+ hours and then busting out on the bubble of a freeroll.
You are NOT going to win any freeroll with 3k+ players with skill alone. You are going to need massive amounts of luck. As the old adage goes, 'if you can't beat them join them'. And you can't beat the donks in a freeroll. So your best shot is to join them and hope to get lucky.
I often see that the common advice given is to play only TT+ early on and to stay uber tight. Doing so is pointless IMHO. Since most freerolls are Turbo, on Pokerstars at least, playing tight in the early stages will lead to one of the following :
1)You will go card dead and will be forced to shove with a mediocre hand
2)You will get a premium hand and shove but by this time you've blinded down so low that a lot of donks who got lucky early on will call you.
If the tourney is a Turbo or faster, then you will be short stacked pretty quickly. You're unlikely to see more than 25 cards, at best, before you are under 10BB.
So my advice to you is to play loose early on and amass a chip lead. Shove or call with any Ace, any suited King, Any Broadway, Any Suited Connector 98+ e.t.c. And if you're in the BB with only 1 person who has shoved, then I think you should call with ATC.
You will bust out a lot if you follow this plan. But the thing is you haven't wasted much time and the next freeroll is right around the corner and the few times you don't bust, you'll be coasting with a massive chip stack. There is no feeling worse than playing TAG for 4+ hours and then busting out on the bubble of a freeroll.
You are NOT going to win any freeroll with 3k+ players with skill alone. You are going to need massive amounts of luck. As the old adage goes, 'if you can't beat them join them'. And you can't beat the donks in a freeroll. So your best shot is to join them and hope to get lucky.
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chokollati
Rising Star
Bronze Level
first survive hand to hand take more defensive so va attitudes with strong pairs or with high ex connectors : AJ KA KQ and try to extract the pot maximum a good technique and pay just to attract more people in the pot plus much attention to strength of its hand post flop logical ... and a little luck will have to accompany you .
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rflbarreto
Rock Star
Silver Level
I´ve built my bankroll from freerolls and the best recommendation is to be patient! You don´t have to win every hand and know when to fold is mandatory.
Best thing is to play a lot of then to be familiarized with different situations. The PS freerolls are really huge and first thing is: you must have time to be like 8hours in front of a computer.
Best thing is to play a lot of then to be familiarized with different situations. The PS freerolls are really huge and first thing is: you must have time to be like 8hours in front of a computer.
rflbarreto
Rock Star
Silver Level
It´s natural to have these players. Their thinking is "I didn´t have to pay for it, so I wanna a very good start right from the beggining, otherwise I prefer to leave it and not playing for hours for a small pay"
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Lexxx
Visionary
Silver Level
Yeah! Everything or nothing in the first hands!
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somersetlad9
Rock Star
Silver Level
1. Play tight in the beginning but also watch the players as you can often player looser against certain players. Once you have a stack then bully shorter stacks into folding especially just before the money bubble. Then try and tighten up after the bubble if you have a larger stack as people generally go maniac once they have cashed. Otherwise take a risk. Most important thing is to enjoy the game regardless of the outcome
Brandlad
Visionary
Silver Level
How to deal with Allin freaks in a mobbed Tourney
What is the good strategy to deal with these freaks in a mobbed Tourney where number of participants are so high sometimes more than 10000.
Well I know patience is a key point there but these tournaments tend to last around 4-6 hours and sometimes you have good cards but the luck element may be with those freaks.
Those freaks act as as a Looter once their luck plays well and you feel like looted.
Kindly share your views with some strategy.
What is the good strategy to deal with these freaks in a mobbed Tourney where number of participants are so high sometimes more than 10000.
Well I know patience is a key point there but these tournaments tend to last around 4-6 hours and sometimes you have good cards but the luck element may be with those freaks.
Those freaks act as as a Looter once their luck plays well and you feel like looted.
Kindly share your views with some strategy.
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ph_il
...
Silver Level
Why are you calling them freaks?
You could:
-Join the fun and go all in and hope to get lucky. Not really recommended, but it could be fun.
-Just wait it out until you either get a hand worth trying to get lucky with or the shove fest has died down a bit.
-Don't play these games.
You could:
-Join the fun and go all in and hope to get lucky. Not really recommended, but it could be fun.
-Just wait it out until you either get a hand worth trying to get lucky with or the shove fest has died down a bit.
-Don't play these games.
