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I've played these many times and my strategy has been to double up, squeak into the pay table then play aggressively. Should I start playing "any two will do" to go big or go home?
Is there a leader board listing for these games to see who places high consistently?

There is a huge difference between fifteen cents by squeaking into the pay table compared to fifteen dollars placing at the final table.

Thanks for any advice posted!
 
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A lot of the freerolls at 888 Poker have three minute blind levels the best strategy is to shove all in pre flop with a good hand the calls are made by weak players. I tried the play any two will do it works sometimes against short stacks.
 
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i always play tight when blinds are smaal, but when i have stack 5-10bb i use only push fold strategy
 
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I play in this game everyday at 10am PST when I am not working. I find it quite easy to make pay bubble of $0.15 but very difficult to make it to the top 100. The field is quite large, usually around 6000-8000 players and there is a lot of careless players who are playing any two.

The blinds increase at a very fast rate, and the antes are quite substantial aswell. It will be very difficult to stay above the blind levels, especailly as people start slowing down near the end. Luck plays a huge part at the end as most all hands will be all-in preflop.

Today I made quite a nice finish placing 30th and making just under 4$. I have placed well in this tournament several times before, but have always fallen short of making the final table.

My strategy here is quite simple. Early on there will be a lot of shoving.. this is the time to chip up if you can. If I have a good hand pre-flop (Big Ace, Big Pair) I will call a shove only if the chance is high it will not be multi-way. If I am opening the hand, it will be quite large. Small bets will lead to multiway pots.

With speculative hands (low-mid pairs suited connectors) , just min-bet or limp behind and hope to catch a big hand multiway and chip up.

Once the blinds get higher and stacksizes drop to 10-15 BB, I will pretty much just start push/fold strategy. It will be very hard to stay above the blind levels, so take whatever little chances you get and hope for the best.
 
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3 minutes ST games mean play tight and aggressive in the beginning to build a 2-3 times stack size and after few rounds when blinds rise to a high level then push and fold using position is a key to get deep in the tourney.
Well reaching a final table in ST games against 4000-8000 players totally depends on luck and perseverance. Stack sizes and sustainability in last phase of the tourney matters most.
The real advantage with these tourney is that these tourneys are freeroll in nature and last in mostly 3 hours and we get an opportunity everyday to play it.
 
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Hi.
Sometimes I also play in these tournaments.
In my opinion, these tournaments are more like casino games, such as roulette.
In this tournament there is virtually no opportunity to showcase your skills and experience.
Good luck.
 
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The advice is simple, play good hands and there the card will fall...
 
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In these tournaments a lot of people play with any two cards. I think it’s better to have a good hand against them.
 
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i always play tight when blinds are smaal, but when i have stack 5-10bb i use only push fold strategy


Exact same here! And taking ALL the time to get to money...
 
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