Warrior1961
Legend
Bronze Level
Hi everyone.
I read this strategy on the networks (in a Facebook group) and I found it interesting to share it.
3 useless strategies in freeroll tournaments and 1 that works
1 - Go all-in in each hand
How many times have you been eliminated after facing the typical player who risks his stack in each hand? It will be at least a dozen, right?
Have you ever wondered why this happens? Are you facing a player benefiting from the room? You should know (and if we do not tell you again) that poker rooms do not help any player for several reasons and the first one is that they do not care who takes each hand or tournament, their benefits are the same.
If you think the software is "rigged" and that the room is interested in a worse player taking a hand, you must understand that you are completely wrong.
The reasons why a player acts in this way (betting on each hand) may be because he is not in the best conditions to play or because being a freeroll does not care much about the result and wants to enjoy the action.
But you should not worry about this type of player since acting in this way will never win a tournament, even having all the luck in the world. Although when facing an all-in and losing to such a player you can think that this strategy can be a winner, this is not the case, a player who goes all-in in each hand will never win a tournament.
Mathematics and odds are totally against this game strategy. Who plays like this, each hand that disputes is closer to falling eliminated, being his options to reach the practically null prize positions.
If you think that we are not right and that the software is tricky, we recommend that you write down each of the hands in which you go all-in to realize that it is much easier for you to take the bet the stronger your hand is. If you write a high enough number you will see that this is so.
2 - Bet on bluff
A major mistake that many players make in freeroll is to bluff. If you play such a tournament, you better not even think about bluffing.
Why shouldn't you do it? He thinks that a freeroll tournament is a specific tournament with its own characteristics.
Of the nine players sitting at the tables, three of them may have minimal knowledge of poker, three others will probably be playing other tournaments at the same time and will not be too attentive to what happens and the remaining two may not be too aware of the game.
The vast majority of occasions when you risk your chips with a bluff will receive a call from one of the opponents, usually having a better hand than yours (since you bluff bluffs).
In the freeroll tournaments a lamppost can rarely be carried out successfully, being a mistake to adopt this strategy in this type of tournaments.
If you want to succeed in freeroll, avoid the lanterns in your game.
3 - Play manual
After reading the previous point, you are probably thinking of playing wisely and making all the correct movements, but that you do it cannot prevent the rest of the players from making incomprehensible movements.
To play in the freeroll is not necessary to forget all the strategy articles read, but it is also not convenient to follow his advice to the letter since this type of tournaments is very different from the rest. Logic is not usually applied in freeroll.
Have you read in several strategy articles that a 3-fold rise in the big blind can help you take the pre-flop boat? Forget this in freeroll as these climbs to steal the boat do not work in these tournaments.
Another case is when there is a short player all-in and you try to reach the showdown by checking in the streets. In freeroll this never works because there is always someone who will try to hold your hand even on the river, the logic in these tournaments shines for their absence.
Strategy that DOES work in freeroll
Once it has become clear to you that traditional and usual strategies do not usually work in freeroll tournaments, that there are too many players that do not follow logic, it is time to try to find a way to take advantage of the aforementioned.
Here are a series of tips that will help you in freeroll.
Clean whenever you can. This recommendation is difficult to find in the strategy articles since cleaning is not the best move at poker tables with real money. In freeroll tournaments, every time you open your hand with a bet on starting positions you usually find a player behind who resumes strong or even does all-in.
If you meet with AK, JJ or superior couple, a premium hand, it is advisable to bet since it is normal for a player to see your bet with cards worse than yours.
As a general rule, the best option is to clean and wait for rivals to make mistakes. The closer you are to the button, the better option is to clean, to finish all-in if you improve after the flop and have double pairs or trio (or set) since many players are able to see strong bets with only one partner or even less.
See bets (and not re-raise) with the highest pair and the best kicker. Even if you are used to playing aggressively, we recommend that on boards like AJ953, with AK, just call and don't try to force too much.
It is possible that you find a player with double pairs or with a miraculously completed project, but there are also options for the opponent to have a worse hand than yours.
Top pair with the best kicker is usually the best hand, but that does not mean you have to risk too much.
Go all-in face with a monster. If you find a pair of jacks or better as an initial hand, it is not worth trying to optimize these by slowplay or some strange movement.
The best thing you can do with this type of initial hands is to put your chips in the center and wait. In this type of tournaments it is normal for some player to see the bet with clearly worse cards than yours, which will allow you to see your stack grow.
That said, in freeroll tournaments it is convenient to adopt a loose-passive style of play, just the opposite of what is usual in tournaments and tables with real money.
As soon as you have managed to grow your stack, it is convenient that you be cautious again to avoid the madness of the rest of the players making you risk more than necessary.
Following these simple rules, the chances of succeeding in freeroll tournaments are much greater, so it is harder to feel the usual frustration you feel after falling eliminated after some strange movement of a rival.
Remember that freeroll events are different from the rest because players do not have to invest their own money, so it is necessary to follow a different strategy than usual.
I would love to read your opinions and comments.
Thanks for always being there.
Best regards from Buenos Aires.
I read this strategy on the networks (in a Facebook group) and I found it interesting to share it.
3 useless strategies in freeroll tournaments and 1 that works
1 - Go all-in in each hand
How many times have you been eliminated after facing the typical player who risks his stack in each hand? It will be at least a dozen, right?
Have you ever wondered why this happens? Are you facing a player benefiting from the room? You should know (and if we do not tell you again) that poker rooms do not help any player for several reasons and the first one is that they do not care who takes each hand or tournament, their benefits are the same.
If you think the software is "rigged" and that the room is interested in a worse player taking a hand, you must understand that you are completely wrong.
The reasons why a player acts in this way (betting on each hand) may be because he is not in the best conditions to play or because being a freeroll does not care much about the result and wants to enjoy the action.
But you should not worry about this type of player since acting in this way will never win a tournament, even having all the luck in the world. Although when facing an all-in and losing to such a player you can think that this strategy can be a winner, this is not the case, a player who goes all-in in each hand will never win a tournament.
Mathematics and odds are totally against this game strategy. Who plays like this, each hand that disputes is closer to falling eliminated, being his options to reach the practically null prize positions.
If you think that we are not right and that the software is tricky, we recommend that you write down each of the hands in which you go all-in to realize that it is much easier for you to take the bet the stronger your hand is. If you write a high enough number you will see that this is so.
2 - Bet on bluff
A major mistake that many players make in freeroll is to bluff. If you play such a tournament, you better not even think about bluffing.
Why shouldn't you do it? He thinks that a freeroll tournament is a specific tournament with its own characteristics.
Of the nine players sitting at the tables, three of them may have minimal knowledge of poker, three others will probably be playing other tournaments at the same time and will not be too attentive to what happens and the remaining two may not be too aware of the game.
The vast majority of occasions when you risk your chips with a bluff will receive a call from one of the opponents, usually having a better hand than yours (since you bluff bluffs).
In the freeroll tournaments a lamppost can rarely be carried out successfully, being a mistake to adopt this strategy in this type of tournaments.
If you want to succeed in freeroll, avoid the lanterns in your game.
3 - Play manual
After reading the previous point, you are probably thinking of playing wisely and making all the correct movements, but that you do it cannot prevent the rest of the players from making incomprehensible movements.
To play in the freeroll is not necessary to forget all the strategy articles read, but it is also not convenient to follow his advice to the letter since this type of tournaments is very different from the rest. Logic is not usually applied in freeroll.
Have you read in several strategy articles that a 3-fold rise in the big blind can help you take the pre-flop boat? Forget this in freeroll as these climbs to steal the boat do not work in these tournaments.
Another case is when there is a short player all-in and you try to reach the showdown by checking in the streets. In freeroll this never works because there is always someone who will try to hold your hand even on the river, the logic in these tournaments shines for their absence.
Strategy that DOES work in freeroll
Once it has become clear to you that traditional and usual strategies do not usually work in freeroll tournaments, that there are too many players that do not follow logic, it is time to try to find a way to take advantage of the aforementioned.
Here are a series of tips that will help you in freeroll.
Clean whenever you can. This recommendation is difficult to find in the strategy articles since cleaning is not the best move at poker tables with real money. In freeroll tournaments, every time you open your hand with a bet on starting positions you usually find a player behind who resumes strong or even does all-in.
If you meet with AK, JJ or superior couple, a premium hand, it is advisable to bet since it is normal for a player to see your bet with cards worse than yours.
As a general rule, the best option is to clean and wait for rivals to make mistakes. The closer you are to the button, the better option is to clean, to finish all-in if you improve after the flop and have double pairs or trio (or set) since many players are able to see strong bets with only one partner or even less.
See bets (and not re-raise) with the highest pair and the best kicker. Even if you are used to playing aggressively, we recommend that on boards like AJ953, with AK, just call and don't try to force too much.
It is possible that you find a player with double pairs or with a miraculously completed project, but there are also options for the opponent to have a worse hand than yours.
Top pair with the best kicker is usually the best hand, but that does not mean you have to risk too much.
Go all-in face with a monster. If you find a pair of jacks or better as an initial hand, it is not worth trying to optimize these by slowplay or some strange movement.
The best thing you can do with this type of initial hands is to put your chips in the center and wait. In this type of tournaments it is normal for some player to see the bet with clearly worse cards than yours, which will allow you to see your stack grow.
That said, in freeroll tournaments it is convenient to adopt a loose-passive style of play, just the opposite of what is usual in tournaments and tables with real money.
As soon as you have managed to grow your stack, it is convenient that you be cautious again to avoid the madness of the rest of the players making you risk more than necessary.
Following these simple rules, the chances of succeeding in freeroll tournaments are much greater, so it is harder to feel the usual frustration you feel after falling eliminated after some strange movement of a rival.
Remember that freeroll events are different from the rest because players do not have to invest their own money, so it is necessary to follow a different strategy than usual.
I would love to read your opinions and comments.
Thanks for always being there.
Best regards from Buenos Aires.