I've had the opportunity to play the CC freerolls as a Freeroll Club member for about 7 months now, and I would like to share with you, my CC friends, some insight.

I like these freerolls. I like them a lot. Why? It's simple. For a poker rookie like me, the most important thing is practice. Granted, one could practice using play money on PS, or playing the $50 freerolls on ACR. But the CC freerolls are different. The players are better.

In my opinion, CC freerolls are the closest thing there is to a buy-in MTT, without spending your own money. And they are not easy to win. Many new players join the Freeroll Club and give up after a while, disappointed by their results. You know why? Because they joined the Freeroll Club for the wrong reason. They were the ones benefiting the most from the freerolls because of playing against a field of superior players. Their poker skill growth curve would have been steeper than the other club members' who were actually going past the bubble and getting into the prize money.

Playing the freerolls for almost 7 months now, I started to have an idea about who the better players are, and I'm happy when I see them sitting at my table. I prefer threading water against these superior players than swimming past players of lesser skill than myself. I learn way more, even though I get into the money less often.

So in my opinion the main benefit of CC freerolls is not playing against a smaller field, but from playing against a field where the opponents' average skill is higher and you have to dig deep and give everything you've got just to survive.

That's the real difference between CC freerolls and the other freerolls available to us. Playing good freerolls should not be looked at as a way to make money or build a bankroll, but as a way to learn the game and gain experience for free. Building a bankroll from scratch should be perceived only as a welcomed side effect of becoming a better player.

If you are interested in CC freerolls as a way to make a quick buck to lose at the microstakes tables, I guarantee you'll be disappointed with your results.
As for me, I personally consider the CC freerolls a more effective way to improve my poker skills than any poker school. Also the League games, I'm learning a lot playing those as well.

In the end, I would like to give a shout-out to some of the players who joined the club more recently and keep busting me out of the freerolls: 300HPGOD, AllenKll, WhiskeyFix. You guys are all better players than me, and I am learning from you every time we play against each other, so thank you and keep it up!

So this is writing in the rhetoric, yes?

Just to bust your balls (and because I'm fond of your quirky ways), treading* water...

CC games are very worthwhile to play, for a whole host of reasons*!

*Depending who you are, but I'd argue the social aspect could make them worthwhile even if your BR rendered the prize money inconsequential.

100% worthwhile. I’ve been able to build my bankroll playing CardsChat freerolls. I also find the competition much better than most other freerolls as you have less all ins every hand and more actual poker playing. Definitely helps increase your skill. And of course most of the bunch are very friendly to play with as well.

Originally Posted by Tracid

Just to bust your balls (and because I'm fond of your quirky ways), treading* water...

If I had a penny for every English word I've ever misused, I would be a reach man

Originally Posted by zinzir

If I had a penny for every English word I've ever misused, I would be a reach man

Perhaps a henceforth overlooked business opportunity?

There isn’t really a downside I can see in playing CC free rolls. You get practice, play against good players and you have a chance to win some money.

Its really worth it as yes playing vs good players will make you better in the long run. I have not played many freerolls since I came back, but I know from few which I ve played that many are very good players

and thanks for the message.
I'm with you and hope the best.
I'm learning for play and read.

Tanks to CC and nice hands.

See ya @ the tables. Bye...

Any game that you can win dollars without risk is well worth playing in my opinion and the backbone to my weekly poker schedule,
CardsChat games always well worth playing every delicious dollar counts,
A big regret for me is that I can only play half of the CardsChat games Monday to Friday though due to a forthnight rotating work schedule.

Originally Posted by hugh blair

Any game that you can win dollars without risk is well worth playing in my opinion and the backbone to my weekly poker schedule,
CardsChat games always well worth playing every delicious dollar counts,
A big regret for me is that I can only play half of the CardsChat games Monday to Friday though due to a forthnight rotating work schedule.

100% agree

Of course, because you are going to bank first and then you are practicing and developing strategies to then execute it at the highest levels of the game, but the forum will always help its players who do not have the skills to play.

Originally Posted by 10gerka

Of course, because you are going to bank first and then you are practicing and developing strategies to then execute it at the highest levels of the game, but the forum will always help its players who do not have the skills to play.

I can't agree more. First you need experience playing poker, then little by little you can play in higher stakes, post your Hands in the fórum and rewiew them.

Originally Posted by bempassado

I can't agree more. First you need experience playing poker, then little by little you can play in higher stakes, post your Hands in the fórum and rewiew them.

Yeah agreed also on ACR at least the CardsChat freerolls have reasonable payout structure like around 15-20% get paid so I think it’s worth it. I have yet to place but hopefully we both get in the money! It’s a great place to practice tips and advice on this forum.

I enjoy ACR freerolls. Sometimes they rotate between NLH and PLO and the freerolls are the only time I get to try out PLO.

Though I would cation against treating freerolls as a way to build skill. A lot of the players tend to all-in all the time due to the freerolls being zero investment.

I like you thought and appreciate expressing your feelings. Good luck, I am sure you will become a better player soon to really make some money from these freeroll. Keep playing

Played in a LOT of freerolls in the past decade and generally do well but very easy to develop bad habits for "real" tournies. Perhaps others can shift gears and play differently but mostly freerolls are only for fun.
Love PLO freerolls.

They will become worthless after i finally win one. Until then who knows.

Originally Posted by zinzir

I've had the opportunity to play the CC freerolls as a Freeroll Club member for about 7 months now, and I would like to share with you, my CC friends, some insight.

I like these freerolls. I like them a lot. Why? It's simple. For a poker rookie like me, the most important thing is practice. Granted, one could practice using play money on PS, or playing the $50 freerolls on ACR. But the CC freerolls are different. The players are better.

In my opinion, CC freerolls are the closest thing there is to a buy-in MTT, without spending your own money. And they are not easy to win. Many new players join the Freeroll Club and give up after a while, disappointed by their results. You know why? Because they joined the Freeroll Club for the wrong reason. They were the ones benefiting the most from the freerolls because of playing against a field of superior players. Their poker skill growth curve would have been steeper than the other club members' who were actually going past the bubble and getting into the prize money.

Playing the freerolls for almost 7 months now, I started to have an idea about who the better players are, and I'm happy when I see them sitting at my table. I prefer threading water against these superior players than swimming past players of lesser skill than myself. I learn way more, even though I get into the money less often.

So in my opinion the main benefit of CC freerolls is not playing against a smaller field, but from playing against a field where the opponents' average skill is higher and you have to dig deep and give everything you've got just to survive.

That's the real difference between CC freerolls and the other freerolls available to us. Playing good freerolls should not be looked at as a way to make money or build a bankroll, but as a way to learn the game and gain experience for free. Building a bankroll from scratch should be perceived only as a welcomed side effect of becoming a better player.

If you are interested in CC freerolls as a way to make a quick buck to lose at the microstakes tables, I guarantee you'll be disappointed with your results.
As for me, I personally consider the CC freerolls a more effective way to improve my poker skills than any poker school. Also the League games, I'm learning a lot playing those as well.

In the end, I would like to give a shout-out to some of the players who joined the club more recently and keep busting me out of the freerolls: 300HPGOD, AllenKll, WhiskeyFix. You guys are all better players than me, and I am learning from you every time we play against each other, so thank you and keep it up!

I am trying to qualify for the free rolls on Sports Betting. I have yet to do so. I hope to soon and very much look forward to stepping up my game.

I do appreciate that most players on the cc free rolls are a bit more serious than any of the random free rolls we find,
although i have found myself doing crazy moves lately out of covid boredom,
so i imagine im not the only one that does crazy betting just to get through the day.

Each sandpiper praises its swamp. We are on the forum, which means we are either members of the cardchat freeroll club or we are striving to get there. This is our sacred cow and we will milk it.

I always participate, too, but the participation number is small with about 100 people, isn't it?

Originally Posted by ROYALROAD

I always participate, too, but the participation number is small with about 100 people, isn't it?

The poker stars tourney today had about 3000!!!

It is difficult to say exactly what the author is talking about in this topic, but I think he speaks very accurately and correctly! Lol

I fully agree that our poker community is the strongest in the world right now. This is a huge achievement of the entire project administration. The work they do is amazing! Today, there are great guys here who are nice to sit at the table with

There are people who kill your nerves (but, it's not men) Lol.. )

The main task now and further is the development and maintenance of our favorite forum What say about the level of play of the guys, it is certainly quite high, and to experience it yourself is great and the best tutorial on poker as the author says, this is absolutely true!

If answer the main question of the topic, is it worth playing? Of course-Yes! Good luck guys good training Lol ))

Any freerolls you have access to are worth playing in my opinion. Period. If you're playing poker and have the time, why not enter free tournaments on the side? It's free money!!! Now I understand if the 1st place prize is 0.5% of your bankroll, it might not be worth it anymore, but at that point you should be playing real buyin tournaments and raising your roll that way. I'll never turn down a chance at some free money, and one of the most satisfying things in the world (if you have patience) is starting a new account and building a bankroll completely from $0.00 without ever depositing money onto the site.

Cardschat freerolls are always worth it, apart from the extra benefit of the money, I remember the 1st time I played the freeroll, I remember thinking: ok, there are few players, let's gradually see how it is (at no time underestimate the fact if there are fewer players it would be easy to win) and in the end he was right, just by playing once you can see that there are many good players and that there is quality, whenever you ask me I say that it is a good place to learn

Great post
I have been frustrated playing the freerolls but I am doing it to improve my play. I have cashed a couple of times now and that is encouraging. I do not understand the pre-flop All In move that people make so frequently. What am I missing here?? I hate this move (especially on my blinds) and it usually puts me on tilt for a few. I understand the move when you are short stacked but this is not usually the case.

Such a good post Really hope, that I will get into CC Freeroll club soon so I will see it on my own eyes Would be nice to play freerolls with a good players cause sometimes I just rather quit it than play with players who are not even playing. They just register cause its free and they dont play at all :/

Originally Posted by HitCo33

Great post
I have been frustrated playing the freerolls but I am doing it to improve my play. I have cashed a couple of times now and that is encouraging. I do not understand the pre-flop All In move that people make so frequently. What am I missing here?? I hate this move (especially on my blinds) and it usually puts me on tilt for a few. I understand the move when you are short stacked but this is not usually the case.

Some people have trouble playing hands like JJ after flop. They know they need to play it, but they don't want to face a face card, so they just jam it.

I can't wait to start participating in those freerolls. Unfortunately, I'm still not a Silver member and I need to be patient because I don't think my poker skills are at the level of CC freerolls yet

Hello! I only have the silver level so far. And I can only play Friday night Freeroll Poker stars. I played it once, but I liked it. I won the minimum prize.I like freerolls CC because they have a limited number of faces. Not a million players for $ 50, which is like a lottery. When there aren't many players, they really try to play better.

Definitely worth playing and a great resource for anyone trying to improve their game, build some confidence in a no-risk setting, and start or add to online bankrolls on several sites.

Thanks CardsChat!

It is also a pleasure to play freerolls where most of the players at the table are nice people.

It's definitely worth playing freerolls. Cardschat freerolls are especially good because here players have a much better playing power ergo more can be learned.


So yes, thank you very much for the opportunity to Cardschat.

yes cause there are some really good friendlly player

I think that playing in freeroll tournaments is the same game as everywhere else in all tournaments .. so it is necessary and possible to play .. but it would not hurt to win sometimes!

In my opinion it depends of the participants in the freeroll. If it is open for all members and have 4k people in it, then its not worth to play as it just takes too long

100% agree with the poster and almost every reply. Playing free rolls if you have the time is an excellent way to improve your tourney play. Especially if they are regular timed blind free rolls and not Super Hyper Turbo as we see on Poker Stars that are open to all players. Can't speak for the rest of the sites as I haven't gotten around to downloading other sites yet. Looking forward to becoming a Silver member and at that point I will probably download all or most of the other sites that Cards Chat supports. The only reason why CC free rolls would not be worth it is if you already have a decent bankroll and you are making a good profit playing higher stakes cash games and tourneys. Even then though, if you can successfully multi table, why not play CC free rolls at the same time? I usually multi table micro stakes tables while playing free rolls.

I like freerolls from Cardschat. There aren't many people there. Almost 300. And this is good news. There is a chance to rise a bankroll. Thanks to Cardschat

I'm hoping to play my first one tonight, looking forward to it, be interesting if I start recognising some names.

Of course you need to play CC freerolls. I play in the pokerstars room and CC are almost the only freerolls for the whole room

They are definitely worth it for new players. My bankroll is over 200$ which is not a lot but it still feels like its kinda worthless to play, i can only imagine how it feels to the guys who have a huge bankroll.

i think it is worth it, every bit of experience you get is good.

Originally Posted by fefibecerra

I can't wait to start participating in those freerolls. Unfortunately, I'm still not a Silver member and I need to be patient because I don't think my poker skills are at the level of CC freerolls yet

This week I tried my first Silver level CC freeroll and it was great. The feeling was totally different from other freerolls, I felt way more comfortable playing, and even made it to the final table. So far so good, but I'm sure I will be doing way worse in the future, luck doesn't last forever.

thank you for your opinion, going for it, hope to enjoy as well

i dont know
still didnt played with you guys
cant wait to play, soon i guess you will know who is MixZmix29

Not only is it worth it, it is an obligation, the proposed games are wonderful

If you do it with your heart, it will all be worth it.

Originally Posted by Vampduk

I'm hoping to play my first one tonight, looking forward to it, be interesting if I start recognising some names.

You may recognize some of us indeed but it looks like we may not recognize you ...

Originally Posted by Risto234

You may recognize some of us indeed but it looks like we may not recognize you ...

It may stay that way, when I get knocked out so quickly I'm not noticed.🤔

looking to play in cc freerolls, played on sites with thousands of players, all-in fest