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As there are a lot of both new and old members asking about freeroll tournaments I thought it would be great if people shared what they thought was the best strategy for doing well in freerolls...so what is your go to strategy for freeroll tournaments?
Personally I like to play strong hands and bet safe early in freerolls. Come mid tournament I like to try and play more hands and bet a little more aggressive but never playing hands that shouldn’t be played. Finally, towards the end of the tournament I like to play a mixed strategy between playing high cards and low cards with some bluffs in between. I use a mix strategy to prevent from becoming predictable when there are only a select number of people especially at a final table. This is a pretty straightforward approach I know but curious how other people go about their freeroll tournaments.
I guess u're not winning often.
Start the freeroll by playing 100% of hands in late positions if it's cheap... if ur stack is 50-100bb, then limp or 2bb raise should not scare you if your hand is something like J5s on the button.
Early stage of the freeroll is the stage of stack building. If you're going to sit tight and wait for premium hands then in 90% of cases you won't build a good stack. You must be very loose pre-flop, but never bluff or tilt, so at the showdown your hand must be nuts or 70% close to the nuts. Str8 or flush draws = don't bet them without a pair. Gutshot? Never heard of it, never played it, I don't even consider gutshot as a draw.
The deeper it goes the tighter you must play pre-flop.
Folding AK during bubble time is a very good decision if your stack is above 10bb
Pushing all-in with JTo being in the money in late positions with no limps or bets infront of you is also a good decision if your stack is under 15bb.
At the final table 4max-9max you must play really tight with stack above 20bb, and push any J+ connector hand with stack under 10bb.
3max and HU is something special.
Well everything depends on the table.
I've freerolled $800 so far since start of 2019 at all sites i'm playing by doing this.
P.S. Exclude any bluffs from your strategy. It's a freeroll, players will call!