I see some new forum members coming in and becoming winners. Daily, monthly, or social media tournaments don't matter. So I was interested. How long did it take you to win your first Cardschat tournament?

* still waiting to win my first ever cardchat tournament in stars *

However i did won (atleast) one 888 and unibet tournament earlier this year so it took probably like 2 years or so ...

Still i remember that recently someone came out with statement "after 10+ years here i am still waiting for first win" ...

I still haven't won the first one but if I have been close several times, I have been second in at least two tournaments and third in one more. Victory is near

Won my 3rd tournament I do believe and a few others there after while I had a micro roll. This being said these tournaments are generally structured alot like turbos and they are freezeouts so they can be pretty hard to win just because of variance alone. I would say that it wouldn't be uncommon to play about 50-80 of them before you actually win one of them. There are some good players here in the freerolls for sure -- but there are also some folks who come in, post the minimum and specifically do what they need to do just to grind the freerolls -- and thats ok too but they are not interested in getting better usually - just the free games with smaller fields.

I may play one or two of them here soon just to see how well/poorly I do today compared to 1-2 years ago

I’ve never won one but have greatly enjoyed every one that I’ve played anyway

To be honest, I don't remember!

It certainly wasn't fast, my game needed a ton of work when I first arrived...

Have a fair few wins under my belt now though, including a Saturday weekly $300, a handful of platinum dailies and a Saturday 'all members' with 4,000 entrants...

If someone is new here and doesn't have a ton of experience, they'll probably be disappointed if they expect wins in their first month...

I believe it was my 3rd but I'm not sure.

I have not won it yet, unfortunately hahaha I know it is embarrassing but the truth is I lack even more discipline to put and apply each teaching

Originally Posted by Vallet

I see some new forum members coming in and becoming winners. Daily, monthly, or social media tournaments don't matter. So I was interested. How long did it take you to win your first Cardschat tournament?

I'm still waiting to win my first CC event. My closest call was 2nd place to the legend FreeRingo in the sunday $100 added on Black Chip Poker / America's Cardroom.

Always fun to play with the community, and maybe one day I'll land myself a victory

I haven’t won yet but I’ve already made several final tables best position was 2 place

I still played little, I didn't make it to the final table, I can't wait to win my first

For 3 months that i am on CC, a few days ago i arrived at the door of the last table on ACR, i finished tenth. But i already managed to win a Pokerstars School Pass tournament. I do not despair.

I've had some beginner's luck. I joined Cardschat in January and two months later, I binked the 888 Canadians freeroll on March 21.

I don't remember exactly, but I know for sure it didn't last long.Before it was not difficult to win a tournament, now new players have taken over the tournaments.It's very hard to play against them.I don't know how things are in the other rooms, I'm talking about PS.

Originally Posted by Risto234

* still waiting to win my first ever cardchat tournament in stars *

However i did won (atleast) one 888 and unibet tournament earlier this year so it took probably like 2 years or so ...

Maybe PokerStars is a more complicated place. What do you think ?

Originally Posted by Vallet

I see some new forum members coming in and becoming winners. Daily, monthly, or social media tournaments don't matter. So I was interested. How long did it take you to win your first Cardschat tournament?

one day i hope to answer your question, so far my best position has been in tenth place! iOUHE OIUHE OIAUHE AOIUE
success to all !! :P

I won my 1st frerroll cards chat 3 months after my integration. but in between time I won several places of 2nd and 3rd. these days i don't win my flips anymore. which removes me every time any luck to win another CC frerroll.

I have never won one and likely never will, since I am not allowed to play freerolls, where I currently live (Sweden). At least not on those sites, who have a local license. I guess, I could play on unregulated sites like ACR or Betonline, but on ACR they run at 2am in the morning, so I think, I will continue to pass on that opportunity

Have't won yet, only a 3rd place (and it was the first I joined a CC freeroll), so I'm still waiting for that glorious moment.

Originally Posted by jcxmendes

I haven’t won yet but I’ve already made several final tables best position was 2 place

Sounds like you're a whisker away from your first, won't be long

Originally Posted by Vallet

Maybe PokerStars is a more complicated place. What do you think ?

Almost always bigger fields, which invariably means more better players, more maniacs and more between them... Probably more HUDs and this is before you approach the topic of Stars' magical three outers, two outers and river...

Originally Posted by fundiver199

I have never won one and likely never will, since I am not allowed to play freerolls, where I currently live (Sweden). At least not on those sites, who have a local license. I guess, I could play on unregulated sites like ACR or Betonline, but on ACR they run at 2am in the morning, so I think, I will continue to pass on that opportunity

Hope your legislation changes soon, would love to see you in CC events, I imagine you're quite the poker deductionist!

Originally Posted by fefibecerra

Have't won yet, only a 3rd place (and it was the first I joined a CC freeroll), so I'm still waiting for that glorious moment.

Well that's a phenomenal start! Keep going, you'll get there...

I think for players who have a good poker experience it will take several months after joining us

I won my first tournament about 3 months after the start This is just the answer to your question maybe lucky Lol

If you are a new player and you come here to learn and communicate, no problem, I would tell you not to think about winning every tournament, these are not the best thoughts in your head when you play. Enjoy the situation around and enjoy the game and the guys around, this forum is a great opportunity to do this If you do everything right, your level will grow pleasantly quickly, you will be surprised When you regularly get into the top 20 of the tournament, you can think about how to win your first victory good luck

I won my first ACR freeroll and then didn't win another one for a long time.

For BOL, I also won very early on. May have also been the very first one, but then also after then it took a while for number 2.

It's all about the magic online.

LOL Wish I could say I have won one but haven't yet. Been playing in these about a year and have made it to the final table several times but never have won one. Oh well I'll just keep on keeping on and one day I hope to say I won )))))

GL All

I started playing I think for 6 months now on daily cardschat freerolls and my first few tournaments I played I was on final table finishing 2nd winning $15 and 3rd about $10.60 i think respectively one day apart but not won one yet.

I haven't won a Cardschat tournament yet because I barely played a tournament and also because I made a bad move that cost me a lot of chips. I hope to win a tournament in the future.
As for other tournaments, I only once made it to the final table of the many Pokerstars freerolls I played.

I haven't actually played very many of Cardschat freerolls, but haven't won any of the ones I have played. I'm hoping I'll have more time play after the next few months...so fingers crossed I can come back and update this with some good news haha.

I think it took around half a year to win a cardschat tournament.

In the last time that I returned to the freeroll club I won a freeroll on the first day, an Intertops freeroll. After that I played thousands of tournaments and no other win. I managed at most a second place on GGPoker.

The first time I registered in CC was a long time ago and I don't really remember how long it took me to be a champion.

I've been a little tired of poker for a few weeks and haven't played. But I know that in a while I'll want to play again and go back to the tables.

Originally Posted by Vallet

I see some new forum members coming in and becoming winners. Daily, monthly, or social media tournaments don't matter. So I was interested. How long did it take you to win your first Cardschat tournament?

I am not sure I have ever won one, this year I have made it to 4th I think. Does CC track that stuff so we can see how we are doing.

Originally Posted by blueskies

I won my first ACR freeroll and then didn't win another one for a long time.

For BOL, I also won very early on. May have also been the very first one, but then also after then it took a while for number 2.

It's all about the magic online.

Sometimes you play the same way, but the results are completely different. As you pointed out, there may be a lack of magic. She comes and goes with time.

Also, I notice that some players have my number. There are a few Donkmeister Flexes who have taken me out with single-digit outters repeatedly.

That is poker I guess. Luck is on bad players side. You can't get lucky if you dont get it in as the dog.

It took me three months after joining Cards Chat, two months after joining the freeroll club (platinum). That win was back on June 18th (the first Thursday Bet Online game).

Since June, I have been lucky enough to win six more freerolls. This is because I enter every one I can, and I get VERY lucky. I am not any better than average. It really is just showing up and getting lucky.

I've found a tight aggressive play works best in these freerolls. Last night, my VPIP was under 20% (I got 3rd). It is also vital to have a good short stacked strategy. By the final two tables, everybody is under 20BB (except maybe the chip leader).

Luck is the most important factor. You need at least three good beats to win, often as many as a dozen. My last win, I busted AA, KK, and QQ all on the final table. I also got quads twice. Hard to lose when luck is shining its light on you.

It took me about a month to get my first win ever since I joined cards that , and this was almost 2 years ago

Originally Posted by jfmcd86

It took me about a month to get my first win ever since I joined cards that , and this was almost 2 years ago

Less than a month? Are you serious? I'd like to know your diet. Possible doping.

I have not won this tournament yet, I will write to you when I succeed.

If I recall correctly about 5 months , I play mostly the PS dailies due to my country's restriction and the inconvenient time zone for other poker rooms.

Good luck

Not sure on the cardchat freerolls on Pokerstars. I've final tabled many, and won some back in 2018. I used to keep half of the money from the final table prizes for shots at tournaments above my bank balance.

What I do remember is my first tournament win, which was a $50 freeroll and my 2nd ever tournament online. It set me up for building up my bankroll from $0 all the way up to $500+ before losing interest and withdrawing the money. It was a hard fought 6 hour battle for $9.66

I am new as a member I have been 3 or 4 tournaments so far I have not entered itm I hope this will change soon

Being active on CC about half and a year and never won CC tournament but two Times i was 2nd. Keep looking forward to be first.

I have to play in other poker rooms I would have more chances of winning and learning but I have always stayed at pokerstar

I don't remember, but i do it several times, several times deep run, and several times itm, its not hard. My advice dont try bluffs. And itm will be soon.

Originally Posted by Maurits92

Not sure on the cardchat freerolls on Pokerstars. I've final tabled many, and won some back in 2018. I used to keep half of the money from the final table prizes for shots at tournaments above my bank balance.

What I do remember is my first tournament win, which was a $50 freeroll and my 2nd ever tournament online. It set me up for building up my bankroll from $0 all the way up to $500+ before losing interest and withdrawing the money. It was a hard fought 6 hour battle for $9.66

The second tournament online only and 6 hour exposure time. I think it's worthy of respect. Many are exhausted after 3-4 hours of play.

Originally Posted by Vallet

I see some new forum members coming in and becoming winners. Daily, monthly, or social media tournaments don't matter. So I was interested. How long did it take you to win your first Cardschat tournament?

About a month later, I won my first Freeroll. In games with a money pool, the maximum is 3 places. I won a lot of tournaments for 12, 10, 9 players, but a full-fledged MTT with a maximum of 3 place.

Less than 2 months to win first at ACR, still no luck in any other CC tournaments

I won 1 PS tournament without split the prizes. A couple of days ago i won first place, but there was a deal for 3 people. Once i got a disconnect at the final table of the weekly tournament when there were 5 people left and took second place in sit-out mode )) (my stack was, it seems, more than the sum of the stacks of all players at the time of the disconnect). Once i won first place in the monthly tournament on Titan. And once i was the first at BOL. I took 2nd place several times. This is all taken about a year of playing in a freeroll club.

In general, you can roughly estimate the probability using the formulas...

For example, let's assume that the skill of all participants is approximately the same, and that 250 people are always involved (for PS). There are 6 freerolls per week, which means about 300 freerolls per year. It is unlikely that you will be able to play in all of them, so let's count for a person who plays 260 CC freerolls a year on PS (5 per week).

The chance of winning in one tournament is 1/250 = 0.004 (or 0.4%), then the chance of not taking the first place is 0.996. The probability that you will never take first place in a year P = (0.996) ^ 260

This means that the probability that at least once a year you will take first place can be roughly estimated as:

P = 1 - (0.996) ^ 260 = 0.65 or 65%

By the way, i remembered that the first time i took first place on the PS was exactly one day before that tournament with disconnect )) Otherwise, it is very likely that i would have been taken first places 2 days in a row. That would be funny, considering that the probability of 2 wins in a row is extremely small...

P.S. According to the same formula, the probability of winning the first place in a PS freeroll at least once per month (this is about 20 freerolls):

P = 1 - (0.996) ^ 20 = 0.08 or 8%

Originally Posted by Vallet

I see some new forum members coming in and becoming winners. Daily, monthly, or social media tournaments don't matter. So I was interested. How long did it take you to win your first Cardschat tournament?

I haven't won yet but I have cashed in a few which is like winning for me at this point in time. Let's see what this next month holds as I am still in my second month of joining.

You can apply rough, but more advanced calculations...

We will assume that all participants have approximately equal probability of getting to the 3 pre-final tables: P1 = 27/250.

At these pre-final tables, the level of play of opponents will always be much higher. So, depending on what kind of player you think you are (mediocre, average or good), the probability of taking the first place will be different. Let's say for a mediocre P2 = 1/90, for an average P2 = 1/27, for a good P2 = 1/15.

P3 = (1-P1) + P1*(1-P2) = from 0.9928 to 0.9988

Then the probabilities to take first place at least once a year or at least once a month will be as follows:

P (year) = 1- (P3)^260 = from 27% (for a mediocre player) to 85% (for a good player).

P (month) = 1- (P3)^20 = from 2.4% (for a mediocre player) to 13.5% (for a good player).

I also decided to make a rough calculation of the probability of getting into the TOP4 at least once a month. The first 4 winners receive about 55% of the prize pool. If will be deal (equal), then each of them will receive almost as if he took the 2nd place.

The formulas will be the same as from the last post, but the probability of P2 will be 4 times higher.

Then, the probability of getting into TOP4 at least once a month with participation in 20 CC freerolls on PS with 250 participants will be:

9% for a mediocre player.

28% for the average player.

44% for a good player.

I don't remember how long it took to win, but it was more than once...