May 31, 2010
Free Poker to Mastering 1000 Player Poker Freeroll Tournaments
This strategy is based on cash and free texas holdem freerolls for up to 1000 players. I will keep it short and sweet, I think you'll agree if you've been around poker any length of time that there are way too many long free texas hold em strategies out there that keep getting recycled.
The first hour
Freerolls are played by everyone, good players bad players, annoying people that just keep going all in and all in again.
The all in on every hand donk players are the ones to watch out for early on. Never take a risk in the beginning of even a free texas hold em tournament, because the players that don’t know the game or so will go all in with A 6 (not even suited) and it would be very sad if you have an As Ks and will be beaten by a A 6!
Just call only when it's low should you have AA, KK, QQ, JJ, AK (suited) KQ (suited) Note: Do not go all in with these cards in the pre-flop (bad beats are incredibly frustrating)
And extremely important; DO NOT BLUFF at this time.
After the first hour
This is the time that almost all of the bad players are gone, aside from the lucky ones!
Here you are able to play more aggressive and attempt to steal the blinds (essential since the blinds go up and ante has to be paid so what you can get by playing cards is too less to keep playing)
You may also introduce some new cards to you playable hands like:
- KK (just like AA)
- KQ
- KJ
- QJ
- AA (all in when in late position and not so many people in the pot)
- AK
- AQ
- 10 10
When you're in the pot with a few players and they just check or make low bets/calls you can try to bluff.
Make sure that your stack is not less then the average stack, if it does go back to the "first hour strategy" and tighten up! (it is not a shame to pull back and change strategy a couple of times to create some confusion!)
Congratulations If everything went well you are now in the money, but you can't tell me that you want to quit now and earn some crappy cents, that’s just waste of your time since the most freerolls will extend to 4-5 hours. So concentrate!
This is the part where the "n00bs" are gone and you play with some poker freaks so take care!
You'll be able to recognize the good players not at the amount of chips they have but at their check, bet, call, raise and fold actions!
They will try to get to see the flop with as less chips as possible and fold most of the time (most common way to spot the good ones).
If you want to be in the top 3 (other places won't pay that well) you have to be careful, but take some risks to! The hands you can play are the same as in the second part of the freeroll from the 77,88 and up.
When in late position attempt to steal the blinds, but not too often or else you will be recognized as a bluffer!
Good luck with your freerolls! As to how to start your freeroll winning career, kick off on free texas hold em sites, minimum risk, good fun and skill and confidence building. Then when you are ready you can get into higher win online poker games.
