100 Best Poker Freerolls and How to Make Money From Them - Part
1
Poker freerolls are what's really hot right now in online poker
with everyone wanting to get in on the act.
Just in case you've never played one, a freeroll is a poker
tournament with free entry that pays out prizes in real cash to
the winning players. They are not to be confused with "play
money" tournaments that you can also play for free but do not
pay out cash prizes.
Some poker freerolls have thousands of players in every
tournament and are almost always full. It's the idea of getting
something for nothing that appeals to people and although the
freerolls have relatively small prizes and although they require
a lot of patience and skill to win, they remain the first port
of call for many online poker players.
So how do you win at poker freerolls?
The most important strategy to adopt to have any chance of
success is survival, you need to stay in the game no matter
what. There are no second chances, when you lose all your chips
you are out. You might have been sitting for four hours but if
you get knocked out before you reach the money positions it will
all have been for nothing.
Don't be tempted into bluffing too much, you will almost always
find someone who's willing to call you - especially in the early
stages of the tournament. Also use your all-in calls sparingly,
only when you are absolutely sure you have the best hand and
preferably when you have more chips than your opponent so that
you don't get knocked out even if you lose the hand.
On the other hand to win a Texas Holdem freeroll tournament you
need to win chips, so when you get a good hand bet it
aggressively and take out the "limpers". Don't let somebody call
you with a 8 3 and flop 8 8 3!
This is a slog and you need to be prepared for the long haul.
Four hours is a long time to play poker online and although
there is normally a break every hour it is mentally very taxing
keeping up a level of concentration for that length of time.
However if you do manage to stay focused on the game, you will
be at a great advantage over most freeroll players. The
psychology of poker freerolls means that most people don't treat
them with as much respect as they would a tournament that they
had paid to enter.
Easy come easy go is often the motto.
So if you maintain full concentration throughout, adopt a strong
survival-based strategy and play only good hands betting
aggressively, you will do better than 90% of the entrants in a
freeroll tournament.
Beating the other 10% is up to you!
Click the link to read part 2 of this poker freeroll article and to see the 100 Best poker
freerolls.