How to Be a Winning Noob

Aloha all!

I just placed in the money for maybe the first time! Granted, there were only 17 people, but I finished 5th! I made $.75 outa thin air.
----You too can win 10's of cents playing freerolls!---- :p

I've been thinking about the mad skillz I've learned in my couple of months playing and thought I'd share and see if anyone has anything to add.

1. Don't deposit cash... unless you have money to burn or you're good at poker. These freerolls are sweet and you can work on the fundamentals while still trying to win some real money.

2. Fold a lot - Especially if you aren't too familiar with strategy. Only playing good hands will certainly help you outlast the Donks. For me this is 10's and higher off suit or suited connectors above 7.

3. Don't bet on nothing post flop. I repeat DO NOT BET/CALL if you have nothing. Unless you have at least a high pair just don't play.

4. Flush beats straight. Duh I know... but this got me more times than I care to admit (I was a super-NOOB!) Learn it. Also Find a hand strength chart and learn how to read it.

5. Let the Donks Donk. Don't get sucked into their all in BS. Unless you can call them with half your stack or less it's just not worth the risk.

6. Fold Even More. Play more and more conservatively as the levels progress. I usually get bored and start playing bad hands (like Q6 offsuit). I hate folding and seeing my folded hand would have won. Fold Anyway

7. Pay to Play. The opposite of folding. Your gonna have risk some chips to see the flop. Only play good hands, but if it's cheap to see the flop (watch for the potential pre-flop raise), go for it. Just don't keep betting/calling if you got nothing on the flop (see #3).

8. If you suck you should probably just redeem your points for chips/gift cards instead of entering the tourneys. Marketplace usually has the best rate on chips.

ALLRIGHT! First thread Done. Please let me know what you think and add any tips that have helped you. See ya on the tables!

This was actually pretty good

yes yu have learned grasshopper,patience for good cards to come is best advice,dont get suckin to playin a hand yu would normally fold

lol a nice good guy.that is the spirit, some cents here some cents there and go up.keep up pal.

I think you nailed it right on the head . Very nice!!!

I bookmarked this because I'll be using this to dominate in the freerolls on Carbon ;) Come at me bro.

this is good when you play with some fishes or donks, but what to do if the other players play the same?? you should addapt to the table

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Originally Posted by matiusaa

this is good when you play with some fishes or donks, but what to do if the other players play the same?? you should addapt to the table

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Yeah, I would say this is why the game gets way tougher late in the tourney. Any suggestions?

I mean if you play tight it's almost just luck of the draw. If you have a big stack you can push people around and make them pay more to see the cards. Once they are invested, they are more likely to chase. Gotta have the cards first though, bluffing is the best way to lose.

This strategy method works great when playing fellow PO members.

In the other situations I think it is being a little too cautious and you will end up chipping down. I have learned to be cautious but make big moves when you can.

things get a lil trickier when theres actual $ though.. play the free stuff.. get a roll (by winning those or depo a lil) and have fun.. dont think u can wait for cards if u r in against half way descent players though... it wont fly .. do u really think the regs are "always" betting cause they have cards?

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1. Don't deposit cash... unless you have money to burn or you're good at poker. These freerolls are sweet and you can work on the fundamentals while still trying to win some real money.

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hell no , to make money you need to use money

building up br from 0 is tons of harder than using that 20$ which you got for an hour at work

There is much more strategy that can be added to what you have written....let the donks be donks though....sometimes not getting involved you miss opportunity ......easy chips are easy chips you just cant get mad when donked if you choose to play against them....Poker is full of beats....golden rule in my opinion is to not go all in pre which I am still guilty of all the time...Its hard to stay patient and focused when playing freerolls.

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Originally Posted by ddavey25

There is much more strategy that can be added to what you have written....let the donks be donks though....sometimes not getting involved you miss opportunity ......easy chips are easy chips you just cant get mad when donked if you choose to play against them....Poker is full of beats....golden rule in my opinion is to not go all in pre which I am still guilty of all the time...Its hard to stay patient and focused when playing freerolls.

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I like your Sig customs

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The best way to win freerolls period seems to be bet like an idiot and hope you get lucky. lol

I still do not understand why people want to play if they are just going to shove all in every hand, which seems to be someone at every table.

That's good, unfortunatelly you don't have to do when on Turn you are winner with a AA pair in hand and on river a idiot have luck to make a full with 5-3 in hand and a 5 on flop and 2x 3s on turn-river....

overall a pretty solid advice. thanks for the read.

It took a long time for me to learn patients.