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So i always do fairly decent in freerolls, but i rarely place. What do think some possible leaks are? Im sick of devoting so much time to win 13 dollars and get frustrated when i place in the stupid 10 person bubble. All opinions are accepted.
God bless
A few problems I see.. and am guilty of in freerolls.
Is early on so many "donks" will go all in. And if you're sitting on a nice pocket pair and aren't in the blinds.. Sometimes it's best to fold the pair and not take the risk. I have to tell myself sometimes that "that's not my fight."
Big part of freerolls is that there is no discipline because there is no risk (no money invested). Recognize that and appreciate it as you grind. Those freerolls are going to take hours to finish. No need to roll around in the mud with the donks if you don't have to.
I have a really good video series that is on Youtube that I think can help you a lot in these (and helped me win 6 of them), but I don't want to post it for everyone to see. You can message me if you're interested, but they're definitely a time commitment.
I feel a good strategy would be to be selective but aggressive to combat the donks as best as possible.
i play fairly lose aggrisive and then tighten up when the blinds get high,, sometimes i make random all ins when the timing is right.. ive lasted till 2nd break and i am ranked 68/75. got 11k stack and blinds were just 1000/2000. with some luck and a few ounces of disicpline i could place in this. probably not 1st or 2nd but maybe 5th
nvm i just got donked off by a6 fuck
so i played another one and im at the final table with 350k chips
lets do this!
placed bitchass fourth. Tryed to do a freeroll at some cash and lost a buck. oh well sleep time
everybody is wrong...its luck pure and simple until ure down to the last 100 or so and even then if one seriously lucky motherfuckin idiot is sat with a huge stack just prey he/she doesnt donk u i only play them as its something to do if i were u stick to private rolls like the ones on here just gain entry to them legitimately
Well good luck and play well in the tourney
you should play your abc game, and dont play much hands in small blinds
im goonna do that
If you're talking about the big ones with 1000s of people, then it's mainly luck. If you're talking about PO FRs, then you probably need to work on your short stack play.
you might cash the carbon FR 1/100 times if your lucky. They should put a cap and open reg. few minutes before tourney like full tilt use to.
There are a few different ways you can approach the freeroll:
1. You can play loose aggressive when the blinds are lower to build chipstack/ disqualify yourself
2. Wait on those monster hands.
They both have there pros and cons but by combining those two methods, as well as learning how to play around the bubble. With less than 20 BB, become a bit tighter. With less than 10 BB, any A10+ should be shoved. Thats my two cent.
There is nothing but luck in Freerools. It's all about how long you can outlast the donks and hope that when you do get to the money you can make it to the finish.
Freerolls are always gonna be full of donks and bad beats!!
That's not true at all....I go deep in these things consistently. Granted, your not going to come up against any good players very often till the tournament is at least halfway through but you can win these things with the right strategyQuote:
Originally Posted by azreal1
its jus not easy to win on carbonQuote:
Originally Posted by makaay1
yeah iv'e cashed three times for small mounts in them. There just tought to get threw with all wild play. abc poker can get you down to the last few hundred people. still a tough one to play. but hey its free
i do think what the guy said earlier playing a little loose sometimes can get u a good chip stack. depends on how u feel like playing that day/ good luck
tight and patient, is the only way to win a donkathon
Freerolls are fun...time consuming...I want a ribbon..took 2nd before
And I also final tabled a bunch
One day I will get a ribbon....one day lol...hopefully
I usually wont even pop the tourney up until 10 or 15 minutes in taking the temptation of calling those donks all ins with a good hand and losing to crappy hands plus surprisingly 15 minutes in there is already close to 1,000 gone which are most of the donks. leaving you and the other 2,000 or so a more fun game. I wait it out and play only okay hands if the blinds aren't taking too much ill pay to see the blinds with a donk hand but not see it for any more than the blind. ive hit the final table a few times and ya its frustrating over 2 hours for a couple bucks. the pokerowned freerolls are wayyy better