Freeroll's philosophy

Author: Earl burton

For many people who play poker, the way to accumulate a bankroll is through bonuses or directly through the games themselves, perhaps through free tournaments (freeroll). Every online poker room offers freerolls with different prize pools, but the best part is that they can be compared to minefields, which are not so easy to get through. Players of all levels, from the greenest beginner to the hardened veteran, need to recover sooner or later. Freerolls are a good opportunity to practice your game with minimal effort to achieve success.

When registering for a freeroll, you must be willing to put in quite a bit of time and effort, with the extreme possibility that any reward if you don't win a tournament will be minimal. The return on these tournaments will be your experience of the game, which, provided that you do everything correctly, you can further use it in paid tournaments and partially in regular table games.

Most freeroll players have one of three mindsets:

Madmen - the type of players who will play any two cards at any time, and you MUST be prepared for them. They are the players, either who made giant stacks at the beginning of the game, which you can see in the first 15-30 minutes, who allow calls with any set of cards that can lower you to the very bottom, or who are already at the very bottom of the list, who went bankrupt too early ...

Trainees - the type of players who hone their playing style in the tournament. They are the only ones who are working on their game, realizing their flaws in the game, perhaps they will try to experiment with different strategies that they can then use in paid tournaments. They are players who will gradually build stacks, attack when necessary, and are usually present at least in the first hour of the game unless they encounter the first type of player.

Merry - the type of players who took part in the tournament for fun. You can never know for sure, read their hands, their style or other things. The only thing you can say about them is that they are in the tournament for fun and they are usually very talkative with everyone. Most of them in fact can be funny people at the table with you during the tournament, but they can also be your most dangerous opponents who participate in it just like that, and are able, when the cards are good, to knock you out of the tournament.

The danger of a freeroll is that you can develop bad habits that you would not normally do in a game. You realize that A-5 suited cards are not worth playing with, but damn it, you would have a candy if there were three more cards of the same suit. You also understand that you shouldn't try to take too many pots. This is all elementary, but you will see that many will play very bad hands, such as any suited cards, low connectives, hole connections and others. Only with iron discipline can you avoid repetition for these "players". This will be a good test of your patience and ability in this area.

When playing freerolls, it is best to use this time as a practice session for your game. The game is actually very similar to playing in a paid tournament, but there is a small prize pool and less stress. If you want to experiment, this is the place and time for you. This is your game; there is no reason to waste your efforts playing hands that you would never go to see the flop with.

Freeroll tournaments are a good way to get experience playing at the tables, in addition, if possible, add to your bankroll. The tournament will give you useful lessons in other aspects of the game such as tilt, bluffing, playing in certain situations. Depending on how you manage your game, you will be either someone playing poker or a poker player.