How to survive and win the freeroll tournament
Published on Jul 27th 2008 10:55PM by
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How to survive and win the freeroll tournament
One of the best ways to build a beginners poker bankroll is to play a freeroll tournament. Theres free tournaments where players get a chance to win hundreds, even thousands of dollars.
In most of the tournament strategies note that you should be very tight early , and avoid busting out to wak hands that hit miracle flops. But in freeroll strategy, you should use those fishes to build a good stack early, its all or nothing!
Our goal is to build up a good stack in early stages, so limp in with suited connectors and small pairs, try to hit on flop and double up. If you dealt a premium hand, go allin pre flop, you will at least get one caller.
After an hour, in the middle stages, the blinds are huge and a about half of the entrys is gone. At this stage you should have above an average stack and its time to change gears, pressure the small stacks and avoid the large stacks. At this point you should either raise or fold, because the blids are huge and to limp in to see the flop could cost you a lot in longer run.
The best time to bluff is in the middle stages, because the small stacks will try to blind their way to the money and will fold easiely. The closer we get the money the more pressure we can put on the short stacks. Avoid if a small stack goes allin, they will almost always have a solid or a premium hand.
Avoid the large stacks unless you have a great hand yourself, and by this time they will take you as a loose player and they will call you and you will get knocked out by a larger stack, but if you get a premium hand, you will have a good chance to double up here.
-Raise or Fold, Avoid large stacks and pressure the small stacks-
The final table is about chip strength than card strength. Before entrying on final table and you are short stacked, try to go allin and double up with any Ace, King, suited connectors or small pair. On the final table players will be playing aggressively and to limp in can cost you a lot, raise or fold here and try to trap with big hands as big cards and pairs. Pressure short stacks and dont let them keep their blinds. If they go allin with less than 10% of your stack, call with any 2 cards, if its only you and him in the hand.
Heads up battle for first place, raise almost every hand, with any 2 cards, if the other player is the type who will only play good hands. But if he calls you, you can always fold if not hitting on flop. Many times in heads up play the opponent will blind themselves out, being under that pressure. And to keep yourself cool, and not feel pressure, have in mind that you havent paid cash for the tournament and you are already in the money.
Aggressive play - the best play style to win heads up
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Good advice. Well described. Nice job. Hope it turns some players rags into riches!!
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hehe thank you Josh!! luv ur blogs!
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I want my friend Sebastian reading this.
Btw I always like the images you choose. duno why
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lollll well because u like meeee ;) lollll
joking.. hehe ty
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