What you should do is play freerolls and deposit minimum amount required and just play $1 SnGs and get the feel for it with money. also study math and how to play from some pros. Tournaments you wont win unless you play a lot of them, and never win if you are new new
my advice is that MTT's have the most variance going in any type of poker tournament, and freerolls more so because of the crazies. Use the freerolls to earn some money and some skills, learn to read the board as it is falling out so you know whether your odds are improving or worsening, and after this if you want to make a go for real play I would make a deposit and then start playing SnG's a lot to build up my roll. after this I would use some of my BR to play a couple of MTT's ($5.50 minimum) because this is the amount where the microstakes crazies start disappearing. you will still get crazies but not as often. just remember not to blow your whole BR on MTT's use them as a treat and if you get a good cash then fair play and well done.
If yo played poker before, deposit, freerols are not real, poker is complictly different, people shove like mad... By playing some STTs with small buyin you will learn much faster without risking big money...you can play freerols aside to try to earn more money...
Freerolls are always and forever bingo. You can help beat variance by playing many on different networks. Ideally you should only be raising premium hands, that can be played from every position (22+, KQo+, KTs+ AQo AKo). Play them aggressively, double up, repeat. Be smart since nobody else will.
Depositing is the the best option I feel. because tournaments are always tough for starters . Specially free roll tournaments Not much money even on 20th or 30th position And its always difficult to reach to the final table in a tournament .So you can lose your confidence in trying to cash out your first tourney.SLazarov said:
I mean if you're thinking that you'll be doing good on microstakes I'll recommend you to deposit 10-20$ and start building BR from that.
Like many people said freeroll is all about luck , if you won't be lucky in FT you can only make couple $ in 2-3 months ( If you have free time and you patient you can do that)
Like many people said freeroll is all about luck , if you won't be lucky in FT you can only make couple $ in 2-3 months ( If you have free time and you patient you can do that)
well ... in my opinion that all depends on your current situation (time, poker level, goals and so on).
freerolls are for sure different than mtts, but that was already stated here.
If you ask me (if you don't want to deposit), I'd advise you for some home games ... there are some really nice ones out there.
Else I'd defnitely chose to deposit before doing freerolls in order to build up a bankroll.
freerolls are for sure different than mtts, but that was already stated here.
If you ask me (if you don't want to deposit), I'd advise you for some home games ... there are some really nice ones out there.
Else I'd defnitely chose to deposit before doing freerolls in order to build up a bankroll.
i would use the freerolls to practice your tournament play the margins are really low copared to time in tournament to how much you win but in some cases you can do pretty good and if you put the 5$ or whatever you in in a free roll into a bigger tournament and use stratagy that helps you do ell to even place in free rolls can ultimately help you game for when your in the bigger tourny to place in bigger spots to make more cash
Like most things in poker, it depends...
Freerolls are a good way to make money and start a bankroll if you already have some skill, but freerolls are not a good way to learn poker as you will pick up some very bad habits.
You pretty much have to play 2 completely different styles when you play freerolls vs. "other games".
I'm a small timer that plays micro stakes and freerolls, mainly for fun, and I can consistently make small amounts of $ on both, but if an outside observer was watching me play it would look like 2 different people playing as my style of play is completely different.
Some people say there is no strategy for freerolls, but I disagree. The strategy is just different and making it deep is probably easier for good players if they can adjust as the chips move very freely early on compared to "real" tourneys.
I know I've played more than my share of freerolls over the years and found a strategy that works for me.
Freerolls are a good way to make money and start a bankroll if you already have some skill, but freerolls are not a good way to learn poker as you will pick up some very bad habits.
You pretty much have to play 2 completely different styles when you play freerolls vs. "other games".
I'm a small timer that plays micro stakes and freerolls, mainly for fun, and I can consistently make small amounts of $ on both, but if an outside observer was watching me play it would look like 2 different people playing as my style of play is completely different.
Some people say there is no strategy for freerolls, but I disagree. The strategy is just different and making it deep is probably easier for good players if they can adjust as the chips move very freely early on compared to "real" tourneys.
I know I've played more than my share of freerolls over the years and found a strategy that works for me.