There are better players as the stakes go higher. Obviously professional players are better than random fish. Although the style of play varies and it’s totally unpredictable in the freerolls due to the fact that players are going all in with any 2 cards because they are not risking anything. A player that has money on the line is much less likely to gamble his stack away with a crap hand. That’s not t say it doesn’t happen. I have witnessed ridiculous all in hands at every stage from freerolls to $1000 entries. Although the $1000 bluff (I would have to call it) was definitely not expected to be flipped over so maybe that’s why it was attempted because it was so unlikely. Navigating through any tournament that has many entries will take skill and some luck. Avoiding the pitfalls that happen against the maniac shoves can be frustrating but playing against the top players is definitely no easy task.
Yes, if you can build a decent bankroll from freerolls, what makes a freeroll more difficult is that very few players are those who play a little more seriously those tournaments, in the buy-in you will also find players like that but in smaller amount, Of course not every day will be the same, or good, but if you set a goal you can achieve it, it also depends on the guaranteed freerolls, there are very good free in which you can have a good prize, I try to concentrate on being ITM , once that happens I try to give you the best d emi to win the tournament or get to FT
difficult question, on the one hand, in free tournaments in general, players play poorly, but you relax yourself too. as well as players play unpredictable ..... honestly it’s harder for me to play in such tournaments .. because you don’t know what to expect from players ....
I play carefully to accurately take a prize.
in the initial stages I play more from the position, in general I play by mood
it also depends on which table I hit at the beginning of the tournament. If players make many mistakes, then I will play a lot.
I play carefully to accurately take a prize.
in the initial stages I play more from the position, in general I play by mood
it also depends on which table I hit at the beginning of the tournament. If players make many mistakes, then I will play a lot.
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I always play to win in the freerolls, but I do not always win, sometimes it's hard for me to get to ITM, I do not think I have a particular strategy, well I always try to play safe and trust my game, it's not easy to build a decent bankroll from the free, but it is not impossible, the first 2 levels will always depend on how fast the blinds change and I do not think a freeroll is more difficult than a buy in tournament
NO, but they are completely different styles. A lot of players kinda join just to double-up, so watch out for them and call a bit looser. In freerolls, there's a lot of bots as well, especially in ACR (they might have fixed this issue) that time out purposely and play a certain way (chip feed or w/e). Players give less of an f in freerolls, and will call wider.
My opinion
I think freerolls are harder in a fair game. More people involved. See people just go all in on freerolls at beginning cause every fifth time they win and they have a lot of chips then they start to play. With the chip advantage on a serious player its hard for the serious player to come back.
I think freerolls are harder in a fair game. More people involved. See people just go all in on freerolls at beginning cause every fifth time they win and they have a lot of chips then they start to play. With the chip advantage on a serious player its hard for the serious player to come back.
Compared to microstake MTT buy-ins, they're pretty much the same as far as skill level goes.
The reasons why FRs might feel like they're harder to beat are:
The reasons why FRs might feel like they're harder to beat are:
- The fields are often much larger than buy-in games. The larger the field, the more variance.
- Most FRs have a set pay structure. Take ACR's $10 on demand FRs, which pays only 10 spots. If 2K players join in, only .5% of players are making the money. Compare that to a buy-in MTT paying 12.5% of the field. With 2000 players, 250 are making the money.
Hi, first I think Buy-in tournaments are easier to play and the higher the buy-in is, the easier it is for players to take it more seriously and everything makes sense, sometimes in free players make plays without knowledge or just for fun that complicates everything many times since you can not read your opponent well and answering your question for me the ITM is always more important, first I earn money and then if I can I look for the tournament
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I can say that in freerolls can learn the rules and play the best real money and not waste time.😱
I can say that in freerolls can learn the rules and play the best real money and not waste time.😱
I built my bankroll with help of freerolls, and I can assure that freerolls are the easiest way to earn cash. Yeah, the field in it is rather fishy and there're many of them, but the strategy in these tourneys is simple: playing strongly with good cards and rarely bluffing, especially in the beginning. In buy-in tourneys people invest money, that's why they usually try to play carefully with using their brains.
Yea, there is a difference between freerolls and buy-in freeze outs. With having to fork over hard earned cash, one tends to be a little more cautious in their play in freeze-out tournys. Freerolls and unlimited rebuy tournys on the otherhand, are complete crapshoots and a tighter-than-a-nun approach early will get you midway. Then once the chaos settles, it kinda more an early freeze-out and getting it in good is the only way to really survive.
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I completely agree. The variance is so high in a free roll, a lot of the players are there to strictly gamble since hey it's free. I for one still try to play my best in a free roll and have cashed in quite a few on ACR. Just have to be super patient and not get in any flippy spots pre flop.