Strategy for Freerolls

[WladiYoga]

Hey Guys, I wonder what is a good approach for freerolls with thousands of participants? Is it advisable to go for a few All-Ins straight away to build chip count or better to take it slow as long as there are a lot of let's say, amateur players in the field. Or do you go hand for hand depending on the situation? Am thankful for any advise.

 

[moots]

The good thing about a freerolls is that they cost $0 to enter, so you can try as many strategies as you want and see what works for you.

 

[bremp555]

Going all‑in every other hand at the start usually isn’t the best plan, even in giant freerolls. Early on the field is full of people calling way too wide, so if you just start ripping random hands you’re mostly gambling instead of building a real edge. A tighter, value‑heavy approach in the first levels tends to work better: fold all the junk, then play your strong hands fast and for big pots when the maniacs are willing to pay you off.

Once the crazy phase calms down and stacks get shorter, then it makes more sense to open up and start using push/fold spots, blind steals and position a lot more. At that point you can shove aggressively over limpers or short stacks, but it’s still important to pick hands that are ahead of the calling ranges in these fields, because people hate folding in freerolls. In short: let the others punt early, value‑shove your premiums, and then when the field shrinks and blinds matter, switch gears and put pressure on them instead of just flipping from level 1.

 

[kaynbergo]

I play freerolls based on maps. If I have AA or QC and I have a multipot from waa banks in front of me, I will definitely go. But I think it's a bad idea to bet against someone in freerolls with these bet sizes; you'll still get called in even with 82 different suits.

 

[Flyer35]

Hey Guys, I wonder what is a good approach for Freerolls with thousands of participants? Is it advisable to go for a few All-Ins straight away to build chip count or better to take it slow as long as there are a lot of let's say, amateur players in the field. Or do you go hand for hand depending on the situation? Am thankful for any advise.

Definitely the former. Everybody else is doing it so the result all comes down to luck. If you're feeling lucky, go for it. If. not, go do something else.

 

[Igor Popadyk]

depends on the structure of the tournament, but consider such tournaments for practice, not for money

 

[Happy Bobi]

I just stick to my strategy. I only play with good cards. If my hand is strong enough, I play aggressively. I don't see the point in playing everything in a row. Bingo is fun, but not very profitable

 

[Kasztor007]

For me freerolls are all about patience in the beginning.
The first levels are pure chaos anyway, so I just stay out of the pointless flips and wait for real hands. When I finally get a strong holding, I play it hard because people call with anything there.


Later, when the field thins out and stacks get shorter, I switch gears then comes the push/fold spots, blind steals, pressure. Early survival, later aggression. That works best for me.