The first hour
Freerolls are played by everyone, good players bad players, annoying people that just keep going all in and all in again.
The all in on every hand donk players are the ones to watch out for early on. Never take a risk in the beginning of even a free texas hold em tournament, because the players that don’t know the game or so will go all in with A 6 (not even suited) and it would be very sad if you have an As Ks and will be beaten by a A 6!
Just call when it's low when you have AA, KK, QQ, JJ, AK (suited) KQ (suited) Note: You should never go all in with these cards in the pre-flop (bad beats are incredibly frustrating)
And very important; DO NOT BLUFF at this time.
Following the first hour
Now is the time that almost all of the bad players are gone, except for the lucky ones!
Here you are able to play more aggressive and attempt to steal the blinds (vital since the blinds increase and ante needs to be paid so what you can get by playing cards is too less to keep playing)
You may also introduce some new cards to you playable hands like:
- AA (all in when in late position and not a lot of people in the pot)
- 10 10
- KJ
- AK
- KQ
- KK (same as AA)
- QJ
- AQ
When you're in the pot with a few players and they just check or make low bets/calls you can try to bluff.
Ensure that your stack is not less then the average stack, if it does go back to the "first hour strategy" and tighten up! (it is not a shame to pull back and change strategy a couple of times to create some confusion!)
Congratulations If everything went well you are now in the money, but you can't tell me that you'd like to quit now and earn some crappy cents, that’s just waste of your time since the most freerolls will take up to 4-5 hours. So concentrate!
This is the part where the "n00bs" are all gone so you play with some pokerfreaks so take care!
You can recognize the good players not at the quantity of chips they have but at their check, bet, call, raise and fold actions!
They're going to try to get to see the flop with as less chips as possible and fold most of the time (most common way to spot the good ones).
In order to be in the top 3 (other places won't pay that well) you need to be careful, but take some risks to! The hands you can play are the same as in the second part of the freeroll from the 77,88 and up.
When in late position attempt to steal the blinds, but not too often or you will be recognized as a bluffer!
So see you at the tables, good luck! When beginning I suggest starting with true free online poker freeroll events and working up from there as you improve.

No comments:
Post a Comment