Early Freeroll Tournament Tips

Getting ready for Carbon Poker’s massive $100K Freeroll? Check out these tips for getting started in a free poker tourney.

Freeroll poker tournaments are one of the most unpredictable and crazy things in poker. There are all kinds of maniacs who are willing to go all-in from early position with ace-anything. Their thinking is that, since only a few prizes will be given out, they need to go all-in as frequently as possible to keep doubling-up. This coupled with the fact that most people don’t value their freeroll entry is why many players can’t handle the first few tables of a freeroll.

But in reality, you need to play a freeroll just like any other tournament if you want to have a chance of winning. The main thing is to avoid the temptation to challenge maniacs every time they decide to go all-in with one-overcard hands. As mentioned before, freeroll players like to go all-in anytime they get an ace. And sometimes they’ll get lucky by going all-in, which is what’s frustrating.

However, you should be using the opposite strategy by waiting for the good cards to come so you’ll have an advantage over those who go all-in with nothing. Sure the wild players will get lucky once and a while by busting your pocket queens with K-4, but you’ll win the majority of the time by playing solid.

The key to remember in the early part of a freeroll tournament is that you’ll get nowhere by trying to get lucky with second rate hands. There’s no reason to risk your tournament life time and time again with a whole tourney ahead of you. Once you get past the early stages, you can get riskier, but wait until the blinds start increasing before you take major risks.

Source: http://www.carbonpoker.com/blog