Freerolls?

[Spooner]

Hi, Just a question from a (basically) total newbie to poker...

I see on betfair that there is a tourney starting in 45 minutes and its free to enter?

What is the prize and is it worth playing these for just learning as its free?

Ta.

[slick mick]

This pays top 9 tickets to another freeroll. With over 600 runners already it's not a great opportunity. Try the Royal Vegas freeroll at 9pm tonight instead.

[Spooner]

Thanks.

[GotaFancy?]

Freerolls are a great way to get into poker - they cost nothing and offer real rewards. Many many PL'rs have won $10,000+ prizes through freerolls. (Look at the PB thread - most of the top prizes came through freerolls -

Just this month - Strider has won a WSOP (World Series of Poker) package from a freeroll series. He travels to Las Vegas to play - free. Woodie has won an APT (Asian Poker Tour) Package from a freeroll. He will travel to Manilla (??) to play for free. Red Fear and Ubermonkey won WSOP packages through freerolls (Uber got into his freeroll after a buy in series, so cheating a little to call it a freeroll). Between the 4 of them, that's over $30,000 (I think) worth of prizes through freerolls.

The trick with freerolls is to shop around and play the higher value ones - it's not worth playing a $50 freeroll with 10,000 entrants (yes they exist) however a $10,000 freeroll with 50 entrants (yes they exist) would be very worthwhile

Keep an eye on the daily diary to see where the value freerolls are. It means you'll be setting up loads of accounts - I'd say most regular PL Poker Players have over 50 accounts. A lot have well over 100 accounts.

Read this thread from Mr V - it talks about getting into poker, and building a bank roll without risking any of your own money. If you're new to the game, then it's the way to go How To Start Out in Poker Without Risking Your Own Cash

DOnt expect to see a great standard of poker in freerolls - because it's free, most people will play them pretty fearlessly - the trick is to be patient and tight, but aggressive when you have a big hand. People will call your bets with worse hands.

Finally - join in some of the PL exclusive games - they have a buy in - but added value. These games provide a very high standard for the size of the buy in - so think of them as a good place for some cheap lessons The Wednesday night Pokerkings league costs €2+20c for example. The €2 is distributed as prize money - with €25 added. Also €250 (?? I think ) is added as a monthly league prize.

[Spooner]

Thanks, Will take a look.