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| Common Mistakes In Freeroll Poker Tournaments |
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| Freeroll Poker represents a great learning opportunity for beginners, but not if they don't understand the strategies. Every freeroll poker player should read Andra Brockett's article on Freeroll strategy to get a leg-up on the competition. In it, she hilights the common mistakes from beginner freeroll players make, and illustrates how to avoid easy pitfalls and outlast the competition. Topic: Poker Freerolls |
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| What can you get for free? Well, depending on the site, you could earn a MILLION! Check out this article by Mary Stoll on Freeroll poker and what the various poker rooms online offer for your free poker play. Topic: Poker Freerolls |
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| Freerolls, Egg Rolls, and Other Useless Things |
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| "With no actual risk of loss, no understanding of reward comes and, thus, no actual lesson on how the game should best be played." This line is the crux of James Abel's article which warns against playing free poker for the wrong reasons. Topic: Free Poker |
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Article Comments:
From:
LVPam |
Comment Posted: 02/08/2006
Good argument, but............
4 Flushed makes a good argument, and I agree with most of his points…. (If you are an experienced player and you are in it solely for the win)
However, I believe it is a great place for beginners to start. While learning any game or sport, regardless of how many books you have read or games you have watched, you still need to get your feet wet and get a feel for what you are doing by participating. A beginner may not feel comfortable betting real money until they have a little more confidenc |
From:
The Gamer Chik |
Comment Posted: 02/10/2006
I dunno...
I have to disagree with your statement that freeroll tournaments can do more harm than good. I think they are a great way for beginners to practice betting strategies (and to begin practicing the calculation of pot odds). While establishing BAD habits is always a bad thing, smart beginners can use freeroll tournaments as an effective tool to identify their common mistakes (and their good strategies as well). |
From:
AcesAndEights |
Comment Posted: 02/16/2006
Amen to that!
Agreed, agreed, agreed. Playing for free online is no different than playing for free online: when there is nothing at stake, it's difficult to learn. More specifically, there is no motivation to learn the pot odds and how to bet sensibly and with some kind of strategy. When you have nothing to lose, you have no motivation to think and play smartly.
That being said, if you are in it simply for fun and to learn to feel your way around a poker table, then playing for free may be the answer, w |
From:
TheScientist |
Comment Posted: 02/24/2006
We the same on this
I'm glad someone agreed with me that freerolls are little more than scratch lottery tickets. The quality of play does improves measurably at even the lowest cash tables vs free tables, and the poor play exhibited in the early stages of most freerolls provides little in the way of beneficial poker education. Good article. |
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