| Posted by: RammerJammer at August 21, 2007, 4:47 pm | | Topic: Looking for free online tournaments that... Forum: Card Chat |
Quote: Originally Posted by DeadMoneyDad
No you do not have to be a pro to build a bankroll from freerolls...If a poker novice like me can anyone can!
The thing that rarely gets talked about with the Chris Ferguson experiment is its intended purpose, because it's not glamorous...Bankroll Management. Chris isn't trying to prove that starting with nothing and ending up with $10,000 is possible. That really doesn't need any proving, because it happens all the time to one degree or another when reckless players get lucky and stay lucky for a while. Inevitably, however, they bust out when the cards grow cold and other factors determine their fate.
Chris stresses setting firm boundaries and limits for how much of your bankroll you choose to put at risk at any given time. (You can go to Full Tilt's website to see them in detail.) His guidelines are strict, and frankly there aren't many amateur online players who have the discipline to grind it out in freerolls for several m... | | Read Entire Entry |
| Posted by: DeadMoneyDad at August 20, 2007, 7:31 pm | | Topic: Looking for free online tournaments that... Forum: Card Chat |
Quote: Originally Posted by RammerJammer
Just be sure to read the "Terms and Conditions" errrrry carefully before you deposit or before you sink hours into playing freerolls. It's true that most of the industry has moved away from requiring players to make a real money deposit prior to their winning of freeroll prizes before they're allowed to cash them out. But some still do. The major sites do NOT.
The problem is that ery few, if any, of them have outright freerolls that pay anything except relatively small cash pools divided up among so many winners that it's hard to earn more than a couple of bucks. The "free" satellites to bigger tournaments (like WPT and WSOP) are usually bought into using player points, which can only be accrued by playing in real money ring games and tournaments.
The cheapest, and most difficult, path is the one getting a lot of publicity right now with Chris Ferguson on Full Tilt: starting out with a zero balance and growing... | | Read Entire Entry |
| Posted by: RammerJammer at August 20, 2007, 5:47 pm | | Topic: Looking for free online tournaments that... Forum: Card Chat |
Just be sure to read the "Terms and Conditions" errrrry carefully before you deposit or before you sink hours into playing freerolls. It's true that most of the industry has moved away from requiring players to make a real money deposit prior to their winning of freeroll prizes before they're allowed to cash them out. But some still do. The major sites do NOT.
The problem is that ery few, if any, of them have outright freerolls that pay anything except relatively small cash pools divided up among so many winners that it's hard to earn more than a couple of bucks. The "free" satellites to bigger tournaments (like WPT and WSOP) are usually bought into using player points, which can only be accrued by playing in real money ring games and tournaments.
The cheapest, and most difficult, path is the one getting a lot of publicity right now with Chris Ferguson on Full Tilt: starting out with a zero balance and growing a bankroll from nothing but freeroll winnings. A lon... | | Read Entire Entry |
| Posted by: pigpen02 at August 20, 2007, 1:37 pm | | Topic: Looking for free online tournaments that... Forum: Card Chat |
Quote: Originally Posted by SergioQ
Thanks tried it, but so far just find places that still require a deposit for their freeroll games.
Will keep looking but had to ask: Is that the term I am looking for? Freeroll? Does that mean a game that is free to play, but might win you a seat in a paying tournament?
Thanks again.
All sites require that you sign up as a real money player to play in the freerolls that have real money prizes, but you do not have to actually deposit any money. (The sites that ban U.S. players will not let you sign up as a real money player but some will still let you play play money.) I think PokerStars and Full Tilt Poker both have freerolls like the ones you described.
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| Posted by: Mrlova at August 20, 2007, 12:57 pm | | Topic: Looking for free online tournaments that... Forum: Card Chat |
If your looking for a good website that offers good prizes and plenty of freerolls try Carbon poker, or nordica . . . same thing. They offer a ton of freerolls and VERY easy qualifiers for major tournaments. You just have to win 2 satelites (9 people each) and then win a tourny (200 max) and you could win a seat at a big event such as WSOP or aussie millions.
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| Posted by: SergioQ at August 20, 2007, 12:51 pm | | Topic: Looking for free online tournaments that... Forum: Card Chat |
Thanks tried it, but so far just find places that still require a deposit for their freeroll games.
Will keep looking but had to ask: Is that the term I am looking for? Freeroll? Does that mean a game that is free to play, but might win you a seat in a paying tournament?
Thanks again.
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| Posted by: SergioQ at August 15, 2007, 2:44 pm | | Topic: Looking for free online tournaments that... Forum: Card Chat |
...lead to a potential prize. For instance, BravoTV has an "free" online tournament that could win you a seat in the Sept tourney that has a cash prize.
Trying to find other similar games. Figured a place like this would be the best place to ask ;-)
THanks,
Sergio
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