| Agree with most of what was written, but going manic in the middle I am not convinced about. Most of these freerolls have a large amount of guys sitting out. The key to success I have found is to survive until they are gone, by then you are close to the bubble and time to play serious poker. The first two hours is about avoiding the allin cowboys, winning a couple of nice pots here and there, chase nothing and get ready for the main action in the last third. Trapping is quite often easy and check-raise is the way to go to build consistently. Also a lot of players start to get tired or impatient after 2-3 hours and it is easy to spot in their erratic play. Once you are close to the end it is all about robbing the blinds and playing position. I have even folded aces preflop when 3 others guys with even stacks went allin before me. Two less players and more of the winnings with no risk. In that case a flush beat a set of 9s and I learned a lot about the winner. His allin with K/8 suited suggested he was getting tired and bored. He tried again next hand with a pair of fives and got trimmed.  |