Joined: May '11
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So for the first time i ran deep in a FT freeroll. Final 100 people, im in second. Some smart ass plays 6-3 into my J-10. Nice flop of 10-3-7. Catch him with his pants down... 6 on the turn.. aannnnd out. Awesome.
Joined: May '12
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Harsh.
I really don't like the FT Freerolls, only the top 45 player paid which means unless you can get to the final 1% its all for nothing. Considering how ridiculous some play its just not worth it imho.
Really feel for you and it sucks to have no reward for the effort
Joined: Feb '13
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shame u didnt make last 45. I ve cashed 9times in those freerolls in last three weeks. Ans here is a tip... when reaching the last say 150 orso, dont call anyone with more stack then U, not even if U have aces, as U will loose. dont know if their programm works like that. But it is this way, like FT wants the tournament to end or so..... big stack always wins... many bad beats but always for shortstack. I kept myself to that rule and made 3 times the final table like that. as its not that hard as there are not so many descent players in those tournaments.
Joined: May '11
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Thanks mies730. Your right there, i generally try to avoid anyone in and around my stack size. Lost my trail of thought for a second then wham. Gone. haha.
Sounds like you have done well in them! Hopefully i'll see you on a final table in the future .
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Posted by Bigritefoot: Harsh.
I really don't like the FT Freerolls, only the top 45 player paid which means unless you can get to the final 1% its all for nothing. Considering how ridiculous some play its just not worth it imho.
Really feel for you and it sucks to have no reward for the effort
I am with Bigritefoot here. Don´t like the payout structure of these FT freerolls. Because I have only limited time to play, I have given up to play these. There are other options out there...
Joined: Apr '11
Location: Romania
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I have many final tables in theese freerolls,not in the last two months.You can feel from the begining if the system will take you in the money zone.Same stuff all around the online poker,crap hand win big pots.Now I have an offer to generate 500 points for 20 $.Not falling for this.Good luck
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G'day mate
Sorry to here about your wasting your time. Sometimes you just gotta shake your head in wonder at the bad poker people will sometimes play and yet the damn sites just keep rewarding them over and over again. Hope you do better next time and avoid the donks. be cool
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Posted by mies730: shame u didnt make last 45. I ve cashed 9times in those freerolls in last three weeks. Ans here is a tip... when reaching the last say 150 orso, dont call anyone with more stack then U, not even if U have aces, as U will loose. dont know if their programm works like that. But it is this way, like FT wants the tournament to end or so..... big stack always wins... many bad beats but always for shortstack. I kept myself to that rule and made 3 times the final table like that. as its not that hard as there are not so many descent players in those tournaments.
Wish U the Best of luck
Nice observation........ In my honest opinion though, if you look close enough, its not just FullYilt that this applies to but many sites....so it makes you wonder iof after some specific stage of a tourney does that process kick in?
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The truth is you cant avoid such players. You have to be lucky enough to get good cards, but also lucky not to bump in your way to the finish line to such players And the fact is that you accept the loss, but when it happens like this it drives you crazy.
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Location: Romania
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This is poker, this is online poker ... even if you have quads on a rainbow flop you still have enough chances to lose the hand on the river.. with a runner runner for a royal flush
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Location: Canada
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I really don't like anything about Full Tilt,...and when I play there I feel like I'm playing poker in a cartoon,...combined with the higher concentration of Bingo Queens and donks on there,...and how tough it is to get into the money,....I don't take it too seriously and play REALLY loose. Playing like that either gets you a lot of chips very fast,...or OUT really fast!
Don't mind the ring games or Sit 'n gos though. I've made a few bucks on FT playing them. Any winnings there gets transferred over to PokerStars!
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