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Posted by CALICUL: Hey maragatero i'm talking about freeroll games with many players in sit out. This thing let something else to understand. They falsify the actual number of players with fake accounts. It looks like the site has many players. The reality is that 888 is a toddler compared to pokerstars. Their tournaments are embarrassing. Few players in 1. 3 or 5 dollars entry. In these conditions it's a waste of time because if you want to make money you have to play where are more players. I do not want to play in tournaments with 200 or 300 players because in this way i will never make money.
CALICUL my friend I´m continue confuse with this. If 888 is insignificant in the compare with Poker Star, what can do 10 or 20 % of ghost players?, Poker Star haven´t any sit out players? (I know that it is!). I don´t think that put in few ghost players maybe is a good corporative strategy. Make fakes profiles...hmmm, much work for nothing. But I read and respect your opinion. In the other hand, much players it's not always a lot of money. All is more bigger, including the sharks! No one poker´s room is fisher´s room. All are in balance or get it in short time. I play where I´m satisfaced, and feel that the rooms treat me well. But this is subjetive, and everyone could have differents feelings, don´t you think?
of course freerolls for players like me is a good tool for pastime and interesting game ... but of course there is not enough leaderboard ... it is very unfortunate that now there are no leaderboards ... it was very interesting to play poker and at the same time try to rise higher in the leaderboard
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The problem is that: 888poker has too many sit out players. Sometimes 4-5 players from 9 per table. I think it's a strategy thing that players think 888 has many players... but it's not like that. This is seen in tournaments for little money who have few players. How can i make money in these tournaments with 200 or 300 players? when pokerstars has 2000 or 3000 players. 888 is too small and you can only make money at special tournaments. The rest of tournaments are ugly.
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Well tomorrow there is a new BRM tournament, so be vigilant. In my case I do not know if I can play it. I'm working at that time and I do not think I'll get there. But I will try. Possibly if you play the ACR freerolls, which are quite interesting. Few players (about 300) and pretty bad.
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Posted by ligador37: Well tomorrow there is a new BRM tournament, so be vigilant. In my case I do not know if I can play it. I'm working at that time and I do not think I'll get there. But I will try. Possibly if you play the ACR freerolls, which are quite interesting. Few players (about 300) and pretty bad.
What a good winner race ligador37! and you know tournaments that I´m missing. In American Card Room I play a thousand of $ 10 freeroll (and I won one or two only) with 700 players. A bunch of people and cheap prizes. I don´t know that tourney, I go to look for... ACR have good selections of game like "lapokermostra" for Omaha Pot Limit, but always they are cheapest. I was played there the $ 25 tourney with 0,55 BI and make some money some times... See you at the tables!
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Finally I was able to play the BRM freeroll in 888, but I could only get about 0.25 $. Little by little I will play more in this room and see if I can increase the money in the coffers. Unfortunately I can not find so many freerolls here, since I can not access the wheel of fortune and win a ticket. For now, 1 single freeroll per day.
Oh maragatero I also have won one of these ACR freerolls several years ago. My dream was to show a good result at the leaderboard and win a real-money ticket with decent value, but didn't manage to do this Now unfortunately have not much time for it, these tournaments take a long time...
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Yes Sandmanilo, this it is...all the freeroll and the cheap Buy In tournaments take hours to finish. In general 4 hours, if you enter to the final table, and + 1 hour for the heads up. It is the poor´s life!! I think that heads up´s game in big stack, could make in minutes (less tha one hour) and could get to you thousand of bucks...but I don´t have that money and I don´t be a good poker´s player! But, again, this it is...we haven´t to be sad fortcouldn´t to cover the sun, it isn´t it?
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I missed the freeroll today! I thought it was played tomorrow but I was wrong on the date. Anyone could play it? I've been playing some small STNGOs and little by little I'm adding a few cents to 888. It's a shame to miss out on today's tournament. It was a nice possibility to continue increasing. I'll have to wait for the weekend ah...
Posted by ligador37: I missed the freeroll today! I thought it was played tomorrow but I was wrong on the date. Anyone could play it? I've been playing some small STNGOs and little by little I'm adding a few cents to 888. It's a shame to miss out on today's tournament. It was a nice possibility to continue increasing. I'll have to wait for the weekend ah...
Yes ligador37 I played...it wasn´t notice! I losted in early stage, because I was concentrated in the new $ 6000 Pirate, that have some little update to the tradicional table. Two tickets are gifted by email, and if you do the daily challenge of treasure´s hunter you could win one for each day (also you could win it in the wheel). 18000 players! a lot of the lot, but $ 0,60 for the first 4500/1099 players and + $300 for the 1º. I got $ 1,20 with a little dificult (lost the BRM) but, with good variance, you could make some money!
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888 has a 6.000 dollars freeroll tournament once every few days or once a month? I do not know what to think but i think it's a ghost tournament... I played in $ 1000 freeroll tournaments once every 3 months and i was not allowed to do anything. Simply with all cards that i received you could not do anything important and i was quickly eliminated from the game.
of course freerolls from the BRM are interesting and nice ... but in these freerolls there are many players not related to the BRM .... therefore the players are very much ... and of course it's a great pity that now there is no leaderboard and there is no extra chance of winning. ... I hope that it will be better
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Yes, the problem is that many people who are not part of BRM are registered. Unfortunately the password is shared on internet pages and many people enter the tournaments that have nothing to do with the site. Maybe an exclusive tournament for the members could be created, demanding comments in the forums, reviews, etc. I think cardschat works like this.
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Posted by ligador37: Yes, the problem is that many people who are not part of BRM are registered. Unfortunately the password is shared on internet pages and many people enter the tournaments that have nothing to do with the site. Maybe an exclusive tournament for the members could be created, demanding comments in the forums, reviews, etc. I think cardschat works like this.
Sorry but I could get the cardschat password in some page...that BRM banned in other thread. I think that the only solution for this problem is if Bank Roll Mob make a group mail with us and send by this way his tickets. This is the way that used Break Out Poker and this is unbreakable!!
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The BankrollMob has freerools tournaments or with buy-in for leaderboards. These games are for all players. There are no restrictions, is for all. The situations in some poker rooms which restricts abusive some countries is another problem but for BRM games anyone access to his games.
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I think that the cardschat tournaments have many freerolls where the entry is not restricted and the password is easy to access. But there are 1 or 2 tournaments a week that are for a few users, who meet certain requirements. If you could get the password for one of those, I congratulate you. I hope you have made a good tournament!
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This is not true. Are bigger restrictions. I do not want to say their name because it is a BRM rival but players have to post more comments to participate in their freerolls tournaments. They have one weekly tournament in pokerstars. Saturday is for all and sometimes Friday. BRM has no restrictions, is for all. Only poker rooms restrict.
Now unfortunately have not much time for it, these tournaments take a long time...
and i was not allowed to do anything. Simply with all cards that i received you could not do anything important and i was quickly eliminated from the game.
