Joined: Jun '10
Location: United Kingdom
Age: 45 (M)
Posts: 169
its a good time to be playing on stars the now as they have started doing 2k freerolls every night in uk forthe next month which is why i love this site so much,lol!even though i have a bankroll,i still find the freerolls offer good value and i always enjoy the freerolls on stars and tilt but more players and more money on stars!i play the uk freerolls on tilt and always end up with at least a few dollars and it all adds up but tilt never offer money like stars do,its usually a chance to win through to another tournie on tilt and then play another b4 u get anything worthwhile but i like f/tilt,i think its best site to play on!
Joined: Jun '10
Location: United Kingdom
Age: 45 (M)
Posts: 169
Posted by Sherbert: Yeah, it sucks being an online poker player in the USA. LOL UK gets all the good freerolls. Good luck.
i have earned about £50 this week on freerolls and i have a good bankroll,i just like to keep topping my b/roll up as i play sng,s,mtts and only f/l tables but i love the freerolls aswel as i do very well in them.i played the 1st 2k freeroll last night on stars and got about $5 so cant complain,keep it coming! .hope usa gets it soon for urself,gl at the tables!
Joined: Jun '08
Location: Sweden
Age: 49 (M)
Posts: 138
i can only say nordic, pokerstars have a nordic autumn freeroll for 4k$ everyday. now thats a good freeroll or do you guys disagree. maybe you all should move to nordic countrys.
Joined: Jun '08
Location: Sweden
Age: 49 (M)
Posts: 138
so ok, between 6000-8000 players is much? i dont think so, for 4k i think the value is good. but i dont like the 1$ rebuy on the freeroll. or do you rather play 250$ with 12000 players? which value is better?
Joined: Mar '08
Location: United Kingdom
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Posted by jessthehuman: IMO freerolls are NOT about the prize pool, they're about the value of your entry. Value of entry = (prize pool / no# of entrants).
IMO the freeroll is only worth playing if the entry is worth at LEAST $1. I'm guessing this entry is worth a lot less than that.
100% agree. 1 thing that bugs me about PS is the G games, everyone thinks PS are great for holding such games but there is never any overlays, they are all IMO huge donkaments, lasting for 8hrs to make final table, all tourns for that on PS, too many cooks. @astra4 8k players...its stupid, = .50c to play up to 8hr+ to make any real money, just a waste of time IMO, but im sure its great for PS. 8k players $4k in prize, everyone makes 1 RB ($8k) and 1/4 add on ($2K) now the players have spent 10K in the 4k G game....PS win again.
Joined: Feb '08
Location: Ireland
Age: 53 (M)
Posts: 638
well the one at the moment is quite interesting as if you deposit to ps .. they will give you a reward also for the amount of these freerolls you play eg play 3 and get $1.25 play 5 get 3.30 sng token and up to 15 .... so if you play 15 you get $11 mtt token ... so ill probably do this and either push all in every hand and get big or bust out ... but at the end then get a $11 token .... or even sit out if i havent got the time to play .... sounds like a easy way to get a $11 token
------------ entered tonights one for a bit of entertainment ... all in first hand with A,k doubled pushed all in second hand A,7 called by A,k got lucky again doubled ..... two hours 47 min later still in 12th of 233 so will see how far i get out of 5865 runners .....
------------ oh well a bit gutted came 14th .... after a good game played very well got myself into 4 of 14 when i get Q,Q raise 5 big blinds and second spot lad with 180,000 chips more than me pushes all in i call he shows 5,5 and flops a 5 and im gutted so sick but he playing loose with most cards so not surprised he played the hand the way he did just gutted that he hit and i go out .... would have liked to have made final table and win for the 294 pounds for first ... have to settle for 7.90
Joined: Apr '09
Location: Australia
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Posted by astra4: so ok, between 6000-8000 players is much? i dont think so, for 4k i think the value is good. but i dont like the 1$ rebuy on the freeroll. or do you rather play 250$ with 12000 players? which value is better?
lol what? Obv $4K with 8000 runners is better value than $250 with 12,000 runners.. But I would never play either of those, they're both bad value IMO. How is a freeroll bad value ? It's not worth my time.
I'm an adult and quite capable of spending a little of my own money to play a decent game. I'm not so desperate as to spend 8hours to win $1 or whatever you get out of it.
PKR used to run a monthly $10K freeroll with 2,500 MAX entrans ($4 entry) which IMO was pretty decent value.
But seriously, 95% of freerolls aren't worth playing IMO.
Joined: May '10
Location: Serbia
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The time you spend on a freeroll on FTP as much as I remember is at least 4 to 6 hours. And you need to get to the final table to get any serious (like 10-20$) money. So my point is, play for real money unless you are a total beginner. And even if you are, there are 25 cent tournaments with 8000$ guaranteed, some 800 participants.
Joined: Jun '08
Location: Sweden
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Posts: 138
i dont play freerolls so much i should say, but when i play and have time i rather play the 4k$ freeroll rather than 250$. there is so many freerolls outthere but i maybe play 2-3 freerolls a month. i really hate freerolls thats why i dont play them so much, but sometimes i try out my lucck,
Joined: Sep '08
Location: Finland
Age: 34 (M)
Posts: 21
Yea, only UK players get these sick freerolls I hope pokerihuone's wednesday freeroll is coming back, that 5000euros freeroll and maximum players 5000 I't was better than any pokerstars freeroll ever!
Joined: Oct '10
Location: United Kingdom
Age: 38 (M)
Posts: 17
Gave this a crack tonight. Went 35 minutes without a hand, overplayed 7,7, went out in 3300-ish but still beat almost half the field. Must do better...
Joined: Feb '08
Location: Ireland
Age: 53 (M)
Posts: 638
Posted by ChonkyWonk: Gave this a crack tonight. Went 35 minutes without a hand, overplayed 7,7, went out in 3300-ish but still beat almost half the field. Must do better...
lol its a freeroll you dont need a hand at the start .... any two ... if you bust your out quick if not you double or treble up .... only start worrying about hands when you get in the money
Posted by Mudadzija: And you need to get to the final table to get any serious (like 10-20$) money.
Absolutely agree! I remember I was 12th in a freeroll that we were 12.000 participants and I only earned $27 (!!!) after playing all the day ( 10 hours aprox. ) After that, I said ... no more freerolls in pokerstars, please, they don't worth!
i can tell again, pokerstars is CRap. Amazing Bad Beats all the time , can't believe. World largest poker site and never give me back some $ ( i lose more then 2500 $ ) but if we look partypoker , every week i got some 5 $ bonus for nothing !! POKERSTARS - BULLXXXXSTARS !!
Joined: Feb '08
Location: Ireland
Age: 53 (M)
Posts: 638
hmmmm i got two lots of $10 free so far for hitting 750 fpp twice and nearly finished 3rd lot and will get another $10 free ......... all from $2 Bankroll i had at the time ... plus had millions of bad beats ... as had on other sites ..... but havent lost $2,500 thankfully ... slowly growing ... so no have to say love stars
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money.
I hope pokerihuone's wednesday 
