If you are someone who likes to play poker the old-school way where there are no rebuys and everybody else has just that ONE chance at glory, then better hit the tables right now at 888poker as their Freezeout Series is already running!
From June 14 to 29, 888poker offers events with absolutely no rebuys and no re-entries available to all players, so it is normal that you would expect either lo[...] Read more » Freezeout Series hits 888poker Tables with No Rebuys and No Re-entries!
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this will be very interesting poker series on 888 site with lot of tournaments and big main event!its nice to see that they will have this type of tournaments where you dont have second chance,only one buy in and what you do on start,thats it,you cant go all in with stupid hand and then just to do re buy!
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This freezeout series on 888poker seems really great to play . I like to buy in once , almost never rebuy or add on , only if I am guarranteed more or less to win sth ITM (have very good chances) , or I have a good edge/day . Now does it bother me that other players can rebuy once or more in my games ?? I would prefer no, players with big bankroll play extremelly aggressively , in order to build a big stack and crash you later , not being afraid cause they can rebuy once ,twicce , thrice , sometimes more , but on the other hand these rebuys make the prizepool a lot bigger ... .
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Any good tournament for your level is nice to play if you have the money that u need at the moment, or to qualify through certain satellites. Freezeout series is an opportunity where players can make money. Good luck guys.
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Yes, that is what I love: a tournament without rebuys and add-on! I used to play all kink of tournaments in a freeroll way, and those are really too much. And I ever thought that is no fair that system of having a new chance in the same tourney. It is the opposite of the freeroll way. If you have the money you have a few more lives!
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Location: Israel
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Without rebuys, the game is much more conservative. Low entry tournaments with rebuys arealways crazy to play. Poeple just go all in all the time. I used to get the best results on such tournaments - I would enter when the its 10 times the blinds and play carefully until the end of the rebuy. didn't always work of course, but managed to get on the 215$ tournaments multiple times on my 50$.
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Still some games to be played until this series is over . There are some very low buy in games , with good guarantees , for which you can also try to get the ticket through satellites or subsatellites , get easy theticket , then play these micro tournaments and win big for a nice payday , orto strengthen your bankroll . The lack of reentries and rebuys guarantee the protection form the very loose sharks , who try to build a stack very quickly with reckless game and shoves , knowing than if they lose they will rebuy and try again the same strategy .
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Theoretically, there are games I could play, if it was at all possible at the moment. I usually play turbo games, since regular multi tables tournaments takes way more time than I have for playing poker. To have a tournament with low stakes and high prizes, there had to be many players. Probably relevant only with hyper tournaments for me.
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this buy in-s are not so big and when you look how much money you can spend with just normal play on cash table,then this is not much to spend 16,50 $ or 33 $ on one or few tournaments,but payout can be big for everybody!just depend how good you play poker and what experience you have on tables!
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I play in super turbo way (2 or 3 minutes blinds) all the times, because the freeroll´s tournament are running in that speed. So I have to make big adjust to my play when the times are incressed like this. Is hard for me, but I think that the game really change for better. You can takes your time and choose better cards to play
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Hyper turbo games are almost rolette. You have to try and hit on every good cards you have, no matter what the situation is. It seems like the ones that get better cards or won a couple of fifty fifty shots get the better results. Turbo is just perfect for me. A fast game but not a crazy one.
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The series is very good to make money and you can try something good. Right now I'm trying to recover because i made $ 25 with a free ticket and then i lost $ 20. For now, I don't want to make a deposit, but when the cold comes i will.
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Yes and no roeish3, you have some little space to make some move to cheat the villains and, obviously, is the kingdom of the push or fold...and I love it! When you are a bad player like I am, you want to reduce the postflop game. So in the push or fold step, you only make decisions in the preflop
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2 more games to come with very low buy ins , $16 and $5.50 , very nice opportunities to make some cash , or qualify to them via satellites ot freebuys No rebuys , no add ons , so no huge bankroll shark will abuse the players with the small bankroll on these games , good chances to win some money , even for small fish Good luck everyone
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You are right of course. It's you live push it fold than hyper turbo is definitely the game for you. In the long run I discovered that this is not profitable to me, although I do enjoy the thrill. Turbo is there best. You don't have to have supper patience and nerves of steel in the one hand and not have to play and pray in the other hand.
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no rebuy is great way of playing tournaments and you can be sure that some fish wont play all in on some stupid hand on start,just because he have money for rebuy and that he can do that many times on same tournament!ofcourse this kind of tournaments are also very popular,so its good that players can choose from different types!
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Yes roeish3, I´m used to these formats and is hard for me play in the normal speed to increase the blinds. But I realize that when I want play for money, I have to make that adjustment. Might be interested to play post flop game, and resolve the situation way ahead-way behind. Another class of adrenaline!
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Adrenaline is something to be avoided. In any real money game you must be focused in order, not to lose important hands and of course to succeed that tournament in the money. Freezeout series is good and u will not have big losses if u play satellites.
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For sure my push fold chart is for the rubbish , lol . But hen again , although on the turbos I have difficulties , I deal with too many bad beats on the regular speed games , regs or good player have so many chances to pick spots and attack to double up easily or steal your stack . I see this also on the flash spins versus the normal speed spins But rebuys and add ons make my game a lot worse , the easiness by which these whales rebuy again and again make my life so hard , lol . Thankfully there are some games like these freezeouts to have more alternatives , and play the games you wantt and are better at
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I´m agree with you about the rebuys and add-on, I don´t like it. But about the speed, I think that the bad players like me would have better probabilities to win in the super turbo. High speed, and too much players (the freeroll´s characteristics) bring a lot of variance and you could have some luck to arrives in the ITM
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I like these freezeout series tournaments because there are many with pennybuy, under satellites or with some qualifying places. It is for the pocket of all players( less of the amateurs who do not want to make deposits). You can profit for more money & opportunity is nice.
No rebuys , no add ons , so no huge bankroll shark will abuse the players with the small bankroll on these games , good chances to win some money , even for small fish 
