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Poker freeroll II

September 22nd, 2008

Poker freerolling is that situation in a high/low split game where one player has nothing to lose and his worst outcome will be a split whereas the best possible result for him will be to scoop the entire pot, it is an obvious advantage to that player if he can read his hand intelligently and understand he is in the position to freeroll. This gives rise to a playing strategy whereby the player will build up the size of the pot by raising bets which he can most possibly win all by himself if his opponent is an inexperienced player who does not recognize his situation and imagines by raising and building the pot, he can hope to gain by it.

Apart from a strategic play, the term freeroll in poker is also applicable to those tournaments where the participants are not liable to pay any entry fee to take part. However, it is important to remember not to confuse and to be able to distinguish between the terms ‘free’ and ‘no entry fee’. The confusion arises from the fact that some freeroll poker tournaments do require its participants to pay some charges at some stage of the competition. These tournaments don’t build up their pot to be paid as payout by accumulating entry fees after deducting the house rake. Rather, the prize money of freeroll tournaments are contributed by a donation from the casino house, charges amassed from selling sponsorship and broadcast rights, the money taken from spectators to allow them a right to enter and see the players in action or by a combination of all these. It has been known that some cardrooms or some real or online casinos frequently arrange freeroll tournaments for those gamblers who are their regular patrons. A particular characteristic of all invitation-based poker tournaments are that they are invariably freeroll competitions.

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