Grinding freerolls

XPOKERCHIC wrote:


I have been grinding all this year to be in the 8th month with my Fulltilt account staying at zero. Taking the Ferguson challenge is way out of my mind right now. I grind and grind the freerolls to get my bank up, then I am drawn to the cash tables where I slowly and painstakingly give it back. I think the best option for US players now is going to be freerolls like the ones we used to have here. I got a PM the other day asking about my check withdrawal when I withdrew from Fulltilt. The first couple went fine, but I had to send in information that the site requested for security. The next few and I mean few times I withdrew by check, my bank asked a bunch of questions and wanted to put a 7-day hold on the check amount. Even though I had the checks covered.

Any who, I am not giving up on online poker. The poker beast can be tamed. I have just got to find my niche and always try my best in all tourneys. In freerolls it is ok to play your "A" game. Don't fall into the trap of "Oh I can play like a donkey in freerolls and change back to a pro when I spend money." You should take every game as serious as the next, even if it is free. The goal is to win, not play bad. Playing bad can get you only so far in a freeroll. At some point you will meet players with the skill to succeed in freerolls and they will be gunning for those chips you just built up from crappy play. Now can you change your play to skill at the drop of a hat or keep playing 27 os out of position cause it is your "lucky hand".

You can find me grinding on Fulltilt as XPOKERCHIC and playing freerolls like it is for a million dollars. LOL.....X

XPOKERCHIC wrote:


I have been grinding all this year to be in the 8th month with my Fulltilt account staying at zero. Taking the Ferguson challenge is way out of my mind right now. I grind and grind the freerolls to get my bank up, then I am drawn to the cash tables where I slowly and painstakingly give it back. I think the best option for US players now is going to be freerolls like the ones we used to have here. I got a PM the other day asking about my check withdrawal when I withdrew from Fulltilt. The first couple went fine, but I had to send in information that the site requested for security. The next few and I mean few times I withdrew by check, my bank asked a bunch of questions and wanted to put a 7-day hold on the check amount. Even though I had the checks covered.

Any who, I am not giving up on online poker. The poker beast can be tamed. I have just got to find my niche and always try my best in all tourneys. In freerolls it is ok to play your "A" game. Don't fall into the trap of "Oh I can play like a donkey in freerolls and change back to a pro when I spend money." You should take every game as serious as the next, even if it is free. The goal is to win, not play bad. Playing bad can get you only so far in a freeroll. At some point you will meet players with the skill to succeed in freerolls and they will be gunning for those chips you just built up from crappy play. Now can you change your play to skill at the drop of a hat or keep playing 27 os out of position cause it is your "lucky hand".

You can find me grinding on Fulltilt as XPOKERCHIC and playing freerolls like it is for a million dollars. LOL.....X

tallseas wrote: KEEP GRINDING!!

Full Tilt Poker Tournament #176327061 English Poker Open Turbo Sat NL Hold'em
Buy-In: $0.00
324 players
Total Prize Pool: $132.00
Start Date: August 6 6:05 PM ET

Dear TallSeas,

You finished the tournament in 1st place.
You have received an entry into tournament #176326478:

Name: English Poker Open Satellite
Buyin: $20.00 + $2.00
Date: August 7 5:00 PM ET

Congratulations!
Thank you for participating.

keithdn68 wrote: I understand where you are coming from Xpokerchic...I refuse to deposit and play mostly freerolls. Problem is, there are not a lot of them out there. I am not big on playing with 7499 other people to try and make it to the top 45.

I miss IXGames Full Tilt freeroll. Not sure what happened there but hopefully it comes back.

It seems as times go on the freerolls become few and far between. But as long as I enjoy playing them........I will continue to grind it out.

thepokerfox wrote: Stick with it pokerchic fulltilt is a hard site that u feel is for a more hifg level player and they use freeroll to fund us smaller player as bait once we get the nerve or the roll to play table games if you can try this i only play sng single table so i can maintain a level of chance never NEVER do i play over $5 as i tryed to explain to my wife after bankrolling a $600 win she got in a BIG RUT by adding $20 to $30 instead of maintaing the basic $.01/$02 and $05/$, 10 we always play so in short if you or any other player like ur cash STICK to what MADE YOU THE $ IN THE FIRST PLACE ... GOD LUCK IN YOUR QUEST

illphillllllll wrote: I think many tournament players don't realize the difference in play from cash games and tournaments. there is always dead money players in a tournament while cash games for the most part are usually a higher quality of players, even the smaller stakes. next time your on full tilt if you do a player search you will find that most, maybe everyone at your table is multi-tabling.

ixgames wrote: We will be back with tournaments, not sure how often though. We needed a summer break to finish other things ixgames related and we are not at the end yet.

We still wanted to have atleast one regular freeroll going so we put the energy on the wednesday games. But they will come back.

What we are doing right now is planning on a new forum design and we are probably going to take the easy way of not having it custom made. But it will be good, trust me. Better colors, easier to read things and overall just so much better.

You know the reviews we have on ixgames.com they will change and everyone will be able to rate and make comments to all poker sites, casino, sportbooks etc. The part of you being able to rate and make comments is called "User Reviews".

Anyway, we will announce everything when it's time and I hope it will be a good fall and winter with a bigger community, more things to do but still with a friendly touch.

ixgames wrote: I have read your comments about chasing lost money and losing your grind money on cash tables. Why dont you try and play some SNG's ?

They are less cash table like and with more tournament feel.

Maybe you should search for the right SNG and buyin and try how it works.

I mean you might find there are SNG's that suits you alot better than just throwing away your money on cash tables.

When you purchase entrance to a buyin tournament see it as an investment. An investment that's more sure than any cash tables atleast if you are not mature for it.

The big problem with cash tables is the huge amount of player styles, you just cant read all of them and many players dont even play poker, they dont care if they lose money just to get into your mind and make you confused. and then when you thought you had everything under control BAM you go all-in losing and losing again. Tilting.