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Our very deep and sincere apologies for the recent site problems, we know it has caused a lot of tournament game problems. It is being worked on (hard) by technical and we hope to have a solid fix soon. I’ll post on the tech issues in more detail later.
For now just wanted to let you all know that the Thanksgiving freeroll (part 2 of the holiday freeroll series) has been rescheduled to Saturday December 3rd. Same times – 8pm GMT, 3pm EST, 12pm WST The password is holidays.
Sorry to have taken so long with this, after all the Thanksgiving freeroll, part 2 in the vacation freeroll series plays tomorrow (Starts at 8pm GMT, 3pm EST, 12pm WST The password is holidays.) 
Without further ado then:
Holiday $2000 Halloween Freeroll
Total 290 participants played!
Final Positions
Remember, the player with the top overall position in all 4 holiday games wins an extra $50, so go for it – and you 3 op players, well done, you’re in the early lead 
Register on NoPayPOKER now for the HALLOWEEN Freeroll game which starts at 8pm GMT, 3pm EST, 12pm WST The password is holidays. 
It’s the first of 4 holiday freerolls, this one has a pot of $2000 FreeD. After this there are 3 more – Thanksgiving, Christmas and New Year.
If you play in all 4 “Holiday” tournaments and get the best overall finishing positions then you will win, on top of whatever else you get a bonus $50 USD/$10,000 FreeD
You must play all four tournaments to compete for the best overall position bonus.
Holiday $2000 Halloween Freeroll – 31st Oct 2011
Holiday $3000 Thanksgiving Freeroll – 24th Nov 2011
Holiday $4000 Christmas Freeroll – 25th Dec 2011
Holiday $5000 New Year Freeroll – 1st Jan 2012
Go open up the NoPayPOKER games software now and register for this great fun freeroll game right now!
And if you are not a NoPayPOKER.com member go to the free online poker home page to download the free poker software right now, you can play right away, no complications or deposits of any of that guff to worry bout as it is all (did we mention this before FREE!
This article about reading players was a runner up in the February 2010 NoPayPOKER Free Poker Article contest. Member Zombified got $100 FreeD. See the poker article writing details page. All accepted articles get $50 FreeD plus bonus chips and the best may win $1000 FreeD or get a runner up prize of $100 FreeD.
It is important to be able to sit down at any money or free texas hold em poker table, whether you’re online playing or at a real game and study your opponents. I believe patience is the number one key ingredient when it comes to reading players and most important when the game first starts.
Why you might ask? This gives you a chance to sit back and take mental notes on the player’s actions. This is very effective during the first half hour of a free roll tournament because a lot of players like to go all in and hope they win the pot. I myself will only call these players with a high pair, or suited low connectors because I’ve played them before, and they will go all in with any two hand cards given.
What Mental Notes You Must Start With
What mental notes you should take during the first 30 minutes or if moved to a new table in any poker game is moderately simple.
For example:
If you have an ace and king of spades…you will be feeling good about your whole cards. You are waiting for the other player to check or bet, to your surprise the player bets 400 chips when the pot is at 120 chips.
So you call the player and on the flop lands Queen of spades, Jack of Spades, and ten of hearts. The other player is either going to go all-in in order to make you think he/she has the winning hand. You know you got this won so you call the player’s bluff and on 4th street lands a 9 of clubs and on the river a king of diamonds. Well, you just won with an ace high straight while the other player had nothing.
This is very obvious but if you have been paying attention to all the players, and you were up against a more conservative player. They might try to buy you in by betting low not over the pot before the flop and after. These Players know what they are doing and most likely will have a full house against your ace high straight.
Here are some practical tips that I use.
Players who take too long and hold back to the last second to check are trying to miss lead you into thinking they have nothing (note: in online poker the player might be taking too long because he/she is playing multiple games.) and wait for you to make a bet worth calling. Filter these players out as this might be a habit for them.
Players who anticipate until the last second and raise you all in are trying to buy the pot with a decent pair hoping you don’t have any aces in your hand!
Everyone Knows a chip bully. Every table has one. The only way to knock a chip bully off his costly chair is not to be distressed of his/her large chip stacks. If you have it, go for it. Most likely, he/she is bluffing cause, they want to pilfer the pot or blinds.
All players have habits. All players will develop a pattern of betting structure out of habits.
What habits might they form?
A player that makes the initial raise and watches others fold and only two other players call his raise. The same player that made the initial raise won’t bet any higher or lower but the same amount. In the end, one of the other two players will fold and the player who made the initial raise will fold.
Another habit I witness now and then is that various players will lose 80% of their chip stack. They get upset because they had a substantial loss and choose to keep going all in until they lose or earn back some chips. These players have given up and gone on “tilt” best thing to do is to call them when the time is right be patient.
Some players are almost impossible to read because they Know they are being read and are always changing up their technique. Subsequently, they will repeat themselves. These players will take up most of your contemplating analyses.
In conclusion, I hope this article will help you fine tune your skills and have given you some strategies you can use of your own at the tables. No player is impossible to read but its the one who can’t read that make the game inexplicable (for themselves!)
My advice if you struggle with reading other players or if this is all new to you is to get in lots of practice in low risk games. Try low or micro stakes games or some online free poker NoPayPOKER games to get a feel for it all before committing any meaningful money.
See this free poker lesson for an advanced lesson on the mental side of the game and player note taking see the NoPayPOKER blog series by D M Vadnais. Scary stuff!
This article about how to win Freerolls was a runner up in the January 2010 NoPayPOKER Free Poker Article contest. Member luigi1987 got $100 FreeD. See the poker article writing details page. All accepted articles get $50 FreeD plus bonus chips and the best may win $1000 FreeD or get a runner up prize of $100 FreeD.
To consistently win or place well in Freeroll poker tournaments you need to take a certain approach and follow some key rules in order to maximise your probabilities.
Here are 12 tips to help you succeed in free poker tournaments. Practice them at NoPayPOKER today. See the Poker Tournament schedule for your next game.
1. Be Patient
This rule is first because we believe that patience is the most important qualities to have in order to play well in the free Texas hold em poker tournaments. One very important thing to keep in mind is that big online freerolls may have hundreds or even thousands of participants so they generally take several hours to finish. If you want to be at the final table to win have to be very patient.
2. Be Aggressive with good hands
Freerolls are multi-table tournaments where you’ll almost always be seated at a table of ten. This is good in the sense that you do not have to adapt your game to take account of fewer players, but also means that when you have a good hand it is best to play it aggressively. Whenever you have a good hand like AA, KK, AKs or AQs, you must be aggressive.
3. Play fewer hands
Control the aggression and play fewer hands. Do not play hunches, play tight and wait until you get good hands, then play them aggressively. A general rule is to fold without a letter or containing less than eight.
4. Take advantage of your position at the table
If you’re first or second bet K10 is not a good hand. There are nine players after you and if any of them has AA, KK or KQ can see you in serious trouble. However if you’re last to bet and you just have to see the blind or pass your K10 may be a good move. Nobody has raised the ante before so your King can be quite valuable and therefore worth seeing the flop.
5. Change Game
Although you need to be patient and wait for good hands, you do not you become too predictable. If you play only good hands and always go up then your opponents will be thrown back and just let you win the blinds. The problem is that with the blinds do not earn enough to keep his head above water because you’re playing a few hands. You will have to be changing the way you play to be more difficult to predict.
6. Avoid bluffing
You must avoid the bluff except in very few and rare occasions. Since there are always ten people at the table you have a great probability that one has a good hand and wants to go against you, even if you’ve done all-in. Make an all-in in a bluff is like a suicide in the freerolls almost always there is someone willing to see your bet and you have little chance of survive.
7. Look at your opponents and their style of play
You can collect a lot of collect valuable information simply by observing the behavior of your opponents at the table. Want to bet on almost every hand?, Is sitting around waiting for them between a good hand? (Like you!), They withdraw when he ups the ante? Only go when they have “free card”?, Is a maniac who goes on every hand?.
8. Concentrate on the game
If you want to know how to play your opponents need to focus on what they do. Do not get to write emails or surf on Internet while playing, and of course turn off the TV!.
9. Without doubts
If doubts before making a move can be interpreted by your opponents as a sign of weakness. In online poker tournaments you can not see the reaction of your opponent and see if you’re nervous so one of the few tracks you have is the speed at which your opponent makes his moves. The worst sin you can commit is hesitating for a while and then go with that you told the table that you have no free play but you want to see the next card. More likely is that someone makes a bet to get you out of hand.
10. Do not pursue projects
It can be tempting when you see that you have a straight (for example if you have a 6 and 7 and rolls 5 and 8 on the flop) but the reality is rarely that hand is a winner. If you can see the turn and river for free or for a few chips then you might be interested if you pursue it but remember that at this point you have nothing and your opponents have at least a couple.
11. Remember that your opponents are playing different cards
Whether you’re doing the right thing does not mean that others are doing well. People play all kinds of hands, especially in online poker freerolls, so you can expect all sorts of bad beats. Give special attention to the possibility of stairs, if for example 5-6-8 on the table there is a strong possibility that someone has a 7 to 4.
12. Take freerolls seriously
Although you are not spending money to participate in free online poker freerolls them, you’re dedicating the tournament much of your time so take them seriously. At NoPayPOKER they are a good way to practice and learn how to play poker and win one is a great achievement that raises the moral enough, except that you will earn some money!.
This is the Runner up in the NoPayPOKER.com Free Poker Article Competition for December 2009, member only1dani got $250 FreeD
Playing free online poker does not mean you cannot earn real dollars while doing it.
There are many forums and blogs online that will tell you the sites with the most and the best free poker freerolls. The work in finding them has already been done for you all you have to do is try them and get to the business of playing real money poker for free.
While searching for the lists of freerolls read several of the articles and/or forums, the reason for doing this is many will list the same free poker sites and this will help you in making a decision on which ones to try. If you see the same sites listed over and over you can assume these are the ones you should try first but don’t limit yourself to just these, many smaller sites will offer more frequent freerolls to build their clientele.
There are so many free poker sites that offer them you should have no trouble finding several that you like…Naturally as you are here on NoPayPOKER I expect you’re going to give our free poker a go
Once you have made the decision as to what site you want to try first and have registered for your first game, play it tightly and watch the game carefully, besides trying to win you want to stay on the table so you can get a feel of the games and how the players play on that site. do this each time you try a new site.
There will be “donkeys” and “chip slingers” on every game you play but the trick is let them either win and settle down or to lose and go out, your object, especially in these first few games is to make it to the money, even if its just a very small amount.
You cannot cash out what you won in a freeroll on many sites, they have requirements that you must meet before you are allowed to cash out so read the requirements prior to playing so you know where you stand. You can however on almost every site use your freeroll winnings to buy into other tournaments and the winnings in those are yours to cash out.
Don’t get discouraged if you don’t win at first, be patient and keep in mind that you are playing real genuine free online poker AND winning real money with no investment on your part except your time so why not try to actually earn money while you play the game you love.
