Recreation and Sports
A Fundamentals Guide to A Free Poker Tournament
May 15, 2010 by drewloupsen · Leave a Comment
First off a free poker tournament mistake to avoid, namely, the absolute stupidity of “checking it down” when a player is all-in, just to move up in the money of a poker tournament.
Maybe there is a scenario when this is ok- an example would be if there’s not a lot of cash floating about in the pot, or there is no chance of making a profit by making the gamble. This doesn’t move me away from my bad feelings towards checking it down just to go up in the cash however. I guess my feelings come because this type of play stops the chance to win the pot. In addition this can allow the opposition to catch you, when they would have clearly thrown in. It’s a great deal safer and stronger to play to gamble instead of check if you have the cards. This way you won’t loose any more than you have to.
Next is the importance of online free poker tournament bankroll management.
It is very easy to stack-off all your roll by not following a few bankroll management skills. I have found that Chris “Jesus” Ferguson’s techniques work quite well. In this technique, you can only buy into multi table poker tournaments for no more than 2% or your total bankroll and Sit and Go poker games for 5% of your total.
At NoPayPOKER we recommend for money competitions you mustn’t put in more than three percent of your entire amount though, Ferguson believes five percent is considered ok. So it comes down to your stance to risk at this stage, it’s a good idea to find your risk tolerance at the online poker sites.
A major part of online poker achievement comes down to decent skill, and knowledge of managing your bankroll. An obvious example of how to use this technique is to move down the scales of stakes when you hit a bad losing run. Most players understand this theory but find it very hard to put into practice, as they want to try and recoup the money they have just lost as quickly as possible. However dropping down in stakes is even further significant than having a decent roll methodology mindset.
