Archive for June, 2008

june graph - the freeroll challenge

June 2008
The project started great with a final table on the 3rd day, finishing 3rd and winning $6.55.

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the freeroll challenge - day 8

I dident write any review from yesterday. I only played in the 1$ 2100$ added at pokerstars but was out very fast.
Apart from that i played some cash at absolute poker, but lost and my bankroll took a little dive,
Today im giving the usual nordic 2500$ freeroll a shot. Im really amazed how easy it [...]

betsson private freeroll

Hi all
We got a very nice poker tournament going at the end of this month, a freeroll with 300$ in the prizepool.
details.
name: freerollnews forum
pokersite: betsson - click here to register
date: the 29th of june
time: 19.00 CET.
Password: betszon
note: unfortunately betsson IS NOT u.s friendly.

the freeroll challenge day 6 - in the money

I was just chilling on the couch yesterday so dident write an reviews while playing.
I played the usual $2500 freeroll at pokerstars and finished 88 out of 5495 and won $4,5.
I also played a little 0.05-0.10 fixed limit cash at absolute poker and increased my bankroll from 7.31 to 8.82.
bankroll
absolute poker: $8.82
pokerstars: $6.50
total: $15.32

the freeroll challenge day 6

Played the daily $2500  nordic freeroll at pokerstars, but got beaten with a-k agains a-10 early in the tour, and that was it.
I then played some 0.05-0.10 fixed limit at absolute poker. Won a little and increased my bankroll to $8.41. I then saw there was a $1 rebuy tournament with $1500 guranteed that was about to start. [...]

the freeroll challenge - day 5

Im ready for the 1$ tournament at pokerstars with 2100$ added.
1570 players were in, and the prizepool was $3513 with 255 players getting paid, starting chips 1500 and 10min blinds.
I expected to see alot of action in this low buyin tournament, and i dident get dissapointed.
So my strategy was simple, keep it tight and aggressive.
I dont last long though (see [...]

the freeroll challenge - in the money again

After the victory earlier today i have now started playing at the micro
limit games and played some fixed limit 0.02-0.04 and 0.05-0.10.
There is a 1$ tournament at pokerstars tomorrow with 2100$ added i
really would like to play, but to trade my $ and make a player to
player transfer I need 11$ at absolute poker because [...]

final table on day 3 of the freeroll challenge

Started today at absolute poker which is the site i think have the best freerolls
right now. It was the 50$ added with 0.50 rebuys and add on, and the game is
pl omaha with 1664 players. I get a good start and triple my stack when i hit
a straight on the flop. I sit tight for [...]

the freeroll challenge day 2

My son woke 5.30 today with a nasty stomic ache, so we had an early start as usual.
Normal we take turns getting up with him early, but we both got up today.
He setteled down after 30min so I started looking for an early freeroll and
found an interesting one on absolute poker. It was free to [...]

the freeroll challenge day 1

the freeroll challenge - day 1
I have never really played freeroll tournaments.
When i started playing poker 8 years ago, i started with real money
and the only freerolls i have played have been private events,
first deposit welcome freerolls and freerolls from loyaly reward
programs.
I though it was going to be easy to find a freeroll because of
the [...]

freeroll challenge the beginning - guidelines

Inspired by the chris ferguson challenge where he went from 0$ to 10.000$ I will try to accomplice this myself.
Guidelines of the challenge are:

Never buy into a cash game or a Sit & Go with more than 5 percent of the total bankroll (there is an exception for the lowest limits: it is allowed to buy into any game [...]

chris fergusons challenge

(chris ferguson article from full tilt poker) 
0$ to 10.000$
So how’d he do it?
Starting with nothing but a Full Tilt Poker account, Chris played in Freerolls until he earned enough to graduate to games with a real-money buy-in. From there, Chris built up his bankroll by adhering to this strict set of guidelines:

He never buys into [...]

Ladbrokes’ Billionth Hand Freeroll

To celebrate the forthcoming milestone of Ladbrokes Poker’s 1,000,000,000th hand and being the largest team of European players at this year’s WSOP; Ladbrokes Poker will be holding a Billionth Hand Freeroll which will award $300,000 of WSOP prizes:

The top 20 finishers will get the chance to join Team Ladbrokes at the world’s largest tournament by [...]

Build your way to winning a share of $10,000

Calling all new real money players:
Make sure the foundations of your poker career are firm with the Bankroll Builder.
As a rookie, partypoker want you to take your first steps into real money play without risking a thing: You’ll get exclusive entries into the exciting daily freeroll qualifiers for 60 days after you’ve made your first real [...]

2 great sunpoker freerolls

sunpoker is offering 2 great freerolls this month, with very nice value.
1. $2,500 FR: June 28, 2008 7pm UK will be a 1 MPP buy-in with
$2500 added by Sunpoker. Password: sun2500
2. $5,000 FR June 29, 2008 7pm will be a 50 MPP buy-in
with $5,000 in the prize pool. Password: sun5000
MPP’s must be accumulated starting on June [...]