Position is your seat in the poker table relative to other players. Be it free online poker or cash it is your position which will indicate when you will act in a poker hand. In a full ring game (9-12 players), in any given round of betting:
1. Early position consists of the first three or four players to act behind the big blind.
2. Middle position consists of the next player to the point after early position.
3. Late position consists of the last three or four players to act. Preflop, the dealer, the small blind, and the big blind are last to act, in that order.
Postflop, the small blind and the big blind are first to act, again starting with the dealer.
Position determines your starting position in a given round of betting. If you are the first act, in what round of betting, do you want to be in? If you are in the last position to act, do you want to bet first in the round of betting or be in the last position and last to bet? If you want to bet first in a round of betting do so, you will be in the first position to bet, even if you are not in the first position to bet in the previous round. Let’s say you are playing in a tournament. The time limit is about 15 minutes. If the tournament were a tournament, and you are the first to act, you should not wait for a free card, as that would be considered by the tournament organizers to be bad sportsmanship!
Many of the rules, such as the starting hand requirements and table position requirements, are the same for free online poker and for poker in a casino. Generally you must play tight in a freeroll poker game, as the goal is usually to survive until you can take on the other players. In a live pokerace99 tournament, you must be more aggressive.
Although it is not necessary and don’t necessarily be included in play, you should try to give yourself a heads up, in the amount of time you take to play the game. If you are playing online poker, in a freeroll poker game, you should be even more exhaustive in giving your opponent the information they need to make a decision for their hand.
Although some people claim they play freerolls to learn the game by playing for real money, the truth is that by playing something free and for fun, you can improve your skills and ultimately your chances of winning, once you have developed yourself and gained more experience in a freeroll poker game.
The play rhythm of a freeroll Usually turns in to a very quick race, as people try to get their chips as high as possible in the middle stages of the game. Because there are not any limits and once the blind is on the table, there is no fear of being eliminated, therefore people play very aggressively. Because the blinds are very low in comparison to the stacks, people very rarely use the strategy of slow play, i.e. waiting for a strong hand to start betting. Instead they bet, win and go. This is the way professionals play as well and it should be the way you as a novice should too.
Even if you managed to survive the freeroll long enough to be in the freeroll middle stages, there is a big chance you will have lost your chips if you haven’t built up a good stack. That’s why it is important to build up a big stack as soon as possible.
The freeroll strategy is the same as it is in normal tournaments, but you need to get kicked out early if you didn’t build up a good stack. If you did get a good start and feel you have a good hand, for instance if you have ace high and a lower loose aggressive chip stack, you should definitely be in the game. You will probably be fighting for a prize regardless of whether you actually have a good hand or not, so you would have to be willing to risk your chips early if you feel you have a good hand that is the best.