Poker Freerolls

Poker Freerolls – What are They and Where to Find Them?

Poker Freerolls

There are many ways in which online poker rooms entice members to play, these include sign on bonuses, promotions with various prizes, including buy-in to live tournaments, re-deposit, other bonuses and the Freeroll.

The "Freeroll" is basically a free online poker tournament offered by sites such as Titan Poker, Full Tilt Poker, Bet365 Poker, Inter Poker UK, 32Red Poker, Ladbrokes, Betfair and Betfred Poker. These are not the only sites which offer freerolls, just some of the more highly recommended sites. In a freeroll the player does not need to pay an entry fee to play.

For example taking the Betfred poker site and going to the promotions page. The freeroll they have up at the moment is the "£1,000 Magic number freeroll". This tournament runs weekly from a Monday and it is a new promotion for 2010. It replaced the $1,000 bounty tournament on the 11th January and will more than likely run indefinitely until changes take place again.

At Full Tilt Poker the freeroll tournaments can also be found in the promotions section, 12 satellites are played daily and Full Tilt offers 900 of these every month. Please bear in mind that this site is the site where the professional poker players play and if you fancy a game with Phil Ivy and have the bankroll to fund it, you know where to play.

The daily schedule for these games is up at the site and they have $85 000 to give away in freeroll prize pools. You don’t have to make a deposit or pay an entry fee, and you can win real money prizes. The beauty of these games is that you are also able to learn what it feels like to play with real money prizes at stake and use the money you win to build a bankroll for playing in higher stakes games. Chris Ferguson did this and turned a bankroll of $0 into $10 000! There are only 250 places in the $1k Freeroll tournament which takes place once a week and playing in the appropriate satellites will get you into this game.

In an attempt to hone your poker playing skills even more, HORSE, Razz, Pot Limit Omaha, and No limit Holdem freerolls are also offered; all you need to do to get entry into these games is set up an account by downloading the software and registering.

Virtually every reputable online poker room offers freerolls for members to get started and for new members to learn to play. It is vitally important for a new player to build up a substantial bankroll for ongoing play. So unlike slot machines, when you win and just put the money back, with poker, you win tournaments and keep your bankroll to play in even bigger prize tournaments. Players have to think about what they are going to play next and how this is going to increase their standing in the rankings. This is how you build a reputation and become a poker playing Superstar.