Poker Freerolls or Tournaments with Guaranteed Prize? Or what's your preference?

[DoublerHunter]

Hey fellas!

Just curious, what do you prefer on a poker room, freerolls or guaranteed prize tournaments?

^ Are they the same? I think they are different.
Freerolls are given by the site is to lure and attract gamblers to visit and when you join tournaments, of course, you will after the prize, not the freeroll.
If you are going to ask me, I will prefer the tournament prize. Because if you have enough fund to sustain you gambling activity such poker, there is no need to go after the freeroll. It is very challenging if the prize pool is quite big and that was what I prefer. Nevertheless, we had a different point of view on playing poker and it's all about a competition to each oppenents.

[BTCLiz]

Hey fellas!

Just curious, what do you prefer on a poker room, freerolls or guaranteed prize tournaments?

^ Are they the same? I think they are different.
Freerolls are given by the site is to lure and attract gamblers to visit and when you join tournaments, of course, you will after the prize, not the freeroll.
If you are going to ask me, I will prefer the tournament prize. Because if you have enough fund to sustain you gambling activity such poker, there is no need to go after the freeroll. It is very challenging if the prize pool is quite big and that was what I prefer. Nevertheless, we had a different point of view on playing poker and it's all about a competition to each oppenents.

The point is that most Freerolls have a guaranteed price pool, but most tournaments with a guaranteed price pool are no freerolls (otherwise it's a scam IMO). So freerolls are a subnet of tournaments with a guarnteed price pool.

To the question: I've never invested a single buck in Poker, so of course I prefer Freerolls. Bots and algorithms are destroying online poker to be honest, so that I dont want to risk my hard earned money.

[slaman29]

Any gambler will tell you that it's very different when you pay with your own money and pay with "free money". It really depends also some poker players play for fun and want to rush. Others are professional and can sit at a table for 12 hours straight. So the preference is down to the expectations of the player.

Me I like freerolls or SMALL buy in as I just want to be entertained and MAYBE win something.

[Kong Hey Pakboy]

If they are building a reputation for the site then probably a guaranteed prize would be the best one but the problem with this one is that it heavily favors users instead of the business which is going to be detrimental for their long-term survivability in the market. I would go for guaranteed prize too as I am a player but if I was on the other side, I would go for the free rolls because it is much cheap and there is a low chance that someone is going to win with those free rolls.

How is there a low chance someone will win? In a freeroll there is always gonna be a winner and the site pays that outta their pocket. In a guaranteed, the players make the prize pool and the site loses nothing outta pocket unless not enough players enter to cover the guarantee.

What I am trying to say is that rolls have a  chance for palyers to win or not win so choosing between the two, I would go for something that will guarantee me something even if I lose compared to trying to fight the odds just for a really small chance to win.

[michellee]

Even those are not worth the time mostly but yeah better than winning nothing is to have a guaranteed prize so at least you walk away with something.

I prefer deposit bonus as a much better thing than these freerolls and if I am not wrong nitrogen recently troubled a user because they managed to win something from those freerolls and later the case was solved but that is how clumsy things are with these kinds of freerolls.

I disagree, I think that if you walk away with somsthing, it is worth the time. Deposit bonus aren't that huge so I don't think that it will help people, plus most of the time some deposit bonus require a specific amount to deposit before you can get the bonus. Free rolls are awild card for business because they are confident that no one is going to win but surprises happen and they get caught off guard and they get bitter that they didn't profit from that win.

But sometimes, the casino gives a bonus from the deposit, which will be bigger than usual. Usually, if the casino has an event on their site, they want to surprise their members. So when their members deposit some amounts, they will get two times from their deposit money. If the user can win some money from the freerolls, I guess that is their luck and the casino can not do anything except give the money to the user. But well, that will be the casino policy to give the money or investigate the case.

[BTCLiz]

Any gambler will tell you that it's very different when you pay with your own money and pay with "free money". It really depends also some poker players play for fun and want to rush. Others are professional and can sit at a table for 12 hours straight. So the preference is down to the expectations of the player.

Me I like freerolls or SMALL buy in as I just want to be entertained and MAYBE win something.

I am really not sure if we should use the term "gambler" for people playing poker. Yes, okay, there are some people who soenst take poker seriously and just want to gamble,, but in general poker can be considered at a serious sports in my opinion. There is a luck factor, but there is also a specific amount amount of skill required.

[alegotardo]

Hey fellas!

Just curious, what do you prefer on a poker room, freerolls or guaranteed prize tournaments?

I've tried freerolls a lot in the past and it's a lot of fun to pass the time, but a poker room is still my favorite since I like to bet with strategy.

Fortunately, it has been some time since I played for real (with large amounts of money), I was already addicted to it and managed to quit by going to sports games. But, sometimes I still "sit down at a virtual table and take some cards in my hand".

[imstillthebest]

guaranteed prize tournaments are not for all right ?
 but only for the players that reach the top ranks and if there is a consolacion prize for all players that joins a tournament the prize wont be worth it and you pay for it because you use your own money to bet but free rolls can be given for free even without the need of depositing and you will have a chance to score big prizes if you are lucky  .

[Ryker1]

Poker is mostly about showcasing your skills and strategies against other players. Poker is all about a competition of who has the most brilliant techniques on the table. At least, I am talking about poker players who are already in the game for some time. So I probably would be more interested in guaranteed prize tournaments rather than free rolls.

But if you're trying to just get the hang of poker, then free rolls might be enticing to you.

So it probably depends on your level of poker confidence.

Well, I agree.
For me, that free rolls perhaps only be effective when people are just trying out. But in the long run, this approach won’t help.
I think it would be better to increase the tournament prize instead so people will find ways to win it and invest their time and funds to learn the game and master it. A guaranteed prize is not something that is effective, as well. I think it would be better to use the promotion on a different approach.

[yahoo62278]

guaranteed prize tournaments are not for all right ?
 but only for the players that reach the top ranks and if there is a consolacion prize for all players that joins a tournament the prize wont be worth it and you pay for it because you use your own money to bet but free rolls can be given for free even without the need of depositing and you will have a chance to score big prizes if you are lucky  .

On a freeroll the site only bleeds money. They have to have buyin tourneys so that they can start making a little money. There is no other way around it. Offering only freerolls means they close in 6 months.

[slaman29]

I am really not sure if we should use the term "gambler" for people playing poker. Yes, okay, there are some people who soenst take poker seriously and just want to gamble,, but in general poker can be considered at a serious sports in my opinion. There is a luck factor, but there is also a specific amount amount of skill required.

And why not? I think poker players all consider themselves gambling. It's not a complete game of chance but you can't deny that there are big elements of chance anyway even with all the skill-based and come on, poker is a big casino staple after all. It is a sport for some people which is why they are pushing for it at Olympics even but seriously, nothing wrong with considering poker players gamblers:)

[ReiMomo]

I think the majority of us would choose a guaranteed prize even when it’s less. Having less is better than earning nothing at all.
But in my opinion, having both benefits to the game is somehow wiser than choosing from the two.

Sooner or later, players will realize that the prize they get when they are playing is not enough and not really that much worthy of their time.  This already applies to the freerolls.

What if you give both to the new players at the beginning and as time goes, those benefits will soon be gone when they learned how to win on their own?

[ralle14]

What I am trying to say is that rolls have a  chance for palyers to win or not win so choosing between the two, I would go for something that will guarantee me something even if I lose compared to trying to fight the odds just for a really small chance to win.

Both of them have guaranteed prizes but the difference is the buy ins which increases the prize. I guess you're trying to point out the amount of players between the two and usually freerolls have more players since it's free compared to the guaranteed tournament that's why you've mentioned the low chance of winning.

[famososMuertos]

Hey fellas!

Just curious, what do you prefer on a poker room, freerolls or guaranteed prize tournaments?

Hi,
There is a lack of context in your question, which leads me to limbo, as in the theoretical reality of poker both are tournaments and offer guaranteed prizes.

I have played freeroll at some point with up to $ 1000 guaranteed, it is rare today and may not exist but in the first decade of the 21st century some poker rooms offered them.

They also existed freeroll to Las Vegas to play the world series of poker or to play freeroll with trips to Europe and South America with $0 buy-in.

So the above tells you that at least one freerolls offers you a guaranteed prize and they have their variant of tickets or satellites, but there is always a prize.

So from the point of view of the above, although I like to play MMT buy-in >$0, if the freeroll has potential with the prize offered, I will play it. My pride as a player is still intact, no problem with that, yes! is to return to the hell of poker, although bad players are always going to be at all levels.

On the other hand, when you have experience or not, what leads you to decide for a certain tournament is your bankroll, if you do not have money to play buy-in>$0 but you want to play poker, which is essentially what it is, a game, it is good that the poker room has freerolls.

[BTCLiz]

I am really not sure if we should use the term "gambler" for people playing poker. Yes, okay, there are some people who soenst take poker seriously and just want to gamble,, but in general poker can be considered at a serious sports in my opinion. There is a luck factor, but there is also a specific amount amount of skill required.

And why not? I think poker players all consider themselves gambling. It's not a complete game of chance but you can't deny that there are big elements of chance anyway even with all the skill-based and come on, poker is a big casino staple after all. It is a sport for some people which is why they are pushing for it at Olympics even but seriously, nothing wrong with considering poker players gamblers:)

That's a false claim. I play (sometimes) poker and I wouldn't call it gambling. Simply because it is not. In the long run (over 100k hands and more) the better player will allways win. This is the main difference to gambling. In the long run all players loose versus the casino.

[magneto]

Guaranteed prize for sure. Freerolls are never worth your time in general.

But you have to consider the fact that good tournaments these days are pretty much nonexistent, and the same goes for poker freerolls.

Beggars can't be choosers. If you enjoy playing and you don't want to have to deal with high risk plays, then just take whatever you get. Freerolls are still free at the end of the day and you can't really complain much.

[Lorence.xD]

Guaranteed prize for sure. Freerolls are never worth your time in general.

Definitely the guaranteed prize, even if the prize aren't that a lot or that much, at the least you can get something out of it. Plus another reason why free rolls isn't a good one is because there isn't likely any chance you can win in free roll plus there will be times when the gambling site is probably going to block your wins when you win in free roll.