"Genuine" freerolls

[GaF]

I love Freerolls!!! Don't we all? I probably like them more than most - I'm new to poker, I'm learning and freerolls give me the chance to play to win real money, but where I don't risk anything when I make those stupid mistakes, when I play the wrong hands, when I misjudge my opponents - If my game ever improves (it must!!!) then I can see myself being more prepared to play on cash tables, or play in the more expensive tourneys, but I'm not ready to pay anything beyond £1 tourneys (yet!!). I hate Freerolls!!! At least freerolls that aren't quite as "free" as they make out - for me a freeroll that requires x raked hands, or member points (earnt for playing) aren't freerolls - as they would cost me money (because I would certainly net lose if I played x raked hands!!). I accept freerolls that require a real money account (so long as that money doesn't have to be spent!!). So what is the purpose of this thread? Well most lists of freerolls that I have come accross direct you to the "freerolls" I hate - that is freerolls that aren't free!! I wish to use this thread to create and maintain (not sure at the moment how much time I'll spend maintaining - we'll have to see) a list of "genuine" freerolls. I'll scout around a certain number of sites and keep an uptodate list of what's coming up. Any help if I miss something is appreciated. Once something is historical, I'll delete it from the message. All times are current local UK time (so BST or GMT). Currently Listed: Betfred, Party Poker, Betfair (None!!), Coral Eurobet, Bet365, Pacific Poker (Difficult to do - possibly incomplete - they don't seem to publish a tournament schedule!!!!), Poker Metro (seems to replicate Pacific Poker - so not included), Sporting Odds, William Hill (None!!), Ladbrokes, Canbet (They have a lot of $5 and $10 freerolls, with anything up to 100 entrants - hope you'll forgive me in not including those!!) I haven't necessarily played on all of these sites - If I get something wrong - feel free to tell me. I'll put up one week at a time, and aim to update daily. Comments/suggestions/(constructive)criticism all welcome!!! The following non regular tournaments are currently included (let me know if I'm missing any): Betfred Daily Record Bet365 $20K July Saturdays Paradise Poker $1,000,000 EDIT - Doesn't look like anyone uses this - if I'm wrong and you do miss this/want it - I still have the database - just let me know

[GreenPlasticWateringCan]

Re: "Genuine" freerolls I mainly play freerolls as well, and have made quite a bit of money from them in the last few weeks (especially in our very own PuntersLounge freeroll last night ;)). I only play them though if there is a realistic chance of winning a reasonable prize, so things like $200 or even $1000 freerolls where there are heading towards 10,000 entrants are a complete waste of time. I've played the Betfred $750 freeroll most days in the last week or so, and have made the top 5 a couple of times which is nice. SportingOdds do a $1000 freeroll every thursday evening (I think at 7:30GMT, although be aware that their server clock is 1 hour out). And they have also started doing $1000 freerolls on saturday, and "free bet" freerolls on sunday where the top 30 get a free £10 bet. Both the Betfred and Sporting Odds freerolls have a reasonable number of players (between 200 and 350 usually) which makes them definately worth playing as getting to the final table and into the big money is by no means impossible. Canbet use the same software as SportingOdds and have a $1000 freeroll late monday nights (well 2:30am tuesday mornings actually) although unless you don't mind not sleeping it's not really ideal for people living in the UK / Europe. I have played it once though, but as I was so tired I played like a nutter going all in with pretty much anything for the first half hour :tongue2, and I got lucky and found myself in the top 2 or 3, so decided to play properly and ended up playing til 5:30am, and finishing 3rd for $120 :nana. Bet365 usually have a $5000 freeroll every saturday, and although it usually has nearly 4000 players, the top 300 get paid and the prizes for getting in the top 10 make it worth trying, although to get anywhere near the final table in such a big tourney you would need a LOT of luck as well as skill. This month though I think the $5k freerolls are being replaced with $20k freerolls ( :loon ) every saturday at 8pm, where the top 1000 get paid, and first prize is $2500, so they are definately worth having a go at (although i'll probably be out :beer most Saturdays so won't be able to play) If anyone else has any freerolls along these lines (i.e. not too many entrants, reasonable prize pools and no raked hands requirements) it would be great to know of them :ok