Skill versus luck in freerolls?

[Tizjzume]

What are the thoughts on skill vs luck in online freeroll games?

 

[pancho_1954]

I honestly think that luck has a little more weight than the skill or knowledge you have, it is more difficult to apply theory in a freeroll, of course you can use your skills but the reality is that in freerolls people play like Whatever the cards come and at some point you end up taking risks and playing luck because you want to win chips.

 

[Andyreas]

Like most things in poker, it probably depends on the sample size you're looking at.

If you look at a single game or a small number, the weight of luck might be higher than the skill.

Whereas if you're looking at the results over 100s or more freeroll games, than the skill plays a higher role than luck only.

For the games itself, I think they have a higher variance than regular MTTs because people play more reckless since they're not putting any of their money in.

 

[gustavofuentes2]

What are the thoughts on skill vs luck in online freeroll games?

Well in the beginning is mostly a crazy situation. But after all the crazy is over those that are left tend to tighten up and play real poker. So, if you can pass the first stages it turns up to be more skill than luck. But as in any game luck is always a factor. Good luck

 

[ebazynski]

No matter how skilled you may be, luck is always lurking, you just hope to be on the right side of it when it does show up.

 

[German629]

I think, by my private opinion, Skill and Luck need to go together, and not to be versus each other, and then All will OK,
and not only in the freerolls, but and in the tournaments with buy-ins! That's it!

 

[A kiravio]

In time we will find ourselves on both sides, but my opinion is the mind must be on top.Choosing favorable actions at the table in relation to position, stack and blinds....

 

[Rmi]

A thousand facts of study and skill lead you to do better things and earn more money in the long term. Luck would be a complement to the game Nomas

 

[dreamer13]

For some reason, it seems to me that tournaments with a very large number of participants (especially hyper ones) place luck in the first place, and skill only comes in second. And the final table is a duel of lucky players who will compare their skills for the first place of the MOST LUCKY.

 

[infonazar]

What are the thoughts on skill vs luck in online freeroll games?

Freerolls in my opinion are 70% luck and 30% skill. In regular tournaments, I'd say it's about 50/50. But I also believe that the more skill and experience we have, the more chances that luck will also be on our side.

 

[Gallarado777]

luck is certainly important in some situations, but over long distances, all good players understand that skill decides and you will always defeat weaker players at distances and win tournaments with skill, not luck. But luck, I say, is also needed in poker because it's hard to win poker overall without it

 

[10gerka]

Luck will always be present wherever it is, the same thing happens in poker, sometimes luck will be in your favor and sometimes not, but what you should always work on is your skill, that will make you a better player every day. and it will be reflected in your game and result.

 

[fundiver199]

Luck is part of poker, and in that aspect there is no difference between freerolls and other games. Maybe there is more wild play in freerolls, but then the skill edge comes from knowing, when you have the odds to gamble, and when you dont.

 

[Huntre]

in long distance skill are always win.

 

[kaynbergo]

it depends on the freeroll itself, if it's a freeroll with a password for a small number of players, then your poker skills will come in handy, and if it's a freeroll with a large number of players, you won't be lucky without it. In such tournaments, even AA has a small chance of winning when there are 7 people in the Toibo hand and they don't care about the size of the bet and their cards

 

[Cooking]

Depends of the freeroll. For example, most 888poker freerolls has 3-6 minutes blinds, so, you will definitely need more luck to win these tournaments.

 

[Mauricio Perrotta]

In the long run, skill will always beat luck, you can be lucky a couple of times, and whoever has the ability will always beat you

 

[Claudiunm]

In freerolls with large fields it is necessary to give more weight to luck at the beginning of the freeroll. Because you need to build a reasonable stack to withstand the shooting until the final phase. If you play too tight you run the risk of seeing the blinds eat your stack. So I try to see all the possible flops at the beginning to try to hit some bad ones and pull good pots to build my stack. At this stage I'm counting more on luck. If I can build a stack of 4x or more of the starting chips, then I change my game to focus on skill (if I have it, lol).

 

[martDdart]

If you play good poker you will get more luck since you fold and get out of bad hands before they can hurt you and put you in tilt and go in to a snowball of bad moves.

 

[Dougana]

In freeroll I consider is more important the luck, people call and play with any cards.

 

[MK_]

...depends on the structure, longer blinds, deeper stacks = more playing time,
faster blinds, shorter stacks = less playing time,
freerolls tend to attract people who like to gamble instead of play that's just how it goes

 

[Igor G]

What are the thoughts on skill vs luck in online freeroll games?

I think luck in freerolls is more important than skill. Freerolls in the understanding of most players is a lottery, either lucky or not. But I always try to be patient, even in freerolls, no matter how my opponents play, and I never play with junk, bingo style is not for me.

 

[hilary antonik filho]

What are the thoughts on skill vs luck in online freeroll games?

Online is truly a mystery, luck benefits some at the beginning of tournaments, then skill and knowledge begin to prevail

 

[mariale_1990]

Both will always be present in any tournament, even in a freeroll, I just think that to different extents, I think luck has a greater weight in a freeroll than any skill or knowledge you have, it is difficult to face an entire table or almost a whole table of players who have no intention of playing well and who only wait for any cards to arrive in their hands to bet everything from the beginning and for each hand to be the same all-in after all-in, against that there is no skill that can help you

 

[antonis32123]

Luck plays it's part . But mainly it's the tng . Players know how to manipulate it then they say the opposite, that this doesn't happen , that it's just your imagination . Typical .