Internet Sleuth: Free Online Poker Tournaments

by Bodog Poker | Oct 12 2009

Do you love to play poker but don't think you have the skills to play the game online? Would you like to be able to practice your poker skills without having to invest any of your hard-earned money? There's a way that you can play poker tournaments without having to spend your money, and there's a way to get free tutorials while you play. You can play in freeroll tournaments and let a poker sleuth monitor your play. You're getting free action against real opponents and you have a poker coach right there with you helping you along every step of the way.

There are lots of different poker sleuth software packages available. They range from $100 U.S. to as little as a couple of bucks, and you usually get what you pay for. The more costly, the better the sleuth, but if you're just starting out in poker the instruction is very important to developing your game faster. They offer a wide array of assistance, including odds calculators, hand history converter, and bluff calculators, just to name a few options. Once the software is monitoring your play you can begin to use the data to find leaks in your game. It will show you what mistakes you're making and what you can do to improve things.

It's one thing to have a software package that helps you improve, but you have to play lots of action for it to be accurate in assessing your play. The more you play the better sample the software will have to determine your leaks. Playing in freeroll tournaments will allow you to play as much as you can without having to spend money to collect the data. There are lots of freeroll tournaments available online, and a smart player can find a freeroll around the clock. http://www.freerolls.net/ provides information on where all the freeroll action can be found. There's enough listed there to keep any new player busy.

If you look on http://www.freerolls.net/ you'll see that Bodog offers some of the best freeroll action there is online. They're offering multiple $500 freerolls every day and numerous different qualifier tournaments that only cost poker points to play. These tournaments pay out the winners with the same tournament payout structure as the regular tourneys. A deep run in one of these events can get your real money bankroll started, and you'll be playing for big prize pools before you know it.

One should consider one thing as they hone their tournament-playing skills in freeroll events: Freeroll tournaments tend to be played looser than the average real-money tournament. While the poker software will show what you're doing wrong, luck will still play a big factor because many players will remain in hands longer than they would in a real-money tournament. You'll have to duck more suck-outs than usual, but you'll get the basics of tournament strategy that you'll be able to carry forward into your development.

Check out Bodog's Poker Tournament Schedule for an online poker tournament that suits your bankroll