Having a lock on half of a hand with a shot of winning the entire pot.
Freerolling is most common in
split pot game when a player has a lock for half a hand with a shot of winning the entire hand.
The player with a shot to win the entire hand is
freerolling while the player with a chance to lose the entire pot is freerolled.
Please do not confuse this term with a
freeroll tournament
Example: Holdem: Player 1: AdKd, Player 2: AhKc, board is QdJdTh. Player 1 is freerolling
Omaha hi-lo: Player 1: Ad3d5h7h player 2: KhKsQsJh board 2d7d8sKc. Player 1 is freerolling
Created by
TLR on 23 Jul, 2009