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mattperkins26
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04-14-2005, 05:46 PM
Post subject: How long to complete a freeroll?
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Join Date: Apr 2005
Posts: 15
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I was wondering how long it takes to complete a 500 person free-roll. I am interested in getting into one at midnight, and want to know how long I could be up if successful.
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AHiltz
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4-of-a-Kind
Join Date: Mar 2005
Location: Coldbrook, NS
Posts: 1,589
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Depends on the site. Golden Palace would be under 2 hours due to how fast the blinds increase. Most others would be 3-4 hours on the safe side.
Last freeroll I was in was at Absolute. Start with 1500 in chips, blinds every 15 I believe (maybe 20) and took little over 4 hours to complete.
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Muxy
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4-of-a-Kind
Join Date: Apr 2005
Location: Canadian LOLUH'S AND AMERICAN LOLUHS
Posts: 1,529
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At Jet Set Poker, 400 people start with 1500 chips takes sometimes close to 4 hours.
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Sykedupp
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Flush
Join Date: Dec 2004
Location: Vancouver, BC, Canada
Posts: 550
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Pokerstars, LIMIT HOLDEM, 6000 people freeroll......... 8 hours later, you hit your final table :P.
Believe me, i've done it 
-Chris
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hagakure
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Straight
Join Date: Mar 2005
Posts: 215
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It greatly depends on the amount of people. I finished 37th out of 614 on Party once and took a little under 3 hours. I would imagine that the final 2-3 tables would take another hour or 2.
EDIT: also you will find with freerolls that in the first 20 minutes of the tournament dozens of people go out in one way or another. My theory is that people register way ahead of time and simply forget because it's not really money out of their pocket. So plan on your first table being very slow in the beginning.
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Dunk
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Straight
Join Date: Mar 2005
Location: Metrowest Massachusetts
Posts: 131
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I was playing a freeroll last night where the table of 9 commonly had 4-5 players in "Post and Fold" mode ... makes the games move fast, but you have to remember you're essentially playing a very shorthanded game.
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Note: new guy and very open to constructive criticism, so go ahead and weigh in! I'm here to learn.
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SavX
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Join Date: Mar 2005
Posts: 30
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Royal Vegas, 10,000 players. 4 - 6 hours and your there 
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mattperkins26
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Join Date: Apr 2005
Posts: 15
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Well, I lasted for 2 hours and ended up 112 out of 357. It seemed like it was taking a long time, blinds only increased every 20 minutes. I had a small stack anyway. Went all in with pocket aces and lost. No complaints here! 
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DeanCarl
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Join Date: Mar 2005
Location: Alpine, CA
Posts: 80
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Longest I was in was 4hrs 33min. Finished 11th.
The software can have a large effect on the time also. Was playin two at a time, one on Ultimate Bet and one on Absolute Poker. We'd play 2 to 4 hands on UB to one on Absolute mostly due to the speed of the software.
Dean
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