Bluesquare Poker Freerolls

Bluesquare is a site I play at quite a lot due to all the microstakes games I play (see an article that I will be posting about how I am rebuilding by bankroll after letting it all fritter away....)

Anyways, the other reason I play there is because of their freerolls to the GUKPT (the Grosvenor UK Poker Tour). Also at the moment they are also hosting freeroll qualifiers to the JP Poker Irish Masters (Euros 1000 + 150 buyin)

They run three freeroll qualifiers a day for each event. (5pm, 8pm, 9.15pm for the GUKPT and 10.30am - ideal for early risers, 3pm and 8pm - so you can play the GUKPT and Irish Masters at the same time.) Generally speaking you can expect 200-350 runners and 5-10 qualifier places . Its not necessarily the easiest to get a place, and you will need a bit of luck but I have managed it more than a few times.

The Irish Masters freeroll has 5 tickets each for the $5+50 super satellite. Winners of that qualify for a $50+5 grand final and winners of that qualify for the Irish Masters. Phew.

The GUKPT freeroll gives away tickets for the GUKPT feeders (different freerolls give tickets for different feeders). At the feeders, you can win a ticket for the super-satelitte and from there a ticket to the Main Event itself.

Now this might all seem a bit long winded, but I have noticed a few things about qualifying: 1) Qualifying from the GUKPT super-satellite to the main event is not in-itself something beyond most players if they are cautious and have a bit of luck - around 10% of the field qualify. 2) Freerolls aside, the feeder tournaments are very good value. For instance there is a $3.30 rebuy feeder most days, and that is usually comprised of the 10 people who qualified from the freeroll and two or three others at most. Considering I have often found some of the freeroll qualifiers do not turn up (especially later at night), you are basically paying $3.30 for a 1 in 12 chance at qualifying for a $109 satellite event, which is excellent value in anyone's book. Also, one tip I have noticed: All the feeders are rebuys, but most of the freeroll qualifiers are very reluctant to rebuy, so there is a definate edge for anyone who is willing to rebuy once or twice.

Check Bluesquare out and if possible let me know what you think/how you are getting on as I would love someone to post the first comment on this blog!