Some of the $1,000 freerolls have no raked hands requirements -- I played in two of those, each had 5000+ entrants. And these $1,000 freerolls with 5,000 entrants are crazy loose. I mean, of course they are -- at 20c per player on average who wants to spend a lot of time on them? I watched the # of players drop -- it was a pretty consistent 100 players down PER MINUTE until half were gone -- from 5000 down to 2500 in 25 minutes! I made it to #1500 or so the first time I played, but overplayed some pocket pairs like an idiot.

I'm having a hard time taking these freerolls seriously. I tend to go all-in the first time I get an ace or a king, hoping to either double up or not waste any more time. I bet a lot of people do the same, contributing to the crazy speed at which the # of players dwindles.

GC now also has $2000 freerolls which pay $500 for first place. You have to have x raked hands to play them, which that limits the # of entries -- only about 500-800 have been playing in them the last few nights. A $500 payday for no risk would feel awful good to me though, so I hope to keep trying these.

Kind of nice get used to a deeper field if you are conditioned to 200 players.

You can cut the actual field in half and the average chip in half for true relationship to stack size.

I usuallly play these to win, with tight in the beginning and position plays in the middle, and laying down decent hands to all on the bubble when covered. I'm shooting about 50% ITM over the course of the past month playing their freeroll. Can't stand to do it daily, but they are "fun".