Explore Freeroll through 10+ example sentences from English, with an explanation of the meaning. Ideal for language learners, writers and word enthusiasts.
Freeroll meaning
- A poker tournament with no entry fee.
- A situation where a player is guaranteed a tie but can still win.
Using Freeroll
- The main meaning on this page is: A poker tournament with no entry fee. | A situation where a player is guaranteed a tie but can still win.
- In the example corpus, freeroll often appears in combinations such as: freeroll tournaments.
Context around Freeroll
- Average sentence length in these examples: 22.2 words
- Position in the sentence: 5 start, 3 middle, 2 end
- Sentence types: 10 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Freeroll
- In this selection, "freeroll" usually appears near the start of the sentence. The average example has 22.2 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, tournaments, everyday and tournament stand out and add context to how "freeroll" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include be one freeroll everyday where and bonuses and freeroll tournaments. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "freeroll" sits close to words such as aab, aamer and aave, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with freeroll
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
Other incentives include bonuses and freeroll tournaments. (7 words)
Freeroll tournaments are not exclusive to poker. (7 words)
Sometimes a particular cardroom or casino (either traditional or online) will offer a freeroll tournament to frequent players. (18 words)
If a player knows he has a freeroll, he can raise the pot with impunity, and often a less-skilled opponent with a good hand who does not realize that he is on the wrong end of the freeroll will continue to put in raises with no possible hope of gain. (51 words)
Freeroll tournaments can be genuinely free, may require a payment of points (from a point system developed by the site), or on some occasions require a deposit of funds into the player's account. (34 words)
There will also be one freeroll everyday where the top three players get tickets to Friday night satellites for the $10,000 GTD Sunday Sundowner Tournaments. (26 words)
Example sentences (10)
If a player knows he has a freeroll, he can raise the pot with impunity, and often a less-skilled opponent with a good hand who does not realize that he is on the wrong end of the freeroll will continue to put in raises with no possible hope of gain.
Other incentives include bonuses and freeroll tournaments.
There will also be one freeroll everyday where the top three players get tickets to Friday night satellites for the $10,000 GTD Sunday Sundowner Tournaments.
Freeroll tournaments are not exclusive to poker.
Freeroll tournaments can be genuinely free, may require a payment of points (from a point system developed by the site), or on some occasions require a deposit of funds into the player's account.
In a freeroll (at least from the players' perspective) the prize pool is essentially a "donation" provided by the house.
Most if not all Internet poker sites have freeroll tournaments although in many cases require a payment of points to play.
Sometimes a particular cardroom or casino (either traditional or online) will offer a freeroll tournament to frequent players.
The Professional Poker Tour is one such 'freeroll', with entrants being required to qualify through their results in previous tournaments.
This format is typical of freeroll tournaments both on the Internet and in the 'brick and mortar' sites.
Common combinations with freeroll
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts: