I see the
freerolls as good practice... even if a lot of the players are bad, you'll still get to practice your spotting online
tells, and it doesn't matter so much if you find you're called off to answer the phone... sure the money generally isn't much for the time you play, but if it gets you a start, then you can build from there... on PokerChamps I got $1 on their freeroll, then played on the NL cash games... unfortunately I then took the best hand all in and drowned on the river, but that's the way the cookie crumbles sometimes... I'll just play another freeroll to get another starting amount to build up...