I have been in that situation, starting out in a freeroll, for like 1/2 an hour everone at my table sat out, i made it go faster by always raising, so they automatically folded immediately. Then when they were all down to the last of there chips, they would go all in and sometimes win it back, but evetually it was mine, and then they were replaced with more people sitting out, except one person joined the fun, so i had to beat him out so i could have my sit out table back...lol then eventually i was at a table with everone playing but i had built a very nice stack while waiting to actaully play. i still did not get into the money, oh well...lol