Make money without deposit?

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Same secret than making money at buyins or cash tables... playing good poker.

BTW, depending on the poker room, you'll need to deposit in order to request a withdrawal.
 
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Very unlikely to earn a substantial amount of money trying to freeroll a decent bankroll..like the saying.."it takes money to make money" but far and few do accomplish turning coupons into hundos..so kudos to them. but dont quit your day job just yet
 
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It takes a Veeeery long time to make any money while plying free rolls, unbless your in a free roll club cards chat and that they have low fields and good prizes, I've played a lot of free rolls, and have got nothing from then, I'd advise you to deposit a little amount say $20-30 and play from there. nd yes as FastOne has said, some PokerRooms require you to make a deposit before withdrawing
 
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You will not get rich quick, for sure. But if you love the game you know it is not a get rich quick scheme.

That said, I will use me as an example....

Being primarily a freeroller I parlayed freeroll winnings, and CC private games winnings into a $12K payday at BCP..And I eventually got all that money in my pocket.

There are many long time members here, along with many now long forgotten, who have similar stories..

It will probably take you much longer than you think it might, could or should. In the meantime you might just find a laugh or two, and a lot of warm fuzzies...;)
 
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Yes, you can freeroll your way into big cash and you do it by playing winning poker.

The thing about these freerolls though, you will cash 5-10 bucks from them, catch a bad run and go busto, so it's best you deposit some cash and start playing. Freerolls are a great way to boost your bankroll, but not build one.
 
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Depending on how much money you wanna make and the timeframe it is possible to make some money on freeroll.

First of all play freerolls just to learn the game a d other players way to act.

No need to use your own money until you know what it takes to do well in a tournament.

Then select your freerolls I play Bankrollmob and try to get into the three months leaderboard.

Open skill on pokerstars is also very good learning to play against random opponents and try to do well in monthly leaderboard.

Then there is some ticket freeroll prize to win round two of the week with 2.000$ Price

But my favorit is the leaderboards.
 
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First of all,are you an american this makes difference on the types an amount of freerolls you can play .The thing about freerolls is they vary in quality .Some you might spend 4hrs. to get a 1.50 and others if you win back to back you can win entry into a 250 k event.The best non-sattelites are probably RTR and then cardschat with more frequency on cardschat.
 
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Of course it's possible to make money from freerolls. No matter how bad you are, you'll eventually cash.

The real question is whether you can make enough so it matters to you. How much that is depends on you. For some people, it seems as if a few $ is important while for others, the same amount would be completely meaningless.

Related to this is the matter of win rate. If you're highly risk-averse, you can, for example, win hundreds or even thousands with no risk by only playing freerolls and averaging a few cents per hour. It'll take a very long time though.
 
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yes, but not much :D. anyway, it's not a bad way to practice to be a good player before investing real money.
 
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Sure. But the best part about freerolls is the no-risk opportunity to test out new strategies.

Besides that, playing freerolls against maniacs, donks, and hyperLAGs has taught me an incredible amount of patience and emotional control. Invaluable lessons as you transition into BI.
 
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It will take a long long time before you can get money.
Whats good here is no money from your pocket was used.
Gone were the days where you can easily score from freerolls (before black Friday).
To accelerate things though, try to join many freerolls as you can.

Good luck.
 
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Won a couple of tickets in freerolls and gone on to cash in the event, but on the whole, most people never make a profit on them.
 
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I am earning few cents then spending them on 11 cent tourney to win bigger money there :D lost many times then jumped up to 55 cent and 1$ tourneys and there i got some little nice bankroll which is going on from freerolls ;P

p.s I already deposited year ago but lost all that long time ago
 
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I've never made a deposit to play online,and I have some pretty healthy bank rolls in my accounts, but I've also been playing for about 5 years an done my homework just to get where I'm at, but I mostly play because I enjoy playing poker, I know I'm not going to get rich from it, so it can be done just take your time doing it.
 
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This how you make money on freerolls
 
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The secret is to play a lot of them. At some point BRM will come into play, but if you only win a buck here and there then you might as well try the biggest real money buy-in tourneys you can.

Some take those meager buck straight to the ring tables and lose it all fast. I did that many times. NOT RECOMMENDED. If you won via a MTT freeroll, you have shown some aptitude for tourney's. Stick with whatever that is.
 
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yes, but not much :D. anyway, it's not a bad way to practice to be a good player before investing real money.

yes very much. to add to that, I feel once you give is when you start getting. yes there are exceptions like Chris Moneymaker and a handful. If you take variance, the distribution is just about right. It is worth to keep a goal of a few months of freeroll and keep a record. It will probably tell you a lot and may be your best guide.
 
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SHoot i turned 0 dollars into 2 hundo on juicy and i had to place in two free rolls it can be done. Holding onto it after you win and being smart seems to be the harder part for me lol. Any suggestions with that would be awesome.
 
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