Here's a quick assumption why you're reading this article:  you're interested in playing poker online and you want to win real money!  However, there are two main reasons why you are not playing online, let alone making any deposits with your hard-earned money: 

1)      TRUST - Whether online poker is safe and trustworthy is a huge debate.  But clearly, there are stories out there giving the world of online poker a negative reputation of being crooks and scams. 

2)      RISK - There's still a big question of legality, especially in the United States.  And also while poker is a game of skill, there is variance, and you will always have ups and downs.  Depositing real money into online poker rooms is just plain risky.

These two concerns together will keep many eager poker players from depositing money to a virtual poker site.  However, there are two ways to build an online poker bankroll with no deposit of real money: Freerolls and Promotions.

FREEROLLS - Most online poker sites offer "Free Roll" tournament games where the buy-in is $0.00, but the top finishers can win real money.  They typically are very challenging as the fields to those freerolls are huge, some having 30,000 players in one freeroll tournament.  But this is the first place to start, especially if you're new to poker.  It will most likely take a long time to cash in on a freeroll, but you'll also be gaining more experience and inherently improve your poker game.  When I first started this approach, I played approximately 40 freeroll tournaments before I made it in-the-money (ITM).  My first cash payout was a whopping $1.00 (LOL). 

Once you do win some real money from a freeroll tournament, you can start playing at the low-stakes cash games with $0.01/0.02 blinds.  Patiently keep building your little bankroll, while continuing to play the freeroll tournaments. 

PROMOTIONS - Online poker sites like Full Tilt Poker also offer Promotions that give you another opportunity to grow your bankroll.  In the middle of 2009, Full Tilt Poker ran a promotion called "Take 2", where if you earned a certain amount of Full Tilt Points from real money games, they would pay cash bonuses.  The cash bonus increased based on your performance throughout the period.  Once you begin building your bankroll from the Freerolls, definitely keep an eye out for any promotions your site offers.

If you've wanted to play poker online, but the trust and risk factors have kept you away, hopefully these options give you a more comfortable way to fill your poker crave. 

This article "Freeroll Poker - Build Your Online Poker Bankroll With No Deposit" was originally published on Ezinearticles.com by J. Vito.