I started playing on Pokerstars, didn't win much from free-rolls initially and started to play on a site called "Sportsbet" where I was doing well, Playing their free-rolls and winning quite a few. The player base was pretty small and most nights only 30 to 40 players would sign in for the free-roll games.
They also ran Point games where you played every hour for Points which could be used to buy-into Points to Cash games or you could save them and cash in for around 480 Points to the Dollar, The Point games were only 100 Point free-rolls but winning them was easy and at one stage I had over 4,000 Points in my account, .Plus around $150 Dollars in Cash winnings.
One night they stopped playing Poker and closed the site down, preferring to concentrate on the Sports betting side, my winnings were converted into Cash and transferred onto their Sports betting site, and I had to withdraw everything as I explained to them I do not like to Gamble, "But you play Poker" they said, and I replied "Yes! but I have never made a deposit and all the money in my account was from Free-rolls, so how is that gambling?"
I returned to Pokerstars but still didn't win much as the free-rolls there attracted thousands of players but I started to play in Live Local games with the money I won from "Sportsbet", So to be honest, my $600+ Dollars I have in my Pokerstars account Plus the £2,000+ Pounds I have in my home safe are all winnings from
poker games which started from playing Free-rolls.
Yes I have won more money than I have lost from playing Poker because after 20+ years of playing Poker for Fun! I have yet to make a deposit on any site, and never risk more than I am willing to lose in any Live Game, and never lost a Dime of my own money. That's the truth and it is simple Bankroll Management
When the fun Stops, STOP!
(words I live by)