Building a bankroll from scratch through Freerolls - What's your best advice?

The main drawback of free buy-ins with large guarantees is that they attract several thousand registrations. With such competition, it's very difficult to reach the final table, much less take first place.Poker freerolls attract mostly beginners and amateurs, so professionals are rare. On the one hand, this is good because you're playing against weak opponents, and a tight player can easily exploit them. On the other hand, you'll encounter reckless moves from your opponents, which, surprisingly, can lead to victory.

I always say it depends on the freeroll. For example, a freeroll with many players will always be chaotic; basically, the entire tournament will be one of constant pressure on every hand. But if the freeroll has few players, most of them are more "calm," and you won't see that madness of betting everything on every hand. For example, CC freerolls are calmer, but occasionally they can get crazy. I also think it depends on the prizes...

Almost everyone in this thread has missed the point.

The OP asked how to play a freeroll if he is trying to use the winnings to build bankroll, and almost everyone is telling him to play a certain way as if he should be playing differently since he has the intention of building bankroll, but the answer is to play the freeroll exactly the same as you would with any intention to cash/win regardless of bankroll building.

The answer to how to win money at freerolls and how to win money at freerolls with intention to build bankroll is exactly the same.

"So to win money at freerolls you should play like this ... oh wait, you want to build a bankroll with freeroll winnings? Oh that's different, play differently."

Uhh, no. Just play to win the freerolls the same whether for bankroll or not. That is the answer.

Good luck at.th3 tables, I'm trying something similar now at inbet poker, it's been very tough for me because of bad bankroll management....