There are many ways to learn playing poker and build your bankroll. All online poker rooms offer multiple choices for the new players: Freerolls, No Deposit Bonuses, Deposit Bonuses, Rakeback, and other online poker promotions are all common ways to increase your bankroll. But what is the best way to establish your bankroll and become a profitable poker player in the long run?

If you are new to playing poker online it might be tempting to start at the free tables that all online poker rooms offer. However if you are serious about playing poker for money and want to develop into a solid player, do not spend too much time at the free tables. The object of the poker is to win money and that is real money, when you take this most important part out of the game it is never the same. Players act completely different when it comes down to their own money when compared to free games. Spend just enough time to get familiar with the software and the features and move on before you picked up some very dangerous habits.

Now that you know your online poker software and feel comfortable in your poker room there are numerous options to start playing for real money and online poker Freerolls is probably one of the most popular amongst a lot of players.

Freerolls are free tournaments so when you enter them you have a chance of winning real money without any risk to your wallet. Playing in the Freerolls is another good opportunity to get to comfortable with poker room’s software. Freerolls often attract new and weaker players who make very strange moves at the tables. A lot of times a good player can take an advantage of such actions and with a good standard of the game make into the money. The prize pools for the freerolls are usually small from $25 to $100 and the numbers of participants can be very high sometimes into 100s of players diluting the prize pool even further, so it will take time to build up some significant amounts of money this way. Usually there are withdrawal restrictions on the freeroll winnings and players have to play a certain number of hands or get a certain number of points before any withdrawals are allowed.

No Deposit Bonuses is another popular promotion offered by online poker rooms. Players can receive real cash from $5 to $50 (usually) to play in real money games. I am afraid the advantages of getting a No Deposit Bonus stop here, all you get is some cash and a chance to play at the real money tables. The down side list is a lot longer. In most cases players, who receive no deposit bonuses, are excluded from the freerolls that are offered by the online poker rooms, they are usually further excluded from any online poker promotions that might be offered by the poker room. You cannot withdraw the free money given to you or any winnings from this money until the bonus conditions are met and the bonus amount has been played through a certain number of times. As you will be forced to play at the very low limits play through will take a lot of time and you will more likely to loose money during this period. But most important of all most players play very carelessly with their free money and are out of their free bankroll in a matter of minutes, it is a simple fact of the human nature if you get something with no effort on your side you can not value it as if you paid for it yourself.

The best way to become a solid poker player and improve your bankroll is to make a deposit yourself. Yes you will be spending your own money and yes you have a chance to loose it. However you can look at it from another angle. Most poker players make their first deposit from $25 to $100 which is what you would probably pay for a night out therefore you can probably afford to make this investment into your poker game if you want to improve it. When you make your first deposit you will receive a deposit bonus, which, as time goes on, will keep topping up your bankroll. You will have access to all the poker room’s promotions available and set up for you, those have a tremendous money making a saving potential. You can decide which limits you want to play and when to withdraw your money. Most poker rooms offer their real money depositing players other incentives to play and maintain their bankroll often in a way of rakeback where you can get a portion of the money you made for the poker room back, usually about 33% paid weekly back into your account. But most importantly you will treat your investment seriously and the quality of your game will improve as you take time to learn the game, strategy and develop your skills. Therefore making your first deposit and receiving your First Deposit Bonus might turn out to be the best investment you made into your game on the way to become a profitable poker player.