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Building a bankroll for free is a challenge many poker players have taken up, from the pros like Chris Ferguson and Daniel Negreanu to new players who can’t afford to play cash games. There was even a project here on PokerWorks last year where three gals took on the task and chronicled their ups and downs.

When starting out in the online world of poker, smart rookies start with the free money tables. Not only do these free games help players learn the ropes of games new to them like HORSE, but they can hone their poker skills for free. While it is true that most free play tables lack the skilled players found in cash games, the rookie will still benefit from finding a comfort zone with the site and software before moving to the cash tables. But to build a cash bankroll, players usually have to play in FreeRolls that have cash prize pools to have a shot at winning and real money – until now.

Absolute Poker, like most other poker sites, offers play money tables of Texas Hold’em. The stakes range from fixed limits of 10/20 up to 300/600 with No-Limit and Pot-Limit from 2/4 up to 100/200. What sets Absolute Poker’s free play tables apart is you can actually win real money! This is something unheard of at other poker sites where you play for free and can only win more free play chips. But now thanks to Absolute Poker, you can play for free and still have the opportunity to win for real with the 10 Million Play Chip Hall of Fame bonus.

How it works is simple. When you open a player account at Absolute Poker, you will be credited with 2,000 in play money chips. Then just pick the table stakes Hold’em game you want to jump into and go for it. Once you accumulate 10 Million play chips, you will win $50 in real cash! When you reach this goal, you will receive an email notifying you that your total play chips have been reset to 20,000 and your Bonus Dollar account has been credited with 50 bonus dollars.

In addition to the fortune - you will also have fame, when your player nickname is added to the Absolute Poker Play Chip Hall of Fame list. Plus every time you reach the 10 Million mark, a red diamond will be placed next to your nickname so everyone will know what a Star you really are! And if you think winning 10 million chips is hard to do, think again because ‘JOKERPOKER11’ and ‘RYAN_147’ have proven it is not too hard as they have each won 11 red diamonds for a bonus of $550!

After you have proven that you have what it takes to be a sparkling diamond at the free play tables, just make a minimum deposit to start earning your bonus dollars. Absolute Poker has one of the best player point promotions online, with one of the fastest formulas to clear bonuses, so in no time at all you will be raking in the cash. Absolute Poker just gives you another way you can build your bankroll for free.