Updated In February, 2012 - A sitngo is a single table tournament. You will be playing against between 5-9 other players depending on the poker room. The best place for these is Gr88 Poker where they are called "Fun Step Sitngos", here is how it works. The Fun Step 1 sitngo is free to enter and anyone can play. These are very popular and tables run continuously and fill up within seconds so you can play in 5-10 of them at once pretty much all day long. They do offer them in other games as well so you won't always have to play Hold'em poker. The top 3 players will win a ticket to a Fun Step 2 sitngo. In this freeroll the top 2 places receive a Step 3 ticket and 3rd place receives a Step 2 ticket for another chance at it. The Fun Step 3 freeroll has a prize pool of $1, a Step 3 ticket and a Step 2 ticket (1st, 2nd & 3rd).
In the Step 1 and Step 2 freerolls the action is very wild. half the players are usually eliminated within 5 minutes. Now, $1 doesn't seem like much but consider this. You can signup right now and enroll in 10 different Step 1 freerolls. Within 20 minutes you will have 2-3 Step 2 tickets if you play even remotely good. Using this method you will be able to win around $5-10/week playing free Holdem poker. That may not be much but you are only reading this because you want to play free Holdem. If you take $10 of your winnings and enroll in a tournament or sitngo you can easily parlay these small time winnings into hundreds or even thousands of dollars. The same is true for playing at the small stakes Holdem ring tables. If you don't have the time/motivation to play in these sitngos you can give winning your free fortune quickly by playing in freeroll tournaments: