Quote Originally Posted by fishstick
i played my first multi table tourney the other night on pokerstars for $1 entry.

it gave me 3+ hours of play, and 202 hands.

i think that this would be a great, cheap way to get some NL experience.
There are a lot of freeroll tourneys at different sites online as well. I've been playing these and really learning a lot about tournament play from them.