Tournaments Poker
Introduction to Poker Tournaments
Poker tournaments are the most exciting form of online gambling.
When played properly, they can be very profitable as well. Online
poker rooms are now offering poker tournaments online for as little
as a $5 buy-in all the way up to hundreds of dollars depending on
how high of stakes you want to play for. Be sure that if your playing
in online poker tournaments that your playing at a poker room that
is legit and endorsed by industry insiders such as us here at Poker-Times.com.
Most online poker rooms are legit, however it's always safe to get
a second opinion as you would with any other major decision you
make in life. Let's dig a bit deeper into the world of online poker
tournaments!
Tournaments are exciting and can be very profitable. We've found
that while most online poker players have a strategic gameplan,
many can be outlasted. Our favorite thing to do is play in No Limit
Hold'em tournaments (10 man tournaments) in which we buy in for
$100 + $9. The $100 stands for the amount you have to buy in for,
the $9 is a non refundable fee that you pay the poker room for hosting
the game. (Must be nice to be a poker room eh?) Ten players each
pitch in their 100 bucks. This gives you a pot of $1000 in which
there will be payouts to the top three finishers. 1st place usually
gets 50% ($500), 2nd place usually gets 30% ($300), and the 3rd
place finisher gets 20% ($200). Our strategy here is that a slow
drip fills the bucket. We're more than happy to do anything we can
to get into the money. Our method in doing so is to play in no limit
games in which if your patient, you will see guys doing ridiculous
things such as going all in after the hole cards are dealt (pre
flop) and often times a few go bust early on in the game. Keeping
with the strategy, your only going to want to play good sets of
hole cards. What your really doing is trying to play as sparsely
as possible so you can let others beat themselves so you can slip
into the final three and get in the money. You will indeed have
some good opportunities to play a hand, but in this case less is
more. Its tough to do, but if you can master it, 10 man mini tournaments
can and will be very profitable to you!
Almost all online poker rooms with serious mass (tons of players)
offer these mini-tourneys (also called sit and goes) 24 hours a
day. We actually know people that do this for a living using the
above listed technique. Just remember, patience is virtue!
Now that we've talked about online poker tournaments and a bit
of strategy. Lets talk about who has the best, the most, and the
ones that run the most often....
Best place to play in online poker tournaments: Party Poker
This was a hands down easy to make decision as we've seen over
50,000 people online playing at one time which guarantees that whatever
your game may be, they will have a seat available for you to play
it! Party Poker also offers a generous sign up bonus of 20% up to
$100 in bonus cash.
More good online poker websites to play in poker tournaments include:
UltimateBet,
Royal
Vegas Poker, Paradise
Poker, Poker
Stars, Pacific
Poker and Absolute
Poker. We recommend you try a few of them out to take figure
out which one suits you the best.
If you have any questions or are looking for something in particular,
feel free to give us a shout at pokerhelp@hotmail.com
Enjoy and best of luck in your tournament poker action!
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