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The surge
of poker tournaments has contributed a great deal to the popularity of
poker,
both the live game and at online poker sites. Before poker tournaments,
many
people may have thought that poker was too risky a proposition for
them. A
tournament has a fixed entry fee, which means players know how much
they may be
risking beforehand and can decide whether the entertainment value is
worth that
amount. There are a number of different kinds of poker tournaments.
Traditional
Multi-Table Poker Tournaments (MTTs)
These are the kind of tournaments introducing many people to poker. The
World
Series of Poker main event is a multi-table tournament, as are the
World Poker
Tour tournaments. By the time they reach television, they have already
been
broken down to a single table. In these tournaments, all players put up
a
pre-determined entry fee that goes into a prize pool, paid out
according to the
order of finish.
Sit and Go Poker Tournaments (SnGs)
These are poker tournaments
that start as soon as the table (or tables) fill
up. They are most common in online casinos, where no live dealer is
required
and there is a large pool of players who can easily fill the seats.
Satellite Poker Tournaments
These are lower or no buy-in
tournaments, for which the prize is a seat to a
larger tournament. Satellites are a way for people who cannot afford a
large
buy-in tournament to earn their way in with poker skills.
Any of these tournaments can be found in many live casinos and online.
They are
available in a variety of buy-ins and formats and run online around the
clock,
so whenever you are in the mood for a poker tournament, you can find
one on the
Internet.
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