Monday, November 06, 2006

Online Poker Tournament

If you have been working hard to perfect your poker game by playing lots of hands at your favorite poker sites, your confidence and experience levels may be at a point that you are ready to try an online poker tournament. If this is the case, you will have to decide just what kind of online poker tournament you would like to play and there are a lot of options. You can choose a tournament by the stakes offered or by the set up of the tournament, whichever appeals most to you.

You can find an online poker tournament with just about any stakes imaginable. You could pick a freeroll tournament, which charge no base entry free as a starting point. Also another great way to avoid an entry fee for a big tournament is to win a seat by playing in a feeder game. There are also tournaments with lower stakes for those just getting into tournament play. High stakes tournaments are best for very experience poker players, who aren’t afraid of stiff competition. You can decide how much you can afford to risk by playing in an online poker tournament and choose the best option for you.

The set up of the tournaments vary by site, so check carefully before you decide. There are single table and multi-table tournaments, satellite tournaments and rebuy tournaments. Some places offer speed tournaments when the pots increase after a certain amount of time to speed up game play. This may be a good option if you don’t have hours to spend on an online poker tournament. If you explore your options, you can break into tournament play without a lot of fanfare. Who knows, you may be well on your way to being a professional poker champion.