by Jerry "Jet" Whittaker

Jan 14, 2007

Online Poker Tournaments:

Poker is the game that is played online as well as in conventional casinos. Poker is a game played all around the globe. Poker fans are increasing day by day. Poker has sub-categories, which have varied sets of rules. The basic rules remain the same. The main three categories of the poker are: Community Card poker, Stud poker, Draw poker.

There are special tournaments arranged by various casinos or online sites in which people actively take part. The participants compete against one another. There are various tournaments that are arranged by online sites for people to participate in it. They provide a lot of entertainment. There are different types of poker games along with the popular ones that are included in the tournaments. Some of them are Texas Hold'em, Omaha Poker, Stud Poker and many more. The tournaments offer limits or no limits on the pots that are played for.

Atlantic City and Las Vegas are the major hosts of these tournaments and host these kinds of tournaments every year, every season. Las Vegas mainly hosts the two of the most famous tournaments: The World Poker Tour championship and the World Series of Poker championship. There are even types of tables on which you can actually play single games or multiple games. Free entry is allowed for all the tournaments that is held online.

 Poker Tournament:

Almost each player has to start with an equal amount of chips. Online poker rooms do not offer limited re-buys. When a player looses all of his chips, he is eliminated.  A person is considered as the winner if he wins all of the chips. The prize money is split in three parts and given to the winners of the finals of the tournament.

Online poker tournaments are the ones that may or may not offer the exact amount won. There are some profits of the hosting company, which calculates its own cut and then splits the rest of the win or pot to the winners. Poker tournaments offer a lot of fun and entertainment for the poker fans. Some people come here to learn some of the basics from the experts while intermediate people come to learn some advanced techniques from them. People are very keen about these events and the poker lovers as well as the casinos look forward for these kinds of events. One may find regularly or daily tournaments over the Internet on the online sites.

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