Poker Tournament Schedule

by Jerry "Jet" Whittaker
Sept 22, 2006

What is Poker Tournament?

Like any other tournament, poker tournament is also a competition where numbers of players playing together. Here all players enter a tournament for the same amount of money. It is called buy in. In "normal" casino games, each hand is unrelated to any other. Players can quit whenever they want. In tournaments, players cannot quit and cash out their chips. Play continues until there is a winner. In order to play poker tournament the poker room and casino charge an entry fee from the players. The pay out structure is different in different games but usually there is a prize for every ten player in a poker tournament.

Playing of Poker Tournament:

Poker tournaments have gained increasing popularity over the last number of years due to an increase in television coverage and the growth of online poker.In a tournament all player starts the game with an equal amount of chips and, as the tournament progresses, the stakes are typically raised every 15-60 minutes. The tournament games either slow or fast  depending upon the stake and time of the game. In the early stages of a tournament player usually have a lot of chips as compared to the stakes. There are different types of poker tournaments like "Elimination" tournaments which is most common, "Rebuy tournaments”,” shootout tournaments" and "Satellites Tournaments".

Tournament Schedule:

Now days there are so many sites that provide poker tournament schedule. In schedule categories they usually keep all details of future poker tournament as well as past tournaments record so that players by visiting such site make an overall idea of poker tournament. Along with online tournament poker site provide details of “casino poker tournament” also. Some Online sites have “ live poker tournament pages” where player can check out the present status of any poker tournament. We are trying to find out some of the best poker tournament schedule web pages where you get plenty of information. So if you want to join poker tournament please check it out.

1.       www.pokerlistings.com/poker-tournaments

2.       www.pokerpages.com/tournament/index.htm

3.       www.playwinningpoker.com/poker/tournaments

4.       www.lasvegasvegas.com/poker/tournaments

5.       www.texasholdem-poker.com/schedule.php

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