Online Poker Tournaments

The following outlines the different kinds of online poker tournaments available on the Internet:

Multi-table: players play at several tables to win a fixed amount of chips, and rotate amongst tables as players are eliminated to balance the numbers. When the last players are left, they are assigned to a final table.

Single-table: players compete at only one table.

Shootouts : a multi-table tournament whereby players must remain at heir initial table until they are the final player before moving on to another table. In double shootouts, players must win 2 tables to win the event, and similarly in triple shootouts, players must beat 3 tables.

Satellite: a small tournament in which the prize is entry into a larger tournament, sometimes offline. Registration details and game-play are the same as any other tournament, yet the buy-ins are smaller. Sometimes there is an additional entry fee of about 10% of the buy-in.

Freerolls: tournaments with no buy-ins or entry fees.

Sit-&-Go: a 1 or 2 table event in which there is no designated start time – the tournament begins when the table(s) are filled.

Re-buy: players are allowed to buy more chips during the event, usually within a given time frame. Sometimes the amount of re-buys is limited, yet players are automatically offered re-buys when their chips run out.

Deep Stacks: players start with more than the regular chip amounts, and intervals between levels occur (usually 15-30 minutes).

6-Max: no more than 6 players can play at a table.

Turbo: the blind levels are higher than those in regular games. Some turbo re-buy tournaments have intervals between levels.