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Gambling Poker Tournaments
by Jerry "Jet"
Whittaker
Nov 28, 2006
Gambling Poker Tournaments
Poker tournaments are an enthralling experience for most
gamblers and are also reputed of giving best deals in
gambling entertainment. One can find all popular games
at a poker tournament including the Texas Holdem, Omaha
Poker, Stud Poker and many more. There are limit, pot
limit and no limit poker tournaments as well.
Playing in Poker Tournament
Entry for a poker game tournament can be free or buy-in
depending on the organizers. Each participant or player
starts with equal amount of chips in hand. At some land
based poker games at times, there is a freedom of
limited re-buys. Where as, in online tournament this
facility is not provided. The players get eliminated
when they loose all their chips and finally a player
with maximum number of chips wins the tournament.
Normally the prize pool is distributed between the best
three players of the tournaments. For instance the
person holding the first position may get 30 percent,
the second position holder gets 30 percent while the
third position holder may get 20 percent of the total
pool amount. Generally the bigger tournaments distribute
the pool amongst more number of players. For instance
the World Poker Championship Tournament distributes the
pool amongst first 50 players.
Satellite Poker Tournaments
Satellite poker tournaments are also becoming increasing
popular these days. Most big tournaments can be played
online. For entering these tournaments one is not
required to pay any entry fees thus are more popular.
Moreover, one can participate in the tournament without
being at the actual venue. Thus they offer with
inexpensive participation adding more to the delight of
gambling entertainment.
Popular Poker Tournaments
Las Vegas and Atlantic City are the most popular
destinations where most poker tournaments are held. The
most popular poker tournament World Series of Poker and
the World Poker Tour both are hosted in Las Vegas. For
online poker tournaments Party poker is the most popular
and liked tournament.
The schedules of the tournaments are declared on the
Internet and other relevant media, similarly one can
also avail a notification from the organizers after
registering with them. Every tournament has its own set
of rules and regulations, one should read them carefully
before participating to prevent later confusion.
Participating in a Poker tournament can yield one the
highest level of fun of gambling entertainment.
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