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Tournaments are not as daunting as they first may seem, firstly many casinos give tickets to beginner only tournaments when you make your first real money deposit. A good example of this is Poker rooms “Shark Cage” which is invitation ticket only for first depositers. The idea being that it keeps seasoned real money sharks away from the minnows, for the first tournament at least. Single table tournaments consist of 10 players, (tournaments will not start untill all seats are filled) each competitor “buys in” his/her chips for a set ammount. In play money tournaments this figure is usually $500 + $50 this means that to get into this sort of tournament it will cost you $500 prize fund buy in and $50 fee. Dont be alarmed at the sums of money involved you can top up your play money accont upto $1000 twice in any one 24 hour period. So for $550 play money you get $1500 chips to play with in the tournament. The total prize money in this tournament is $5000 play money usually the first 3 places are paid outin the following amounts
Tournaments are a great deal of fun but be prepared to spend time at the table.
Moving onto REAL MONEY tournaments:
The cheapest real money tournaments to enter are the free rolls and are ticket only. Tickets can be obtained by usually accumulating a set number of player points in a set period of time. Player points are points earned whilst playing ring tables or tournaments for real money.
Other free tournaments include games such as shark cage on poker room
As a guide I have copied the tournament rules from POKER ROOM below
Tournament Rules
1. Tournaments will begin according to schedules. Should a player fail to be logged in at the time the tournament commences, he or she may forfeit their space at the table.
2. It’s not possible to change seats during a tournament, except when part of the tournament table balancing .
3. In a Multi Table Tournament, the seats are assigned randomly. At a single table tournament the player may select his or her own seat.
4. During a Multi Table Tournament the button is placed at a fixed position, in a Single Table Tournament however, the players are high-carding for the button.
5. The Tournament will end when one player accumulates all the chips in play.
6. Should two or more players be eliminated on the same hand, the player with more chips at the beginning of the hand will be placed higher. If players started the hands with identical amounts of chips, then both players tie for that rank and any prizes due to those players will be distributed equally amongst them.
7. When players that were supposed to post blind in the next are eliminated, there may be players who get a reprieve from one of both blinds due to the fact that the button will move anyway.
8. With only two players remaining, the button will post the small blind and act first on the opening round.
9. Disconnects:
By participating in a tournament, a player accepts the risk of Internet disconnection, due to the problems with the connection between their computer and the servers, lag or freeze or some other problem in the player's computer. PokerRoom.com does not accept any responsibility for a player disconnect except in the case of a server crash.
If a player loses connection, he/she will have an extra 30 seconds to reconnect on top of the regular time allotment for acting.
If a player times out during a hand, whether connected or disconnected, his or her hand will be folded.
If a player is not connected before a hand commences, he or she will be dealt cards and a blind ante will be posted. There is no rule against choosing to sit out a player doing so will continue to have blinds and antes posted, as well as cards dealt.
10. Unethical play, including collusion, may result in disqualification and the termination of the offender’s account.
11. As players are knocked out, the tournament tables will be balanced to ensure all tables have as equal an amount of players as possible. The balancing of tables is done randomly.
12. A bet and three raises are permitted in structured limit tournaments. There is no raise cap in pot-limit and no-limit tournaments.
13. In the event of a server crash, the tournament will be restarted from the position it was halted. If that’s not possible, the remaining portion of the prize pool will be divided between the remaining players.
14. Prizes will be awarded in accordance with the prize list.
15. Players may not discuss a hand until all gaming action is finished.
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