A poker tournament is a tournament where players compete with each other by playing poker. It can feature as few as 2 players playing on a single table called a 'heads-up' tournament, and as many as 10's of thousands of poker players playing on 1000's of tables.

A poker tournament on the other hand, can seem a bit daunting. The reality is tournaments are just a different form of poker. Once you’ve won a few prizes and realised you can handle the competition, you might decide it’s your favourite way to play. Live Events - Tournaments in purple are generally satellites to a major live poker event, such as the European Poker Tour (EPT).; Satellites to Online Tourneys - This dark blue color is used to identify satellites to online tournaments, such as the Sunday Million.

To enter a tournament, a poker player pays a fixed buy-in and at the start of poker tournament is given a certain amount of poker chips. The winner of the tournament is usually the person who wins every poker chip in the tournament.

Types Of Online Poker Tournaments For Real

Below are several types of poker tournaments that are available at online poker rooms.

Types Of Online Poker Tournaments 2020

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