Online Poker Tournaments

Have you been dreaming about winning major money, being invited to the hottest parties, taking part in the renowned WPT, traveling to exotic destinations, earning your spot at the WSOP, or simply getting a taste of the good life?  If you play your cards right in an online poker tournament, you could realize these fantasies and way more.

No matter what your schedule looks like, most online poker sites offer a variety of online poker tournaments throughout the day and well into the night.  It’s worth noting that most online poker sites run their online poker tournaments using the same general rules.  Take a look at the terms listed below and try your hand at our tables today.

Online Poker Tournament Rules

When logging onto a poker site, you generally need to choose between ring games and tournaments.  Ring games, which are often called cash games, let players show up at their leisure and play as many or as few hands as they choose.   Online poker tournaments are more competitive.  Players can gain entry through freerolls, satellites, or by buying-in directly.  All players begin the tourney with the same number of chips and the game progresses until a single player captures all the chips.  The pace of the tourney picks up as the antes and blinds escalate at regular intrevals.

Most poker tournaments do not allow players to purchase additional chips.  If you want additional chips, you’ll have to win them from your opponents.

Popular poker sites will post their MTT schedules days, or even weeks, in advance. Just make sure you take your seat at the scheduled time, although you often need to register sixty minutes in advance.

Some multi table tournaments will fill up quickly, but there’s probably a seat in a single table tournament starting right now with your name on it.  The action starts once everyone grabs a seat. Whether you tend to plan ahead or like flying by the seat of your pants, it’s easy to fit an online poker tournament into your schedule.

When playing either Omaha or Holdem tournaments, everyone will draw cards before the tournament starts to see who begins the game in the dealer position.  The player with the highest card wins.  In the case of a tie, the player with the best suit (in the order S, H, D, and C) wins.

Players remain in the game as long as they still have chips.  When only one player remains, then the online poker tournament ends, the winner is crowned, and the prizes are awarded.  The actual prize distribution is outlined in the payout schedule, which can be found in the game lobby and elsewhere.

Players can expect one bet and three raises during limit poker games, but these limits are lifted during the heads-up battle.

Players who fail to act within the designated time will have their hands folded. You can expect a short break every hour when playing in multi-table poker tournaments only.  If you are unable to play while the tournament is live, please select autopost and fold your hands until you return.

All players at Texas Holdem and Omaha tables must post blinds and double blinds as required.  To make sure that all players pay their blinds, it is possible for players to occupy the same position during subsequent hands.  If a hand lacks a small blind, the player seated to the left of the dealer contributes the small blind.

During a head-ups battle, the scheduled player will occupy the double blind position and the small blind player will occupy the dealer position, with the button player acting first after the flop.