There are so many reasons to play tournament poker. I think the best reason is for the excitement and thrill of turning a small amount of money into a small fortune. The bragging rights of dominating a huge tournament field, outlasting the competition for countless hours and ending up on top! Let’s face it; tournament poker is just plain fun.
A great thing about playing tournament poker online is that there are so many different types that you can find just about whatever tournament you’re in the mood to play at any time. And the beauty of playing online is that you never have to leave the comfort of your own home to do it. Between Full Tilt Poker and PokerStars (the 2 biggest online poker sites in the world), there are hundreds of tournaments running daily.
Whether your game is Texas Hold’em, 7 Card Stud, or Pot-Limit Omaha, there is an online poker tournament for you running today. Do you want to buy in for $1 or $100, or just amount any amount in between? No problem. Are you interested high stakes poker tournaments where the buy-in’s are $1,000 and higher? Full Tilt Poker has a $1,000 buy-in tournament every Monday where there is a guaranteed prize pool of $300,000. This means that if there are less than 300 people that sign up, Full Tilt Poker will kick in this extra money for the prize pool! Not a bad deal, huh?
Along with playing online poker tournaments of various stakes and of different types of poker games, you can find all kinds of different types of tournaments, as well. There are heads-up tournaments, deep stacked tournaments, shootout tournaments, sit-n-go tournaments, etc. Not sure what all of these are? Not to worry, just check out my Types of Tournaments page to read all about them.
Maybe you really want to play in the tournaments you see on tv? Ever watch the World Series of Poker (WSOP**) on ESPN and think, “Why can’t that be me?” Well did you know you can qualify for many of these televised tournaments like the WSOP online at Full Tilt Poker and PokerStars? Full Tilt Poker actually has a tournament on Sunday at 13:30 EST where you can try to qualify for the WSOP Main Event for only $1! You can also try to qualify for other televised tournaments abroad such as those in the European Poker Tour and play in cities like Barcelona, London, and Prague.
So if you haven’t already, why don’t you get started now? And as extra incentive to start playing online, both Full Tilt Poker and PokerStars will match your initial deposit 100% up to $600! To get these bonuses, just click on the links next to the Tourney.com logo in the upper-right part of the page. Good luck at the tables and hopefully I’ll be seeing you the next time I watch a final table on ESPN.
