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World Poker Tour

World Poker Tour (WPT) is a weekly televised series of about 13 poker tournaments worldwide. Started in 2003 and airs on the Travel Channel, the TV program features real casino events and has helped poker and poker players to gain a wider audience. Many Online poker sites today offer guaranteed seats to the WPT events. Play poker online now and get the chance to play at the WPT!

Poker Tournaments

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Types of Poker Tournaments:

Before joining a tournament, you must first be clear on what type entering in.

Major Tournament. Large tournaments that last from a week up to a month, with large buy-in fees.

Minor Tournament. Tournaments that usually last for three days, with much smaller buy-in and entry fees.

Free Roll Tournament. No buy-in fee required to enter the tournament.

Re-buy Tournament. Players are given the option to buy more chips, usually the same amount as the original buy-in. Tournaments vary with their Re-buy rules.

Guaranteed Tournament. There is a guarantee at the start of the game of a fixed prize pool, regardless of the number of players buy-in to the tournament.

Satellite Tournament. One-table tournament with the purpose of awarding winners with buy-ins to major tournaments.

Shootout. A player must eliminate all his opponents so he can advance to the final round. Then all finalists will try to beat each other in a freezeout format until only one player remains.

Freezeout. Players who run out of chips will be eliminated. The last player remaining at the end of the game wins the prize pool.

Poker Tournaments Key Terms:

Sign Up/Entry Fee. The amount of money paid to the house. Relative smaller than the buy-in fee.

Buy-In.The amount of money paid after the entry fee, this usually goes to the prize pool.

Starting Chips.The player receives his chips. Number of chips vary for each tournament, but typically its 1,500.

Starting Chips Bonus. In selected tournaments, players receive bonus chips in addition to their starting chips.

Re-buy. Player has the option to buy additional chips. Again, rules vary for each tournament.

Add-on. Option for purchasing chips during the tournament regardless of the remaining chips still in the player's possession.

Prize Pool. The total amount of prize and money, this includes the player buy-ins, add-ons, re-buys, and the additional money contributed by the tournament host.

Round. The specified time for each betting limit. Varies for every tournament.

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