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Types of Poker Tournaments
What are the various types of tournaments and what might be the best for you to play in.
I will start with the least complicated types of poker tournaments.
SIT-N-GO Tournaments
A sit-n-go tournament is the type of tournament where you sit down at the table with a small number of players and play until one person has all the chips. They are FREE, thus, they are worth trying them out and reading the different nuances about them.
Freeroll Tournaments
Freerolls tournaments are almost always multi table tournaments. Freeroll poker tournaments us usually have between 500-2000 players. Of course, freeroll poker tournaments are free to enter. However, because of the number of poker players that enter these poker tournaments, you MUST be lucky enough to register in time.
GUARANTEED Tournaments
These poker tournaments usually are multi table tournaments with a GUARANTEED prize pool. Prize pool is guaranteed to be a set MINIMUM amount. In addition, these poker tournaments generally require that you put up some money (buy-in) to play in the poker tournament. Do not worry, the usual buy-in can be as low as $1.00 + $10.
Generally, these poker tournaments are the best poker tournaments to buy into since the prize pool is guaranteed. Thus, if 50 people buy into a $2.00 + $.20 $500 guaranteed tournament, the prize pool entries will only add up to $100. The poker room is then responsible for the other $400 in the prize pool. Finally, this poker
tournament generally has fewer players in the game. Thus, your chances are much better to win a bigger pay-off!
FREEZEOUT Tournaments
These poker tournaments do not allow re-buys or add-ons. Thus, you can only play with the chips you started with and are out of the poker tournament when you lose them all.
Tournaments that are not guaranteed – If you see a tournament with a buy in amount only, this means the tournament prize pool is determined exclusively based on the number of entrants. Included in these poker tournaments are RE-BUY / ADD-ON Tournaments which are not that popular.
SATELLITE Tournaments – fall in this poker tournament and are popular! Satellite poker tournaments do not pay any actual money. When you play in a satellite tournament, you are playing for an entry into a larger poker tournament.
Casino Slots Games
It has now become a trend to play slot machine games online. Gamblers are playing slot machine games online regularly.
8 Ball – This is a classic 3 reel with single payline format. It has only 1 symbol – pool balls. All the balls have different numbers. In the game, the prize amount of the jackpot gets higher too when the ball numbers go higher. The highest prize is 2,000 times the bet line. In order to win, one needs to hit the pay line with 3 same ball numbers. No blanks are there on the reels, so every time it hits 3 balls. 8 Ball offers a max bet of 2 coins and offers a range of different denominations. The smallest one is 25 cents. So the biggest profitable part is that one can play with the max bet for just 50 cents.
The 8 Ball game offers a top prize of 2,000 coins with the max bet. This can be won by hitting the payline with three 8 Balls. If played with single coin, 1000 coins are given. Following the jackpot, it drops to 200 coins as the next pay prize. The prize amount then drops by 160 coins following 140 coins. This game is available online at the Playtech casinos. Also, if played with the highest coin size, one can win an amount of $20,000.
Alien Alert – Alien Alert is available online in two formats. First option is that one can play the game with a close up view and with the second option the game can be played with a distance view that shows the whole slot machine. Alien alert is a classic game that comes with 3 reels and 1 single pay line. This game has an outer space theme. The game displays aliens, satellites & other things like space ships. This game can be played with a range of denominations. The max bet is 3 coins. The lowest bet is nickel and goes up to five dollars as the highest. On interesting things is that player can change the size of the coins without exiting the game. The game features 8 winning combinations starting at 15 coins on a pay line with any 3 aliens. The highest is 4000 coins if one hits the hands of 3 aliens on the payline. The game has no wild symbol. Alien Alert pays 600 coins with max bet as the next highest payout. This game can be played online on casinos like Golden Palace, Bet 365 and Bet Fred.