Why Play Satellite Poker Tournaments?

Have you seen poker superstars battle it out for poker championship on television? Do think that poker tournaments are only for moneyed poker professionals? This is may prove to be untrue.

If you have heard about the success of the 2003 World Series of Poker Champion, Chris Moneymaker, then you will know that you can play at huge these tournaments with fraction of the entry fee.

It may help to know that the poker tournament finals, which is Texas Hold'em has a buy in of $10,000.

However, in the case of Chris Moneymaker, he was able to enter the game with only $40.

This is because of satellite poker tournaments. Now, if you have heard about this story, then, you probably want to know more information about satellite tournaments.

In this article, we will discuss why you should play satellite games. Along the way, you will find ways to find satellite games and therefore gain entry to real world poker tournaments.

Let us first answer the question why play in satellite tournaments?

The answer of course is to gain entry to tournaments such as the World Series of Poker (WSOP), World Poker Tournament (WPT) and European Poker Tour (EPT), among others.

Now, let us move on to how you can play at satellite tournaments.

It was mentioned that entry to these tournaments could be as much as $10,000. If you have that much money, then you do not need to take the route of playing at satellite poker tournaments. If you have the money, all you need is some practice and pay the buy in for the tournament and you are good to go.

However, if you do not have that much money and you know that there is a way to access poker big events by playing satellite games, then, you surely will take this longer but cheaper route.

If you are serious you want to take the route of satellite tournaments, then here are some information that will help you.

What is satellite poker tournament?

Satellite poker tournament is a special kind of tournament because if you win in these games, you get to win entry to the poker big events.

The buy in to satellite games is usually much smaller than the buy in to tournament events.

This is because a satellite poker game is a way to improve the number of tournament players. Why do tournament organizers offer satellite games for fraction of the buy in?

This is done by dividing the entry fee, which is $10,000 to as many players. The organizer may offer a satellite poker tournament for the entry fee of $10,000 to 100 poker players with buy in of 100 each. The pool from the buy in of $100 will reach $10,000 for all the 100 poker players. This will allow the top finisher in the satellite to gain entry to the poker tournament regular events.

They may likewise offer more seats like one hundred seats but this will take many tables for the satellite games. Entry fee may vary but always know that the pool money from the buy in at satellite poker games will usually be able to cover the buy in to the regular tournaments events.

Satellite Tournaments is the route that Chris Moneymaker 2003 WSOP Champion and Greg Raymer 2004 WSOP Champion took when they won the World Championship.

Aside from entry to regular events of poker tournaments, playing at satellite poker games is likewise a way to learn how it is playing against the pros in these events.

There are many types of poker tournaments, thus preparation for these tournaments should be in place if you want to play at tournaments later on. Playing at tournaments will prepare you and may even gain you entry. If not, no problem because the experience you gathered from the satellite poker tournament is sure to be good enough.

Joseph de Dios is the editor of http://www.pokerice.co.uk. It is an online poker resource that will help players find as much information on poker that will help them enjoy poker gaming.