Poker Tournaments

Do you enjoy playing in poker tournaments?

Poker tournaments are a lot of fun and offer one of the best deals in gambling entertainment.  You can find poker tournaments for most of the popular poker games including Texas Holdem, Omaha Poker, Stud Poker, and more; including limit, pot limit, and no limit poker tournaments.

Las Vegas and Atlantic City are two of the best places to find regular poker tournaments.  Both the World Series of Poker Championship and the World Poker Tour Championship poker tournaments are hosted in Las Vegas.  For information about Las Vegas poker tournaments and poker rooms, see Las Vegas Poker Tournaments.  To find out about Atlantic City poker tournaments and poker rooms, see Atlantic City Poker Tournaments.

Bellagio poker tournaments are very popular in Las Vegas.  The Bellagio poker room holds daily Texas Holdem poker tournaments as well as a number of large annual poker tournaments including the Bellagio Five Star World Poker Classic, the Bellagio Festa al Lago Poker Tournament, the Bellagio Cup, and the Bellagio Five Diamond World Poker Classic. 

Poker tournaments at the Mirage Hotel Las  Vegas are also well attended.  The Mirage poker room has daily Texas Holdem poker tournaments and its annual Mirage Poker Showdown poker tournament has a good mix of Omaha and Texas Holdem poker tournaments.

In Atlantic City the most popular daily poker tournaments can be found at the Borgata which is also host to the crown of the Atlantic City poker tournaments - the Borgata Poker Open tournaments which draw hundreds of players and many of the top names in poker.  The Borgata also hosts the much anticipated Borgata Winter Poker Open tournaments in January and the Borgata Summer Open Poker Tournament in June.

Atlantic City poker players will also appreciate the Trump Taj Mahal daily poker tournaments as well as the Trump Taj Mahal's annual Trump U.S. Poker Championship and the Trump Classic Poker Tournament.

On the upper US East Coast, Foxwoods Casino poker tournaments are a top draw.  Foxwoods Casino, located in Connecticut, is host to two of the top annual East Coast poker tournaments - the Foxwoods Casino World Poker Finals (a World Poker Tour tournament) and the New England Poker Classic.  Poker tournaments at the Turning Stone Casino in New York are also very popular.  Turning Stone Casino is host to two annual poker tournaments - the Empire State Poker Series and the Turning Stone Casino American Poker Championship.

On the US West Coast, poker players will want to take note of the Bicycle Casino poker tournaments.  The Bicycle Casino is a very large card club with daily poker tournaments and the Bicycle Casino is also host to over twenty annual poker tournaments including the Bicycle Legends of Poker, Big Poker Oktober, the Bicycle Casino Ho Ho Hold'em Poker Tournament, America's Poker Classic, Winnin' o' the Green, the Mini Series of Poker, the Bicycle Stars and Stripes Poker Tournament, and others. 

West Coast poker players will also want to check the Commerce Casino poker tournaments.  The Commerce Casino offers daily poker tournaments as well as several annual poker tournaments including two World Poker Tour tournaments - the LA Poker Classic and the World Poker Tour Invitational.  Other worthy annual poker tournaments hosted by the Commerce Casino include the California Poker Championship (California Poker Classic), the Commerce Casino Heavenly Hold'em Poker Tournament, and the Commerce Casino Holiday Bonus Poker Tournament.

Poker players in the Southern US can often be found playing poker at the Tunica Casinos in Mississippi.  There are always plenty of daily poker tournaments as well as the highlight of the year - the Jack Binion World Poker Open which is co-sponsored by the Gold Strike Casino and Horseshoe Casino Tunica.

For European poker players, one of the top spots for poker tournaments is the Aviation Club de France in Paris, France.  The Aviation Club de France is a beautiful setting on the famous Champs-Elysées and the Aviation Club casino hosts a number of annual poker tournaments including the famous Grand Prix de Paris (also known as the Rendez-Vous a Paris) which takes place in July and concludes with a four day no limit Texas Holdem poker tournament.

Another poker tournament not to be missed is the Crown Casino Australian Poker Championship (the "Aussie Millions") held each year in Australia at the Crown Casino.  The Australian Poker Championship draws major names in poker for two weeks of tournaments at the Melbourne Crown Casino with an excellent variety of poker games including Texas Holdem, Australian Manila poker, Omaha, H.O.R.S.E., and mixed poker tournaments.

Poker Tournament Play

You can join a poker tournament simply by paying the buy-in and entry fee.  Each player will start with an equal amount of chips.  Limited re-buys are available in some poker tournaments and will be spelled out beforehand.  A player is eliminated when they lose all of their chips.  A winner is declared when one player has won all of the chips.

The tournament prize pool is split between the top poker tournament finishers.  For example, a poker tournament might pay the first place winner 50% of the prize pool, the second place winner 30%, and the third place winner 20%.  Large poker tournaments typically pay down a higher quantity of places.  For example, the World Poker Tour Championship at the Bellagio Casino typically pays the top 50 players.

Online poker rooms also offer regular poker tournaments.  You can get into a tournament for as little as $6, or you can play high stakes poker with buy-ins of $300, $1,000, and more.  You will find both single table poker tournaments as well as multi-table poker tournaments.

Being the largest online poker room, Party Poker offers the widest variety of online poker tournaments.  You can find daily single and multi-table poker tournaments with buy-ins ranging from $6 to $300 and more.  Party Poker also holds weekly poker tournaments with prizes ranging from trips to Las Vegas to over $250,000 in prize money.  Party Poker also offers online satellite poker tournaments with winners receiving a paid seat at major land based poker tournaments with travel expenses often included.  To read more about the poker tournaments at Party Poker go to Party Poker Tournaments.

Satellite Poker Tournaments

Looking for satellite poker tournaments to get into the World Series of Poker or the World Poker Tour?  Satellite tournaments offer an inexpensive way to see if you have the right stuff to play in the show.  Win a satellite poker tournament and get your entry fee paid to the main event.  For more information see:

World Series of Poker Satellite

World Poker Tour Satellite

Poker tournaments are your best value in poker entertainment.

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