Tournaments
are the ultimate poker thrill. Whether you're
competing for a few thousand or a few hundred
thousand, there's nothing quite like the feeling
you get when you outsmart, out bet and outplay
everyone else on the table and walk away with
that jackpot!
At
PartyPoker.com,
we offer more tournaments and bigger prize pools
than any other poker site. If you've never played
in a poker tournament before, here's everything
you need to know!
First,
a quick definition: A tournament is a poker game
in which each player starts with an equal amount
of chips. All of the players in the tournament
continue to play until one player has amassed
all of the chips.
Each
tournament has a buy-in as well as a fee. The
buy-in is put into the prize pool; the fee is
kept by PartyPoker.com.
The size of the prize pool depends on the number
of people playing in the tournament and will be
paid out in its entirety to the winners.
To
start the tournament, each player is dealt a card.
The player with the highest card starts the game
as the dealer. Each player's goal is to amass
as many chips as possible. Players who lose all
of their chips are out of the tournament. As the
tournament continues, more and more players are
eliminated until only one remains: the tournament
winner!
These
tournaments have a fixed starting time and are
pre-announced. If you want to participate in one
of these tournaments, you must register before
registration closes. The registration closing
time will vary from tournament to tournament,
but it will always be announced in advance in
the Lobby.
Sit
& Go Tournaments:
These
tournaments are available 24/7. They start as
soon as a specified number of players are seated
at the tournament table.
In
addition to any rules posted in association with
a particular tournament or promotion, our Standard
Poker Tournament Rules apply to all tournaments.
Tournament
schedule
We
run a wide variety of tournaments so there's always
something exciting for you to join, whatever your
level. Check out the full tournament schedule
now.
Promotions
Monthly
Million
The first Sunday of the month is definitely not
a day of rest at PartyPoker.com:
there's $1,000,000 up for grabs in the Monthly
Million. We'll be running qualifiers and satellites
all month and we'll also have loads of extra qualifiers
taking place in the week before each Monthly Million.
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Poker
tournaments are conducted by the majority of the
big poker and casino brands - PartyPoker.com,
Virgin Poker, PKR, Bodog, 888.com, GoldenPalace.com
and PokerStars, just to name a few.
Why
Does Size Matter?
Why do we care which are the biggest poker sites?
For any serious player, the amount of traffic
a poker site gets is one of the most important
factors in choosing where to play. The sites with
the most players offer the best game selection,
allowing the player to hunt for the best game
conditions 24 hours a day. The largest poker sites
are also immensely profitable and (for the most
part) smoothly run, reducing concerns about stability
and viability.
For
the tournament enthusiast, the biggest poker sites
offer satellites to major land-based events, sit-and-go
tournaments starting regularly at any time of
day, and large multi-table tournaments with big
payouts. PokerStars, the world’s biggest
poker site, offers weekly tournaments with prize
pools over one million dollars, and sends over
1,000 players each year to the Main Event of the
World Series of Poker.
