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The game of poker has become more popular through online poker tournaments. There are many sites where you can join, and play poker to improve in your poker skills. In addition to this, there are also many sites offering online poker tournaments that you can join anytime you wish to join it.

Online poker tournaments are based on different types of poker games. Some poker games permit you to compete with the computer or with other people on the internet. These online poker tournaments let you bet and play for the winnings of the online poker tournament. When participating in online poker tournaments, you never actually know who you will be competing against.

There is a possibility of seasoned poker players playing against poker greenhorns. If you are uncomfortable with this thought, it is better that you play some poker games for free in some online poker sites. There are many professional poker players who play poker games for free; so you can gain lots of experience playing for free against them. The experiences you gain from these games prove to be quite beneficial for you in online poker tournaments.

Some online poker tournaments charge an entry fee from the participants. The money obtained from the entrance fees is added to the prize money. Then there are some online poker tournaments that don't charge any entry fees to join the tournament. The players here compete for player points, for a chance to enter other tournaments or prize money.

Most online poker tournaments are the multi-table types where all the players start the game with a fixed number of chips. They then start eliminating each player at the table; by winning maximum hands. With the number of players reducing in each table, the remaining players are told to keep the remaining tables full. This continues till the last few players end up at the final poker table. Another version of multi-table online poker tournament is the shootout where players remain at their tables till a single player is left standing at a table. These players then compete amongst themselves.

When playing online poker tournament, you have to remember that you have to be at the top of the game if you expect to win. As many of the opponents you meet online are most likely to be professional online poker players who participate in these tournaments to earn a living, you have to be careful on the type of online poker tournament you join. It is preferable to join smaller tournaments to slowly go up the ranks of online poker tournaments. You will find that you will pretty soon make money playing in these online poker tournaments.

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