When most people think about rising to the top of the poker world, they generally think about winning some of the largest tournaments in the world, and taking down the huge cash prizes that accompany them! However for those of us just getting into the world of poker a tournament can be a new and exciting place to be. While the structure of each tournament is slightly different from event to event they all follow the same general basis and once you get the idea of it all each individual tournament will be easy to understand. A tournament on an Online or Mobile Poker Site will have a starting time which a site will display for their players in the main lobby. This can range in price anywhere from a couple of pence up to thousands of dollars depending on the site you play on, as well as how high roller you are!
Registration for these tournaments will begin up to 2 hours before it begins and tends to have a late registration available which can last up to 3 hrs, though typically 1. Each tournament has a buy in and every player that pays into this tournament will contribute to the players prize pool. The more players that enter a tournament, the larger the players prize pool will be. A tournament will pay around the top 10-15% of finishing players in the event with the minimum cash usually being around double your initial buy in, and the top end prize being around 15-20% of the total prize pool. With some mobile sites getting thousands of players in their tournaments this can lead to some massive top prizes that players can win for a relatively small buy in.
It is quite common to see players winning a poker tournament for thousands of dollars for tournaments that cost them a mere $10 or less to enter! Once you have this information down the rest is quite simple. The only thing to look out for now is the style of tournament that will appeal most to you, whether it be a short stacked tournament, a deep stacked tournament, tournaments with no re-entry, or ones with unlimited entry up! So if you're feeling like you're on the top of your game, would like to try and best a field of players, or simply just feel like a bit of a gamble for a huge jackpot then you won't be disappointed when you sit down to play in a Mobile Poker Tournament!
