Online poker tournaments are a great way to compete in a scheduled poker competition with a clear placement of winners and scheduled prizes. In a cash game, there is no end to the action, and players can buy in and out as they please with the blinds always remaining at the same level. In a poker tournament, the blinds increase as time progresses to maximise competition and ensure that the field gradually becomes smaller, to eventually crown the last remaining player as champion!
Best of all, there are a wide range of rules and options when choosing the style of poker tournament that is right for you and right for your bankroll. Playing online gives you all the options, immediately accessible in the poker software.
Check out the full range of tournament options available at CarbonPoker:
When the tournament is scheduled to start, all registered players will take their seats at a table. Players are given a starting chip stack, and blinds will start at very low levels. If the tournament doesn't allow rebuys, you are eliminated from the tournament after losing all your chips. The goal is to stay in the poker tournaments and continue accumulating a healthy sized chip stack to accommodate the rising blinds, and knock out other players along the way!
Depending on the number of eliminations at certain tables, players may be moved to a different table during the game. This is to ensure each table has an equal number of players and a similar average chip stack.
Depending on the payout structure and number of entrants, a certain number of players will eventually make it "in the money", which means they have turned a profit from their buy-in. For example, a tournament that has a $5 entry and 200 players will have a prize pool of $1000. This isn't awarded to the winner alone, but rather it is distributed to a small group of remaining players who make the money.
Players will continue to be eliminated until the final table is set. The last few players battle for the win, typically with massive chip stacks and expensive blinds. Play continues until there is only one remaining player, who holds every chip, the champion's crown and the first-place prize!
You can browse our latest online poker tournament results online, and also learn about how we calculate the payouts for each of our online tournaments.
To get straight into the action, simply open up your CarbonPoker software and follow these instructions to start playing:
From in the CarbonPoker Software select the Poker Tables tab and simply double click on the tournament you would like to enter.
If you are eligible to enter the tournament the 'Register' button in the bottom right hand corner will be clickable, just click on this button.
You will then have the Registration confirmation window pop up.
Your name will shortly appear in the player list. If you need to de-register from the tournament simply click on the Deregister button beside the Register button.
You will then have the De-Registration window pop up.
