Third Way to Poker Tournaments and The Satellite game

There have been two ways to get into poker tournaments up to now.  A player could pay the full price and enter the tournament of their choice.  The other way was to win a seat in a satellite tournament that you paid an entry fee of say $100 and won first prize in a tournament which was an entry fee of $10,000.  This has been the only way a player could get into a tournament up until now.

The third way is to pay the high bid for a seat in the auction that is being held at www.WebMoneyAuction.com.  A player can get a seat in some very desirable tournaments according to the release for the auctions that start on Feb 28.  If this works out for the website and the players who win the auctions this could be a way for some non-moneyed players to buy their way into a tournament.  The promoters of this idea say that they expect some of these auctions to go for as little as 5% of the tournament entry fee.  If this comes down this way, the winners of these auctions could have one extremely good parlay if they end up winning the tournament in question.  The promoters are also going to auction off poker chips for some online poker rooms and other valuable entries to lower poker games.

The number of winners of major tournaments that got into the poker tournament via a satellite win is amazing when you watch the TV tournaments.  It is no wonder that many live poker rooms and online poker sites offer so many satellite tournaments.  This is a great promotion for them and helps to bring in the players

for live games as well.  In the last five WSOP tournaments some of the top place players were there due to a lucky win in a satellite.  In each case, the player won a sizeable amount of money with little real investment.

With these two ways now to get into tournaments on the cuff almost, one wonders if the size of the tournaments will get even bigger in player count.  Of course for this all to work out for the player, the cards and the luck have to be present at the same time.  Skill is important, but being in the right pot with the best hand makes a big difference in a tournament.

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