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Poker has sky rocketed over the last few years and more and more people all around the world are finding that they are starting to play poker. Many people start off by playing free online poker so that they can learn the basics without spending any of their own money.

Then begins a whole new, and in some cases, life changing experience where you can play fun free poker yet still win real cash on advert supported sites or go after big cash and possibly win your way to a fortune on the type of sites who advertise on TV.

Lets face it, not everybody is going to make a living out of poker, but amazingly many people do make it and they do make a lot of money out of it. However, if you decide that the stress of earning a living this way is not for you, then its still worth playing for fun, to alleviate the daily stresses of life and chill out a bit.

Anyone can play poker, it only takes minutes to learn how the game is played, but, as the saying goes, a lifetime to master. To get the best start begin with free online poker sites

Playing Free Poker and Winning Real Money is easy
The first thing you need to do if you want to start playing is to find the right site to join, where you never have to play with your own money. There are free poker sites that are supported by advertising that funds the prizes meaning you never risk a penny but can still win them. Of course the wins tend to be small as well but it’s a lot of fun and great practice for moving up to the next level with the money you’ve won covering the join up deposit.

Even without this the next level can now be reached for free from the get go – How?
Not long ago it was the case that you had to deposit some of your own money and a poker site would match what you had added. But now some of the majors are ditching even this and offering flat out free starting money on the basis that they know enough people will play with them to make it work and them a profit.

You can’t get a better offer anywhere else I know of. Play, socialise and interact with People from all over the globe for free!

Television coverage has also helped to contribute to the amazing growth of Poker popularity by showing Players who have basically won millions of dollars for almost or no entry fee or money paid. Poker god Chris Ferguson for example, is well known for having turned an initial bankroll of $1 into $20,000! So it can be done, start low and slow on free online poker and from there, learn and practice and one day, who knows…

So, you want to know all about free online poker tournaments. Well, for a start, the tournaments are held online and not in a casino, so you can play from the comfort of your own surroundings.

A poker tournament is where there are a certain amount of seats from anything between 100 and 500. Many poker tournaments require a ‘buy in’, but the free poker types do not require a buy in and are free, although you may not have such large cash payouts in the free tournaments due to the fact that they are free to enter.

NoPayPoker for example offers totally free poker tournaments with upto $500 dollars in cash prizes and NO risk of loss as a result of their innovative advertiser supported free poker system.

Poker Tournaments, as opposed to simple single session poker games have placement payouts. So let’s say you and 130 other people join a $500 tournament. The prize money is paid on the top 40 places, paid according to the position finish in.

When free online poker tournaments starts you are automatically sat at a table with 9 other people. Everyone is giving the same number of chips to start which is anywhere from $1200 or $3000.

Tips for Free Online Poker Tournaments

1) When the tournament starts I try and play a little more careful then I normally would though I do sometimes try and bluff a few wins.

2) In a poker tournament, when you are out, you are out! Blinds increase every few minutes or number of hands. Try to build up a good stack at every opportunity.

3) Some people will only play the blind hands, that means unless they get high pocket pair they will fold until it’s there turn to post blinds. If you are not lucky enough to have a brilliant hand, then give bluffing a go to help build your stack.

4) Blinds are constantly going up in a tournament which leads to the pressure of needing to build your stack – Sometimes you have to take a risk. Often the best way is to play by your gut, sometimes going all in and putting another player all in could turn out to be your lucky hand or final hand at the table.

5) Reaching the final table with a big stack of chips is always the poker players dream come true. If I have a large chip stack I will sometimes kick back and let the low stackers take each other out of the game unless I am giving good cards. Putting more pressure on a player is easier in a tournament then in regular poker tables as unless you win you cannot re-buy and come back to the tournament.

Online Poker Tournaments Summary

Tournaments certainly take more patience and time than if playing a normal hold’em game.

Remember, poker is a card game but essentially a numbers game – a game of probability and statistics, you can’t win them all but if you play you’ll win enough to make consistent profits and have a great time!

free online poker tournaments are a great way to learn how to play poker and stand a chance of winning a bit of extra cash without having to cough up any of your own money.