Multi Table Tournaments - Overview

Multi Table Tournaments have the same set of rules as Single Table Tournaments, but because of the larger starting fields, they take longer to finish - it's basically a tournament, with multiple tables! With Multi Table Tournaments taking such a long time to finish, you might not mind if you get to the final table and walk away with a cash prize, but if you get knocked out before the money you may find that you've just lost many hours of your life without anything to show for it. Add to this the fact that just one mistake or a bad beat can knock you out, and that only approximately 10% of people who enter a tournament will win anything, and you may start to question why you should bother playing in Multi Table Tournaments.

The answer to that question is that it can be very enjoyable and you can win a lot of money. If you are a good solid poker player, your skills should be able to shine through over a longer period of poker playing, it takes a lot of good chip management and a requirement to read players quickly, but with a bit of luck here and there Multi Table Tournaments can be both fun and profitable.

The larger the tournament prize pool, the more places get paid therefore of you can get to the final table you can take home a huge amount compared to your buy-in.

Multi Table Tournaments are particularly popular as they give you the opportunity to win a large cash prize from a small buy-in amount.

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The rules for Multi Table Tournaments are more or less the same as those of Single Table Tournaments, with only a couple of major differences.

The first difference is that you get to take breaks, these tournaments can run for many hours and so, usually every hour, you get a 5 minute break before play resumes again. These breaks are necessary over a long tournament and will give you the chance to refresh yourself, have a break from the computer and more importantly to assess your performance to date in the tournament.

Another major difference is that unlike Single Table Tournaments where the players are whittled away until there is just one winner, with Multi Table Tournaments the tables are merged to keep all of the tables as evenly full as possible.

Perseverance and patience are the keywords in Multi Table Tournaments, as the long levels and gradual blind structures allow for a great deal of calm and composed play before your stack of chips begins to get threatened. Early aggressive play however, can see some players accumulate big stacks very quickly, so there is decisions to be made as to what style you want to play in as all playing styles can be effective if used at the right time.

There are certain types of Multi Table Tournaments that need more description:

Freezeout - In a freezeout tournament, you all start with the same amount of chips and the tournament continues until one player has won all of the chips. As soon as you lose your chips, you are eliminated from the tournament. Prizes will vary depending on your finishing position and the number of places paid depends on how many players entered the tournament.

Rebuy - Similar to a freezeout tournament, with the key difference being that if you lose all of your chips in a specified time period, usually the first hour of the tournament, you are able to buy more chips for the same cost of the original buy-in. Therefore rebuy-in.

Add on - In this type of tournament there is an additional add-on option after the rebuy period. This is open to all of the players and allows you to buy more chips at the same cost as the original buy-in. If you lose all your chips on the final hand before the add-on option begins, you can then buy a rebuy and an add-on. After this period the tournament continues as a freezeout until one player wins all the chips, with the prize structure similar to that of a freezeout.

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