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You want to play some poker on the web. So, now the task is to pick the game. This article will give you an idea of the different variations available. And, these are just the Texas holdem games.

The World Series of Poker Main Event is a typical multi table tournament (except it’s the biggest of them all). The goal is to get all the chips. Everyone pays an entry fee, $10,000 for the WSOP Main Event, starts with the same amount of chips, and begins at the appointed time. Then you do battle until one player has won all the chips.

A slight variation from the multi table event is the re buy/add on tournament. This plays exactly like the multi table tournaments except for the beginning. For a pre determined amount of time, typically one hour, the players can buy more chips any time they have an equal amount, or less, than the starting stack size. After this time ends, you have a choice to add on more chips one time with any stack that you have. Then it’s back to the multi table rules.

The free roll is one of the ways online poker rooms try to keep their players happy. These are normally just multi table tournaments with one big difference. They have prizes, but are free to enter!

Instead of paying full entry for a tournament, you can try a satellite. In this format you will play for a seat in a bigger multi table event. For example, a $20 satellite for a $100 event one of every five players will be awarded a seat to the $100 tournament.

The Sit and Go style of tournaments are enjoyed by many players. The main reason I think is that they don’t take so long to play. Depending on the type, they can last between fifteen minutes and an hour and one half. There is no designated starting time, when the last entry fills the table you start.

Then there is the hybrid, the multi table sit and go. Everything is like a multi table event except that, there are a precise number of entries, and you don’t have a set starting time.

The poker we all play at home is the ring game. This is where you put your cash on the table and play for it. The three main formats are, no limit, pot limit, and limit.

Heads up players are now offered heads up tournaments. Here, rounds of heads up matches are played with half the field being eliminated after each round. This continues until only one player is left.

In addition to Texas holdem, five card draw, razz, stud games and more are offered.

As you can see there’s a lot of choices. Learn the game before you play. Losing, because you didn’t know the particulars of the game you’re in, will be very irritating.

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