Online poker tournaments are friendly competitions involving 10 to 1000+ players at one or more tables. All players start playing at the same time with the same amount of chips (called "tournament chips"). In some tournament formats the stakes rise as the game progresses, making it more and more difficult to stay in the game.

Over time in all tournaments, players who lose all their chips-or "bust out"-are removed from the tables until only one person remains. Players are then awarded prize money based on their finishing position within the group. Read More...