Shootout – not as dangerous as it may sound
There are other types of tournament poker. One popular type is the shootout tournament, where tables are not combined as players are discarded. Instead, each table plays until there is just one winner at that table. Each table winner win then move on to the final part of shootout tournament poker, which is a final competition between the table winners until there is just one final tournament poker winner. Elimination tournaments are usually over much quicker than poker shootouts.
Who says you cannot buy new chips
Next on our list of tournament poker types is re-buy tournaments. Re-buy tournament poker is set up in such a way as to permit players who have lost all their chips to re-buy more chips and continue in the game. Re-buy tournament poker players play more aggressively due to the fact there is not the same risk of elimination. This type of tournament poker can make for a bigger prize pool because of the re-buy factor.
Satellites – your way to the stars
Satellite or mini tournament poker occurs before the main event. The combined buy in amount from the players is almost always enough to cover a berth at the next big tournament. The end result is that the winner of the satellite game wins a seat at the main event for considerably less than the major event’s buy in price.