When some people think about making it big as a poker player, they imagine themselves winning huge first place prizes in tournaments. For both live casinos and online poker rooms, it's hard to match the excitement of going deep in an event with a gigantic prize pool. If you have little to no experience with tournaments, this is a good place to start. This article will go over some basic tournament information.

Unless it is explicitly stated in the rules, you are unable buy-in again if you bust a tournament. Everyone starts with the same number of chips, and then it's a game of survival. There is a set monetary amount required to participate in the event, and around 10% of the field receives part of the prize pool once everyone else has busted. The goal is to finish in 1st place because it almost always has the biggest…