For the serious poker player, participating in online poker tournaments is an absolute must if you’re looking to grow in the game. With attractive entry rates, guaranteed prize pools and great winnings, India’s tournament poker circuit is in a great phase, and you should look to take advantage of it.

If you are new to tournament poker however, you may be nervous about spending on entry fees and then crashing out early. Don’t worry though, we’ve got some great poker tips to help you make it through to the early stages of online poker tournaments. 

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Tips Online Poker Tournaments

Play Tight

In the early rounds of a poker tournament, the blinds are small in comparison to your stack, meaning it’s easy to keep calling with mediocre poker hands in the hope you hit something on the flop. This is a mistake made by many beginners and is something you should absolutely not do.

The blinds may be small, but ten hands in you’ll suddenly find that your stack is a lot shallower if you aren’t winning. Even if you do get the chance to double up, it’ll be on a smaller stack and so the rewards won’t be quite as great.

If you find yourself at poker table with a lot of players like this then you’re in luck. When you have a good hand/and or are in position, don’t be afraid to raise the pre-flop bet by 3X or 4X. Players without a good poker winning hands will usually fold, but loose beginners will still likely call. Even if you don’t hit anything on the flop, small continuation-bets are still a good idea because such players are also likely not to hit anything.

Overall, being tight but playing good hands aggressively will net you big winnings against such players in the long run. Make this your thumb poker rule in your poker tournament strategy rule book today!

Play from Late positions

Position is critical to success in any online poker game and this applies equally to poker tournaments of any variation of poker like texas holdem poker or pot limit omaha poker. Not only does the relative value of each hand go up the later you play at the table, but you also get more information on your opponents hands when they bet first.

Eg. If you are holding 5-6 suited and are playing early, it’s usually best to fold because you don’t know how the opponent after you is going to play. If he makes a steep raise, you’ll be forced to fold and give up the money you put in the pot. However, if you are last to bet and everyone before you has simply called, then you are in a much safer position to call as well, letting you see the flop.

This also works with pot sizes in online poker promotions/tournaments. When last to play, you get to see how large the pot is, based on which you can decide if it makes sense to call with your hand. If everyone before you has played and you only have to make a small bet to see the flop, then in many cases it makes sense to call.

Practice in Free-To-Play Tournaments

PokerBaazi lets you take part in free-entry poker tournaments and earn money. Not only can this help you practice and improve your tourney game, but you can also bankroll your tournament entries from these winnings. With a game happening every hour minutes, it’s a great way to start your journey in online poker tournaments.

Besides, you can also play sattys on PokerBaazi and win tickets to mega tournaments.

Satellite tournaments (Sattys) are smaller qualifying events with low entry fees that let you take part in the bigger tourneys if you win. As such, they are a great boon and a must-play for good poker players who want to maximise their winnings with a small investment.

Asian Poker Tour (15th-21st January, 2021)

Those of you who didn’t know, Asian Poker Tour (APT) is back after a long break only on the felts of PokerBaazi one of the best poker site in India. Its 12 days of non- stop action with 48 poker tournaments laced with a monumental 8+Crore guarantee, and the opportunities are running amok!

Asian Poker Tour- PokerBaazi

However, fret not if you are short on your bankroll because the sattys are live already! You can take part in various events of APT daily on the PokerBaazi app for INR 500 onwards and win entries to the big guns at a much cheaper rate!

If you don’t hit the top spot, that’s all right. Check out the Satty schedule for the APT 2021 and get your daily grind on to win from additional leaderboard cash prizes worth 50LAC+! All the best

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