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One of the most sought after gambling game is Poker which can be played in any place and in any situation. Because, if there is an assembly two or more players knowing Card games, there must be a gambling through Poker.

Also there is organized Poker game as we see in Casinos, in reputed clubs, or in the Internet where on line betting in the Poker games are very common nowadays.

Yes, Poker is a game of cards, which are distributed among the players by a dealer and the player who gets the best combination of cards becomes the winner and claims the money wagered by the players.

Poker is played in many versions. One of the most popular versions of Poker game is Blackjack in which the player who gets a Jack of Spade and an Ace of Spade is additionally remunerated.

Similarly on line black jack is one kind of on line poker game and played through Internet. Advantage of on line black jack is that, you can play the game sitting in your room and you need not visit a casino or a club.

In the organized venues like casinos or clubs, Poker tournaments are held among the club members or the casino players.

Poker tournaments are structured competitions where players compete against each other to accumulate all the chips in play.

Let us elaborate the difference between the normal casino poker and poker tournaments. Players can quit whenever they want in normal poker game. Contrary to this, in poker tournaments, players can not quit and cash out their chips. Play continues until there is a winner.

Maintaining an establishment for organized Poker games is costly for the management of Casinos or the Clubs and that is why playing in these venues becomes dearer for the gamblers.

This is one of the reasons for popularity of the on line betting through poker games or through online black jack.

But in order to encourage the gambler, the management of the Casinos some times offers free poker or free blackjack . This free poker or free blackjack is offered to the gamblers in the form of some advance money with no liability to repay. Also these free games may be in the form of some free deals for which no money is required to be wagered.

Let us now discuss one or two points in respect of Poker Tournaments which are very much popular among the wagers.

There are different types of poker tournaments. They are "Elimination tournaments", "Rebuy tournaments", shootout tournaments, Satellite tournaments and so on.

Among them the Elimination tournaments are the most common type. In this structure all players begin with the same amount of chips, and play continues until one player has accumulated all the chips. Apart from the winner, the prize money is distributed among the top position players according to their position before elimination.

For example, if ninety-five players start a tournament, commonly the "final table" of nine players would receive prize money -- with eighth getting a larger prize than ninth, seventh getting more than eighth, etc.

Amount of earning in "Rebuy tournaments" is more relative to the initial entry cost.

Shootout tournaments normally last several hours less than elimination events.

Satellite tournaments" are preliminary rounds of a main event.

As an example, prior to a tournament costing $1000 to enter, ten players each put up $100, with the winner advancing to the main event.

There are many versions of poker games. If opportunity comes, we will discuss in future.