Online Poker Tournaments

Multi Table Poker Tournaments

In a multi table poker tournament, players start with a fixed number of chips. Players at numerous tables compete for each other's chips as the blinds and/or antes increase incrementally. As players are eliminated, tables are "broken," meaning players are re-assigned to other tables, in order to keep tables full. Eventually, the last few surviving players with chips are assigned to the final table, where the winner is the player who wins all the chips from his or her opponents. Cash prizes are awarded to top finishers based on the number of registered tournament entries.

SuperStack Tournaments

SuperStack tournaments offer players 2,500 in starting chips, compared to the 1,500 offered in most tournaments at Absolute Poker. These tournaments allow players to practice for higher buy-in tournaments, like our $150K GUARANTEED TOURNAMENT, while playing with more comfortable stakes. These tournaments are designated by the letters "SS" at the end of the tournament title. Look for them in our lobby, or on our tournament schedule!

Introducing Re-buy Tournaments at Absolute Poker!

Selected real money multi table tournaments will now provide players with the ability to re-buy additional chips during the first hour of play, which is equivalent to 5 blind escalations of 12 minutes each. Turbo and Ultra Turbo tournaments have a re-buy period of 30 minutes, which is equivalent to 6 blind escalations on turbo tournaments and 15 blind escalations on ultra turbo tournaments.

In re-buy tournaments at Absolute Poker all players start with 1,500 chips, and re-buys are available during this period anytime that the player has 1,500 or less chips. At the end of the re-buy period players will be given an opportunity to "add-on" an additional 2,000 chips, OR, unique to Absolute Poker, do a "double add-on" and receive 4,000 additional chips!

Regular re-buy tourneys feature 12-minute escalation times, turbo re-buy tourneys feature 5-minute escalation times, and ultra turbo tourneys feature 2-minute escalation times.

All re-buys and add-ons cost the same amount as the original tournament buy-in. For example, in a $5 tournament each re-buy or add-on will cost an additional $5.

All re-buy tournaments will feature a box allowing players to select two options. The first option will allow players to add additional chips to the table if their stack falls below 1,500 chips during the period when re-buys are still available. The second option will allow players to double their re-buy. Even if these options aren't checked, players will still be able to click on the re-buy button to add chips to their stacks.

The funds collected for re-buys and add-ons are added to the prize pool and are paid out to the winning players as determined by the number of entrants.

Satellites

A satellite is a smaller buy-in tournament in which the prize is an entry into a larger buy-in tournament. For example, a satellite to the World Series of Poker might have a buy-in of $100 +8, and award one entry package of $11K ($10K buy-in + $1K in expenses) for every 110 players in the satellite. Details on the prize structure will be displayed in the tournament lobby.

On a much larger scale, a $100 tournament with 50 entrants could win you a $5,000 tournament buy-in for a major World Poker Tour tournament event held in Las Vegas, Nevada.

Satellite tournament schedule for information on currently running satellite tournaments on Absolute Poker.

Heads Up Tournaments

A heads up tournament tests a player's skill in a match or series of matches against individual opponents. Absolute Poker offers both Multi table and Sit & Go Heads up tournaments.

In a Heads up Sit & Go match, two players match their skills against each other. The winner takes the entire prize pool! Look for these tournaments in the "Heads-up" tab under the "Sit & Go" tab.

Heads up Multi Table tournaments allow players to play a series of heads up matches against opponents. These tournaments have a minimum of 8 players. Players are randomly assigned a heads-up match in the first round, with some players receiving a bye as is necessary to balance out the matches. No byes are awarded in subsequent rounds. The winner of each match advances to the next round, which starts once all the matches in the previous round are completed. Players in the second round are randomly matched against other players, and the tournament continues with further rounds of heads-up matches until only 1 player remains.

FreeRolls

Don't miss out on our Absolute FreeRoll tourneys. Take advantage of our FreeRolls. As the name suggests, FreeRolls are FREE and require no buy-in or buy-in fee. FreeRolls at Absolute Poker reward top finishers with real money or prizes.

Absolute Poker now offers "Absolute Swag" FreeRolls and "Poker Aces" FreeRolls where players can play for awesome Absolute Poker merchandise, including t-shirts, polos, baseball practice shirts and poker books.

Please visit our tournament lobby for all the details.

* All merchandise will be sized XL and will take 4-6 weeks for delivery.

Sit & Go Tournaments

Sit & Go tournaments begin once enough players have enrolled to fill the number of seats offered in the tournament. Absolute Poker offers 1-table and multi-table Sit & Go tournaments. Holdem and Omaha tournaments have either 9, 18, 27 or 45 entrants, while Seven Card Stud tournaments have 7 entrants. The number of entrants for each Sit & Go tournament can be viewed by looking at the "enrolled" column (e.g. "6 of 9" would mean that there are 9 players allowed in the tournament and 6 are currently registered). Players in all Sit & Go tournaments play against each other until one player wins all the chips from his or her opponents. Cash prizes are awarded to top finishers based on the number of registered tournament entries. In multi table Sit & Go tournaments, as players are eliminated the tables are "broken", meaning players are re-assigned to other tables in order to keep the tables full.

Blind Escalations (valid for all SnGs)

• Regular: 10 minutes
• Turbo: 5 minutes
• UltraTurbo: 2 minutes

 

Private Table Online Poker Tournaments

Absolute Poker has all the best tourney action and tournament choice, including incredible Private Tournaments. Our Private Tournaments are real money Single Table Tournaments where up 9 players, who are invited by the tournament organizer, can play exclusively with each other. If you have made a deposit with Absolute Poker, you may request to join private tournament groups. Whether you have been invited or not, it is up to the tournament organizer to approve or decline requests for entry.

To create your own private online poker tournament, you must hold a FAME status of Gold, Platinum or Diamond Elite. We award these status tiers to our most loyal and active real money players who have accumulated a minimum of 500, 2500, and 10,000 Status Points respectively. Gold, Platinum or Diamond Elite players have the ability to create private tournament groups as well as approve or decline players who request to join their groups. These esteemed players may create one private tournament group and join up to 4 other private tournament groups.

To access our private tournaments, click on the TOURNAMENTS menu tab from the main lobby and select "Join Private Tournament Group." For more information, check out the Private Tournament FAQ page.

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Absolute Poker is proud to offer the best poker tournament action, We offer the most comprehensive online poker tournament schedule available anywhere. We offer both Sit & Go and Multi Table tournaments for all games and limits, including our unique Private Sit & Go tournaments, Heads-up, and Special promotional tournaments. You can view all our online poker tournament listings and schedules from the "Tourney" tab in the Main Lobby.

Entering a Multi Table Poker Tournament

Before registering for one of our online poker tournaments, please take a moment to look over the Tournament Rules page.

To enter an Absolute tournament, select the "Tourneys" tab from the Main Lobby. Select the type of poker tournament, and then select the tournament of your choice. You will see information about this poker tournament in the information box on the right. Under the "State" column, look for a tournament which has a state of "Registering". The particulars of the tournament (game, structure and buy-in) are listed. Double-click on a tournament in "Registering" state or click on the "Tournament Lobby" button to open the Tournament Lobby. Click the "Register" button, and log in if you have not already done so. The software will confirm your registration. You may take your seat by selecting the "Take Your Seat" button once the tournament starts. Check the Tournament Lobby for registration and seat times.

Note that for all online poker tournaments, players are all assigned random seats to start the tournament. As is customary in poker tournaments, a player may be moved seats and/or tables in order to balance the distribution of chips and to ensure that tables are kept as full as possible as players are eliminated from the tournament. The button in Texas Holdem and Omaha tournaments will be assigned to Seat 1 at the start of the tournament.

As in a regular poker game, when it is your turn to act, you may check, bet, raise, call, or fold (where applicable). You will notice another button called Time Bank when it is your turn to act, shown after you receive a time warning in the chat window. The Time Bank allows players extra time to decide on a course of action during a poker tournament, and will slowly deplete as it is used throughout the tournament.

Bounty Tournaments

A Bounty Tournament rewards players with real cash when they eliminate a pro.

These tournaments are very lucrative because you can win cash without even finishing in the money. Just take down a member who has a bounty upon his head and we'll credit your account with the pre-determined bounty amount. The value of each bounty (and the pros or players with bounties on their heads) vary from tournament to tournament so consult that description in the game for exact bounty info.

Tournament Lobby

At any point during a tournament, players can check the tournament lobby for information about the tournament's progress. The lobby will show the current blind level for the tournament, information about players' stack sizes, and the breakdown of the prize pool.

The tournament lobby also features a player search function. The tournament lobby lists all players, and double-clicking on any player handle, or clicking on the "Player Info" button, will give you current tournament information for that player. Information about tournament players can be sorted by player name, chips, or rank by clicking on the appropriate column to the right of the tournament lobby screen.

After the tournament, the winners will receive an email that provides comprehensive information about the tournament results. Anyone can request a tournament history at any time after the tournament's conclusion by going to the Main Lobby and selecting "Tournament History" from the "Request" menu. Tournament information will remain in the tournament lobby for several hours after the tournament's conclusion and can be viewed in the "completed" tab.

The specific prize money breakdown will be shown after the registration is closed or, in the case of re-buy tournaments, after the re-buy period is over.

* If you do not take action within the first 10 minutes of play in a fun money tournament, you will be removed from the tournament.