The difference between a great game and a good game is timing. Your game host decides the intervals between raising antes based on the number of players, starting chips totals and whether they want slow paced or fast and furious poker.
Each entry in the game calendar will be categorised as slow, medium or fast, enabling you to attend the right game for you.
If a player has bet their entire chip stack, they must stand to watch the hand. The tradition has been in place for many years and is followed by all the best poker players. Poker historians says that standing is to prepare to leave the table with good grace.
When you stand all in, theres no where to hide. Expect some cheers, some jeers and the entire room to be watching your hand.
Knockout competitions work best when no rebuys are allowed. Players who are killed off in a tourney should rest in peace and not be offered a second chance. Ghost players are never popular winners. In sudden death there can be only one....
Every player is forced to give their best at all times. The eventual winner will be the only player undefeated on the night. Respect.
Qualifying for the final table is a prize in itself. You will join an elite group of players on the night who survived the battle and won a golden ticket to the final table. Only by earning this right will you have a chance at the title.
You must play great poker all night to get to the final table. Your beaten opponents will have grudging respect for your achievement.
Taste final table glory. You are announced to the crowd and make your entrance to the arena. As you strut your way to your seat, your poker anthem blasts out as the unlucky ones grudgingly cheer and clap. Go wrestle!
You played great cards to get to the final. Now get the recognition you deserve. Living the poker dream. Money isn't everything!
Choose a regular game running a league championship. Scoring points will give you another incentive to win and keeps interest high throughout the year. More importantly, you will be recognised by your peers for all your hard work throughout the season.
A league championship crowns the best player each season and acts as a form guide. Points for places makes every hand count.
Find a game host that awards a champions bracelet to your overall champion in World Series of Poker style. It could be made of warped plastic but is priceless to the wearer. The bracelet allows you to flaunt your victory and shows everyone you are to be feared.
Don't just play for cash prizes. Trophies and bracelets provide something permanent that can be enjoyed again and again.