Titan Poker
Preview: Poker has been around for centuries providing entertainment, competition and escape for millions of people. However, it wasn’t until Hollywood started to pay attention to the game that Poker became accepted as a mainstream sport and gained international notoriety. Today, televised Poker events are among the most watched sporting events on television.
Online Casino Surge
Online Poker took centre stage in 2003 after the World Poker Tour was televised for the first time earlier that year. From that point forward, online Poker rooms established tournament play as a means of capturing the fantastic excitement and interest generated by the rebirth of the sport. Its acceptance as a big time sporting event was also accompanied by big name sponsors. Today, online Poker players are making a name for themselves in professional Poker tournaments all over the world.
Types of Poker Tournaments
There are many different formats for Poker tournaments. Here are some of the major types:
Freerolls are online Poker tournaments wherein no entry fee is required of participants. There are two types of Freeroll Poker tournaments; those with open registrations and those with a restricted registration. Freeroll tournament play makes online tournament participation available to everyone; if you have no money in your pockets but are diligent and serious about the game of Poker you can play.
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Sit & Go tournaments are abundant in online Poker rooms. Sit & Go (SNG) popularity is based on the fact that players compete at a table similar to a final table at a major Poker tournament. Players pay an entry fee and play until they are eliminated or finish in the money.
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Special Poker tournaments refer to online tournaments available in top online Poker rooms and as special televised events. These include the World Championship of Online Poker, World Series of Poker events and the World Poker Tour.
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The World Series of Poker (WSOP) burst on the scene in 1971 when the first World Championship was held in Las Vegas with large cash prizes for the winner and the runners-up. The first televised WSOP took place in 1973, when legendary Jimmy “the Greek” Snyder hosted the series, deftly handling the audience and the microphone with humour and aplomb.
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The World Series of Poker Europe (WSOPE) is an offshoot of the WSOP. It held its first championship tournament in 2007 in three casinos in London. Norwegian superstar and teenaged Poker phenomenon, Annette Oberstad, took home the top prize.
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The World Poker Tour was the brainchild of television producer, Steven Lipscomb, who saw the possibilities in taking the game of Poker to a higher level. The World Poker Tour (WPT) is a collection of Poker tournaments held in all corners of the world. Lipscomb orchestrated a brilliant move when he signed with the Travel Channel to televise the WPT events in the year 2003. The WPT has had high ratings on television since its inception, and the games are televised in National Football League format, complete with an announcer, a commentator and a game strategist.
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The European Poker Tour is an offshoot of the incredibly successful World Poker Tour. The European Poker Tour (EPT) is set up like the WPT, but on a much smaller scale. The buy-ins and, thus, potential prize pots, are less than half that of the WPT. Still, the EPT is a televised event and many players on the WPT take time out to play in the EPT.
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