Can small buy in tournaments help me to win big?
So many players have had the thought and yet it seems that most of the players fail to even gamble on the fact that small buy in fee tournaments can in fact win them a substantial bankroll.
Tournaments such as the small buy in sit and go’s that are offered on a huge number of online poker rooms can prove to be great money earners for players who have a limited starter bankroll, with the best example of success within these tournaments helping to build a large bankroll been credited to well known professional poker player Tom ‘Durrrr’ Dwan.
Dwan started playing poker at the age of 17 with funds that were given to him on his birthday by his dad, but after losing more than half of his funds, the player opted to enter into small field and small buy in fee tournaments, winning a string of tournaments to help to increase his bankroll.
As well as being able to offer players the chance to build a bankroll from the winnings that the house (online poker room) collect from the buy in fees of the tournament taken from the participating players, some online poker networks offer cash jackpots for continued success.
The likes of the iPoker network offer jackpots that vary in prize amount dependent on the buy in fee of the tournament that you enter, offering you a large cash sum after you are able to record a number of either first place finishes or a number of first and second placements within successive tournaments.
I have personally been able to experience the financial boost that these jackpots offer to players, winning 5 small buy in tournaments in a row to bank more than $2,000 in cash which was placed into my players account the minute that I recorded my final victory.
For more experienced players as well as the players who are able to play at higher stakes, you may feel that playing within these style of tournaments is below your playing ability but you have to think about the fact that you have the opportunity to win a huge cash injection for as little as $2.10.
Lets do a little summary of the money that I won and invested into that jackpot winning, I had to win 5 $2.10 6 person sit and go tournaments in a row to be able to win the jackpot meaning that I paid $10.50.
After winning my required amount of tournaments in a row, I was rewarded $2,000 as a jackpot payment on top of the first place prize that was offered from the tournament itself.
So for my $10.50 investment and 6 hours of time that I invested into the playing of the tournaments, I was rewarded with more than $2,000, not a bad return eh?
Are these jackpot tournaments still too low for you to even consider playing in?
What you have to remember when selecting if you are going to play a small buy in tournament is that for the best payouts, jackpot tournament challenges simply can’t be beaten.
I would not have invested my time into playing these low level tournaments if there was not the offer of a jackpot reward for my efforts, so make sure that your happy to invest your time and money into the tournament and that you are happy with the return that you will receive.
