Poker Tournaments with the Best Value

The WSOP Main Event is by far the best value in tournament poker. Although the Main Event doesn't have a guaranteed prize pool, it is always the biggest money tournament every year, and this year (2009) the total prize pool was over $61 million. The buy-in is $10,000, which is steep for most players, but if you can afford to pay $10,000 or if you can satellite in, you will be treated with an easy-to-beat player field. A lot of the players hardly even play poker, and are just playing because the Main Event is the biggest tournament in the world. Plus, a large portion of the field is comprised of online qualifiers, who are traditionally average players.

We recommend playing the Main Event because even just cashing in the tournament is worth thousands in profit, and a deep finish is worth at least six figures. If you are a lower limit player, satellite in at PokerStars.com or FullTiltPoker.com, as they have the most WSOP satellites.

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The PokerStars Sunday Million is a great alternative to the Main Event because it is only a $215 buy-in, and still has a very large prize pool. First place usually pays over $200,000, and if you can make it fairly deep you will win at least $5,000. Also, there are occasionally overlays in the Sunday Million if it happens to be a low-traffic weekend.

Just like in the WSOP Main Event, the players in the Sunday Million are pretty bad. Of course there will be a few pros, but the majority of players either play casually, or are low limit players who satellite in and really have no chance of winning the tournament. We recommend buying in every weekend, or trying to satellite in as much as possible during the week. If you decide to sign up at PokerStars, feel free to use PokerStars marketing code POKERSITE.ORG for a 100% up to $600 bonus on your first deposit at the site.

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Full Tilt Poker's big Sunday tournament is another great value tournament complete with poor players and a huge prize pool. The $750,000 Guaranteed has also seen a few overlays as of late, and if you play on a weekend with a major sports draw or other event, there will likely be an overlay as not as many players will want to be on their computer.

This tournament has the same benefits as the Sunday Million at PokerStars: Full Tilt Poker runs hundreds of low buy-in satellites throughout the week, so there is an abundance of sub-par players in the $216 tournament. Also, casual players will often buy-in to take a shot at a big score, but they really have no chance against the solid poker players who enter. If you decide to sign up at Full Tilt Poker, use referral code PSITEORG to receive a 100% up to $600 bonus.

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The $100,000 Guaranteed tournament at Bodog.com may be one of the best value poker tournaments of all time. Bodog's player traffic has really fallen off lately, and the site has a really hard time reaching the 667 players they need to hit the $100,000 guarantee. This is a $162 tournament, and is the most affordable tournament on this page. Plus, Bodog runs satellites all week long, so you should be able to qualify for less than $162.

Bodog usually misses the $100,000 guarantee by quite a bit - in fact, last week Bodog had to contribute over $30,000 to the prize pool. This is $30,000 of free money for the players, which makes the tournament a fantastic value.

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