Interested in playing in a video poker tournament? VIP Casino currently has three offerings to tempt you to play with them. You can check out Weekend Deuces Wild Face Off which runs Friday through Sunday or join in a Jacks or Better Challenger event that runs Monday through Thursday or even check out the May 100 hand Deuces Wild tournament that is running now through May 31.
These are all low fee tournaments with a buy in of $5 and a prize pool of combined money from the buy in pot. So for tournaments still open for registration, you won’t know the real prize amount until the casino knows how many players it has. Generally you can expect more money than the entry fee, but I don’t think video poker is as popular as slots yet. Which means many video poker players aren’t familiar with tournament play.
So, here’s the deal with a tournament. When you play Video Poker as a regular player, you play the money that you have in your account and win or lose the amount shown on in the game. But with tournaments, you pay a fee and are entered to compete against other players to see who can make the most money during the tournament play time. If you play the Weekend Deuces Wild Face Off, you’ll pay $5 to enter and be given a balance of $100 to play with. Then you’ll put your best strategy forward and try to win more money than anyone else in the game. If you succeed, you win the prize determined by the prize pool. Often there are various levels of prizes to encourage people to keep coming back. But keep in mind, you win the pre-determined prize — not the amount that you won while playing the game. To win (or lose) that amount, you’d invest a hundred dollars of your own money to play on.
Tournaments are popular at casinos because the small entry fee usually gives players a chance to check out their favorite games with a chance to win more money than they would have just by playing the entry fee amount. With slots, players have to depend on luck, but with Video Poker, you can still play with your best strategy.
