Step Your way to a WSOP Main Event Seat

I am constantly talking about satellite poker tournaments because they just make sense. Why pay the full buy-in when you don’t have too? Unless you are flush with money a $10k buy-in is a lot of money. However, when you play well and understand how to put yourself in the best situation possible satellites become even more appealing for large no limit tournaments. The reason is that the buy-in for satellite multi-table tournaments and single table tournaments are usually ten percent of the actual buy-in. That is a huge savings for those that want to maximize their opportunities for a seat.Lately, poker rooms have been running a great deal of step tournaments as one of the many paths to a Main Event seat. Step tournaments are exactly what they sound like. Step tournaments allow you to start at varying levels , depending on how much and where on the ladder you want to buy-in at, and progress up to the final event for the seat. Usually the seat is awarded to the top two players and the other position get to replay the level or drop down a level or two depending on how well you finish. For a good satellite poker player this is an excellent opportunity to win a seat.

So don’t disregard the steps tournaments as a viable avenue to a large buy-in poker tournament, especially the wsop Main Event.

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