tournaments

In a multi table poker tournament, players start with a fixed number of chips. Players at numerous tables compete for one another's chips as the blinds and/or antes increase incrementally. As players are eliminated, tables are "broken," meaning players are re-assigned to other tables, in order to keep tables full. Eventually, the last few surviving players with chips are assigned to the final table, where the winner is the individual who wins all the chips from his or her opponents. Cash prizes are awarded to top finishers based on the number of registered tournament entries.
SuperStack tournaments offer players 2,500 in starting chips, compared to the 1,500 offered in most tournaments at Absolute Poker. These tournaments allow players to practice for higher buy-in tournaments, like our $100K GUARANTEED, while playing at stakes they are more comfortable with. These tournaments are designated by the letters “SS” at the end of the tournament title. Look for them in our lobby, or on our tournament schedule!
Selected real money multi table tournaments will now provide players with the ability to re-buy additional chips during the first hour of play. In re-buy tournaments at Absolute Poker all players start tournaments with 1,500 chips, and re-buys are available during this period anytime that the player has 1,500 or less chips. At the end of the re-buy period players will be given an opportunity to "add-on" an additional 2,000 chips, OR, unique to Absolute Poker, do a "double add-on" and receive 4,000 additional chips.
All re-buys and add-ons cost the same amount as the original tournament buy-in. For example, in a $5 tournament each re-buy or add-on will cost an additional $5.
Also exclusive to Absolute Poker is the ability to check the "auto re-buy" box, providing you with your additional chips immediately upon your balance falling to 1,500 chips or less during the period when re-buys are available.
The funds collected for re-buys and add-ons are added to the prize pool and are paid out to the winning players as determined by the number of entrants.
A satellite is a smaller buy-in tournament in which the prize is an entry into a larger buy-in tournament. For example, a satellite to the World Series of Poker might have a buy-in of $100 +8, and award one entry package of $11K ($10K buy-in + $1K in expenses) for every 110 players in the satellite. Details on the prize structure will be displayed in the tournament lobby.
On a much larger scale, a $100 tournament with 50 entrants could win you a $5,000 tournament buy-in for a major World Poker Tour tournament event held in Las Vegas, Nevada.
Satellite tournament schedule for information on currently running satellite tournaments on Absolute Poker.