The greatest advantage of playing in an online poker room lies in the enormous selection of tournaments typically offered there. Players seek to join and win these tournaments because of the generous prizes promised to those who are ultimately victorious. The most popular tournaments run by online gaming destinations are called 'qualifiers.' These are tournaments designed to send winners to prestigious live events with prizes reaching millions of dollars.

Here goes a list of tournaments you are very likely to come across while surfing the web and visiting online poker rooms:

1. Freerolls. This type of tournaments normally serves as a great promotional tool for online poker websites intended to attract as many players as possible to the website. Freerolls do not require players to invest any cash in order to play. You can just sign up and start playing. Poker rooms simply put up an attractive amount of cash and and invite all interested players to take part in the freeroll. The participants fight for the coveted prize. Freerolls are special because they do not exist in land-based casino facilities.
2. S-n-G's. This is short for 'sit and go.' S-n-G's are tournaments with a predetermined number of free seats at the poker table. What we mean to say is that once there are enough punters at the table to fill these seats, the tournament begins. S-n-G's are usually fast and last anywhere from ½ an hour to a full hour. A typical tournament requires players to pony up $22 ($20 for the tourney itself and $2 as a fee). The winner of this S-n-G will collect $100.
3. Satellites. Satellites, also referred to as 'qualifiers,' are the most exciting tournaments hosted by Internet poker rooms. This is because they offer players, who only have relatively small cash to invest, an amazing opportunity to take part in very important live events. Players who take part in satellites do not compete for monetary prizes but for seats to such major land-based tournaments as the World Series of Poker (WSOP). The likes of Greg Raymer and Jamie Gold got their seats to the WSOP through online satellites.
4. Guaranteed prize pool tournaments. Sometimes poker room operators choose to promote their tournaments by guaranteeing the size of the prize pool. This means that the website will put an additional amount of money if there is not enough player contribution to make the prize pool equal to the amount promised. However, since guaranteed prize pool tournaments normally attract virtually tons of players, poker rooms don't really have to open their wallets.

We are confident that whatever online poker tournament you'll eventually choose to join is very likely to provide you with a great Internet gambling experience!