Playing in poker tournaments can be a lot of fun, as well as financially worthwhile. Some of the live and online poker tournaments that exist offer huge prize pools to their winners. In addition, there are many different types of online tournaments. This guide to poker tournaments introduces you to some of the biggest and most popular live poker tournaments available around the world today. It also describes the different types of online poker tournaments that exist and what you can expect when signing up for any one of these poker tournaments – whether they be online or land-based.