All tables (and has only 1 or 101) will start dealing cards at exactly the same time. To determine who has the first button to deal the cards, each player is given a card and possessing the most, get the button. The game will start in a game like ordinary table, with the lowest and the highest placing blind a certain amount to start. Anyway, the tournament games consist of rounds.

After a certain period of time (say 15 minutes), or a specified number of hands (for example 10 hands), the lower blind and the greatest increase. At first the increases will be gradual, but already by the end of the tournament, will be quite important. This forces players to have to play and increase your chip stack to stay in the competition. If you just sit and not play, your blind will eventually become too expensive and will be forced to leave.

A few times during tournaments, players are given the option to buy what is called a "re-buy" for a predetermined sum of money. When you purchase a "re-buy" will give an additional amount of chips. The money used to buy the "re-buy" is added to the total prize pool. The options of re-buys are usually offered only during the early rounds of a tournament. Again, inquire about the specific rules re-buy tournament in which he is playing.

Just as the re-buy options, the "add ones", additional, allow players to purchase additional chips during the tournament, and the money goes to the total prize pool. Specific tournament rules will tell if the tournament you are playing has the "additional" option. Unlike a usual game of poker, tournaments are played with chips that have no monetary value. For example, if capital initial will is $ 20, the player will be given tokens for the value of $ 800. So, think like chips and points as if they had no monetary value.