2 days ago  Negreanu has already played in one tournament, and he's got another coming up pitting him against other big names in the poker world. 'When the Doug match was over, that's a chapter that was. The Internet's most comprehensive poker source: poker news, poker videos, poker tournaments, poker player results, poker blogs, poker odds calculator, free online poker and deposit bonuses, and a. Poker site clubs poker real money. We offer tournaments for all stakes. This is a great way to build your bank roll by hitting a tournament. Coming up events. Cash games Tournament schedule Cash games. We offer great cash games at all stakes. We welcome players that like the small stacks as well as the big. Even though this is only the 3rd largest player pool, the focus on tournaments makes the schedule here the busiest - especially when there is an event like the OSS coming up. Some of the bigger tournaments have relatively high entry prices, though there are plenty of satellite qualifiers running to give smaller bankroll players a shot at the. Here we talk about big tournaments, star players and the latest news about everything poker. The Tournaments. Taking a look back at some of the biggest and best tournaments from 2019, and at some of the biggest wins, only gets us more excited about the upcoming tournaments in 2020.

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Multi-table no limit holdem tournaments are still the most popular type of poker played online. In 2021 there is a huge amount of choice when it comes to picking a place to play your online poker tournaments, and you need to consider a few important factors before signing up at a new sites.

We’ve talked to a lot of players about what they want from a poker tournament, and come up with the following list of poker rooms as the best tournament poker sites today

Top Tournament Poker Sites for US Players 2021

So, what are the important things to consider when picking a new site to play your poker tournaments at, and what did we take into account when coming up with these 5 sites as the best ones? Read on to find out:

1. Competition

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This should be your number one concern in your search for the best tournament poker sites. For the most part, you should always want to play poker against bad players and if you can find a site that’s full of them, then you should make allowances for other things like the software not being as good or the field sizes being a little bit smaller. We used to recommend that our European players use PokerStars for tournaments, but lately the competition has gotten much tougher and the MTTs go one for EVER so we’re recommending players go elsewhere these days.

2. Variety of Games

Everyone has a different type of game that the enjoy. Some players love turbo games where they’re all-in every second hand, while other players love a deep stacked tournament where they’re put in lots of difficult positions. Other still like to play a mixture of all types of poker tournament. When choosing a site, make sure it caters for the type of game that you like and that the tournaments start around the time that you want to play. Most of the major poker sites have their best tournaments during the evening European time and on Sundays.

3. Structure

This is another important consideration. If you’re playing bigger buy-in tournaments, or turbos aren’t your thing, then in order to maximise your skill edge over your opponents, you should want to play relatively deep stacked and have the blinds increase fairly slowly. A good tournament will never let the average stack drop below 20 big blinds and will have the blinds increase every 12-15 minutes, though 10 minutes is usually pretty good too. Don’t just be attracted by the starting stack. Some tournaments with huge starting stacks turn into crapshoots very quickly thanks to fast and steep blind increases.

4. Field Size

Pay attention to the number of runners that the tournaments at the site typically get. Most of us just want to enjoy playing and not be sat in our chairs for 8 hours to get to the business end of an MTT. Low buy-in tournaments on PokerStars typically have 5000+ runners and it can 12 hours to complete them. The way the payouts are structured only players that make the last 2 tables get a nice payday. If you want to play tournaments that are less of a mine-field, pick a site where the average tournament gets maybe 500 runners and you’ll find that these events are usually done and dusted within 5 or 6 hours.

5. Software

Playing on a site with good software is always a pleasure, If you intend to run deep in the tournaments you play then you’re going to be looking at the tables and the lobby for 6 hours and playing over 400 hands, so it makes sense to choose a site with smooth graphics that are easy on the eye and don’t give you a headache. This is even more important if you plan on planning more than one tournament at a time. The quality of the software on a site actually has a strange affect on the games. If the software is bad for multi-tabling then you’ll find there will be less professional players and the games will be softer, so there’s a trade-off if you want to play on good software in that those sites naturally attract the tougher players.

Here I Compare the Options for Real-Money Online Poker Tournaments Available to US Players

Poker Tournaments For US Players

This article will not cover the regulated in-State sites – which (WSOP bracelets aside) are struggling to gain any real momentum.

Below you will find a site by site summary, using the most popular individual sites where a network is involved. After that I have gone through the US online tournaments by size (buy-in). At the end of this page you will find my overall recommendation.

US Online Poker Tournaments 2021 – The Contenders (Sites)

#1 – Bovada Poker Tournaments

There is no doubting that Bovada (who pool players with Ignition Poker / Bodog) are the biggest US room.

What many people do not know before they play there, is that the games are anonymous. Instead of playing with a nickname, you are assigned a new number for each tournament. This stops the tracking software which gives pro players an edge - leveling the playing field for casual players. Bovada proved the skeptics wrong, their 'recreational poker model' was a big factor in their growth.

This is the biggest US poker room (only players from the US and selected Latin American countries can join). There is a solid regular schedule, with a ton of guarantees in the $1k to $5k range (buy-ins up to $22). While for the big 'headline events' America's Cardroom are ahead, for the 'bread and butter' tournaments, I rate Bovada as the number #1. The focus is 98% on No-Limit Holdem, with Omaha the minority game type

There are already some notable highlights for tournament fans. Note that the anonymous play model is still in use. You do not get a screen name at this site – instead when you play a tournament you are assigned a number, and cash games just use the seat numbers.

• $2 Million in Guarantees every week… that’s a lot of guarantees. This is not skewed by a couple of huge games either. When you see the listing you will quickly see that most of the tournaments have some kind of guaranteed prize pool.
• $100k Sunday Major… This always beats the guarantee, there are plenty of satellites too, entry costs $162.
• Mad Monday Tournaments:... This has been a very successful promo, a lot of extra tournaments, often with big guarantees spread each Monday. The total seems to vary (holiday weekends and seasonality affect this) though expect $300,000+ in extra games and again plenty of satellites.

Bovada were good for events and for satellites to live tournaments, for example ‘Vegas Weekends’ during the World Series. I hope to bring you news on this area soon.

With easy deposits, and plenty of poker variations to choose from, I do not see Bovada losing their number one spot any time soon. Check out their busy nightly tournament schedule, and find out how much more fun those anonymous games can be for yourself now at – though I do have a feeling that it will be one of (at least) the top contenders by the end of the year! Check out www.bovada.lv to see the latest deals and tournament events for yourself.

#2 – Chico Network / BetOnline Poker

BetOnline has been looking after sports bettors from their HQ in Panama for the best part of a decade. Last year, they joined the Chico poker network, and have grown this part of their brand to become the 2^nd largest US friendly poker site.

Guarantees are not yet at the level that you might expect (a lot of their players hit the cash game tables instead). Though they are already up to $250,000 a month in prize pools. If you like your tournaments with smaller fields and smaller buy-ins – then you will not find softer games than these at any US site. The secret is that a lot of the field are sports fans who have crossed over into the poker room – and not the experienced ‘pro grinders’ you might find elsewhere.

At the moment the BetOnline weekly flagship event has a guarantee of just $25,000. This does go up to $150k approximately once every month (usually on the last Sunday of the month) as part of a special promotion. BetOnline also recently introduced knockout bounty tournaments each day, these are entertaining (though lower buy-in) alternatives to the regular games.While it does not seem that the recent increase in players at Bet Online has fed through to an improved tournament schedule - there are still some good reasons to play here. The main one is that the fields are very soft, with a lot of players crossing over from the huge sportsbook part of the site.

You can check out the new bounty games, tournament leaderboard promos and date for the next $50k guaranteed over at www.betonline.ag

#3 – Winning Poker Network / America’s Cardroom

Since the last update to this page, America's Cardroom have improved their offering for tournament fans further. They regularly host events under the 'Online Super Series' name. There are bigger and smaller events, and some huge guaranteed prize pools. The most recent series ha guaranteed prizes of $4.5 million.

The Venom = ACR Poker's USA 'Sunday Million'

In 2021, ACR are guaranteeing $1,000,001 each week in a single million-and-one tournament. This is huge news for US tournament fans. If you prefer, you can hit the qualifier games and win your seat in one of the games. There continue until spring. In previous years, they did continue through the year, though were more spread out. If you want to see $1 million+ prize pools for US players continue, then do make sure that you support these events.

The video below gives you an intro to the Million Dollar Sundays, you can find the qualifiers and details over at www.americascardroom.eu

Even though this is only the 3rd largest player pool, the focus on tournaments makes the schedule here the busiest - especially when there is an event like the OSS coming up. Some of the bigger tournaments have relatively high entry prices, though there are plenty of satellite qualifiers running to give smaller bankroll players a shot at the big money. These can be entered for just $1.

In addition to this headline event, there is a 'Super Saturday' lineup, which itself has $750,000 in guarantees. There are also live tournament qualifiers. In addition to the qualifiers via regular tournaments, you can win big event entries via the Jackpot Poker (lottery SNGs). This year saw a lot of WSOP Main Event seats awarded in this way.

The regular schedule is growing, though not too packed at the moment. Again the focus is on the lower ($10 and under) end of the buy-ins. If you want to play several tournaments starting at around the same time, then you will need to mix and match those sites. A nice addition to their welcome bonus is up to $50 in 'Tournament Bucks' which are awarded semi-randomly using cards. These are a free extra and can be used to buy into any tournament with the equivalent value.

Find out when the next OSS (Online Super Series) and / or $1 million guaranteed event is on over at www.americascardroom.com

#4 – Merge Network / Carbon Poker

Carbon are now out of the picture. This is a shame as this was an excellent site not too long ago.

#5 - Other Networks

There are some smaller networks, the closest to being in contention is the Equity Poker Network. As of 2021, they are not big enough to make the list of recommendations for poker tournaments though. As I mentioned in the intro the Horizon poker network (Intertops Poker) is making some slow headway. While I am optimistic over time, it does not look like this network will cross the point where there are enough player numbers to run bigger tournaments this year!

US Online Poker Tournaments – By Buy-In Ranges

Most of us are reasonably fixed with the buy-ins we are comfortable playing. If you know what band you are looking for, here are my thoughts on how the different sites match up.

Biggest US Online Poker Tournaments 2021

Here we are talking about the Sunday Majors and special one-off events where you have a chance of winning enough money to really make a difference.

America’s Cardroom has the biggest buy-in, and by a long way with their regular $1,000,000 guaranteed. There are sub-qualifiers for this (the majority of the seats are won this way). This event happens every 3 months or so, and has already rewarded several players with 6-figure prizes. Keep an eye on America's Cardroom for the next running. More recently, there was a run of 5 Million guaranteed tournaments, which are well served by satellite qualifiers (ensuring big fields).

Bovada Poker have a weekly $100,000 guaranteed (and Mad Mondays often feature bigger games too), ACR has $50,000 (boosted around once per month to $100,000) and BetOnline chase the pack with a $25,000 guarantee. Intertops can not really be said to have a Sunday Major just yet - their bigger buy-in tournaments are still more like Multi-table Sit N Goes.

Million Dollar Sundays: As discussed above in the ACR section, from now until early March, we have a $1 million gtd tournament every Sunday at ACR. See www.americascardroom.eu for more.

Mid-Range US Poker Tournaments – the $22 to $55 Range

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Players who were used to grinding this range before the big international sites left will really need to have accounts at several offshore sites to make up the volume of games needed. You’ll find 1 or 2 each evening at each site (though if you include $11 rebuys this does go up). The downside is that you will often be facing less than 100 opponents. It feels like the main sites have a plateau at $33, with the bigger games reserved for the weekend and special events.

Bovada is your best bet here by a long way – though I am hopeful the increasing number of players on the WPN network will see some expansion in this buy-in range for BetOnline in the near future. At the weekends you will find some bigger tournaments in this range at ACR too.

Small Buy-in US Online Poker Tournaments – The $11 and Under Range

Once you get to the $11 and under games, you’ll have enough opportunities that you can afford to be a little selective. Since the 150 to 250 player games at the $3 , $5 and $10 level are common, my preference is to go for those sites where your average opponents are likely to be the least experienced.

Betting giant BetOnline fits the bill for me here too. They have been building their sports betting brand for many years, and you are more likely to find an average person that enjoys the occasional poker game here, compared to other sites which have more ‘small stakes pros’. The software is pretty basic, then again, I’ll swap flashy graphics for a better chance of making the final table any day of the week.

Best Site for US Poker Tournaments – Mark’s Overall Choice

This is a genuinely tough one, all of the sites have their positive aspects.

If I had to pick one and only one place to play, then it would be America's Cardroom. The reason is that this site really appears to want to move forward with their tournament schedule. There are regular events (the Online Super Series + the $1 million guaranteed games), monthly leader board contests and plenty of action every night at the lower end of the buy-in spectrum... I'm happy that Ignition have now come into the picture to provide ACR with some stiff competition, though as of 2021, ACR are still my strong top recommendation.

Check out www.americascardroom.eu for yourself now!

Here are my reviews of the leading US facing sites in 2021

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