Types of Poker Tables

Some of the different styles of table games:
When you decide to play Texas Holdem Poker online or at a live table, there are different styles of table games you can play. Below is a brief description of each style of table game you may come across.

• Heads Up
• One table
• Sit n go
• MTT, Multi Table Tournament
• Cash table
• Tournament
• Hellcat
• All-in or out

Heads Up:

In a heads up tournament, players are pitched against single opponents. Winners advance to the next stage of the tournament where they face another single opponent. At no time are there more than two players.
One table:
Simply as it says, you will sit at one table, there could be two, four, six, eight or even up to ten people sitting in total. Generally you will have either a six or ten seat table, these are the most popular. They are also called Sit n Go’s. You can read more about playing these types.

Sit n go:
This style is normally where you will have either six or ten players in total and you all play until one player is left and they win. You would then have the top two (six person table) or three (ten person table) players being paid out in a sliding scale relative to the buy in. On a six seat table, the percentage pay outs are generally; 60% of the pot will go to the winner and 40% to second place. On a ten seat table, the percentage pay outs are generally 50% of the total pot will go to the winner, 30% to second place and 20% to third place.

MTT, Multi Table Tournament:
This is where you would play as above, however there is more than one table. As people are eliminated everyone is then evenly distributed amongst the remaining tables, trying to fill them up to maximum spread evenly as possible throughout. As above you will play and people will get eliminated. The winnings are higher due to more money in the pot at the start. Depending on the MTT there could be a larger number of people getting paid or even their buy-in to the next level tournament. E.g. the WSOP have satellite tournaments which start from as little as $1 buy-ins. You could progress through the tournaments and then win your way to a seat at the most famous, biggest, winner prized sport in the world, wow, we hope to see you get there

Cash table:
This style of table is where you can sit down play for as long as you want or as little as you want and then stand up and cash out when you like. These tables can blow all your bank role in one sitting, even one hand, so don’t rush to these and jump in at the high stakes tables please. Yes certainly play them, however stick to the really small tables to get your feet stable. You play like normal, however it’s real money going into the pot every single time. You win that hand, you win that pot!

Tournament:
Tourneys are very similar to MTT’s however generally have lots and lots of players entering them. They are a fantastic way to learn the game. You can enter into tourneys with very little money or even for free. Look out for the “Free rolls”. These are great, no monetary outlay to you and you can practise taking out those players who think of themselves as being great…..men huh! For the women poker players out there, Carbon Poker schedules 4 weekly women only tournaments.

Hellcat:
This is the same as a one table, however it is unique to Party Poker. You have a time limit to play this game where whoever has the most chips at the end of that time is the winner.

All-in or out:
This is again the same as a one table, however it is unique to Ladbrokes. You either call all-in or you sit out of that hand. Eventually people are eliminated and one winner remains. The skill here is to know when to go all-in before you are forced to go all-in by the big and small blind coming around to you.

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