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What are Satellites?
In case of smaller tournaments, buying in is quite straightforward where you have to put down the money before picking up your chips. Here are few facts which you ought to know if you are planning to take part in larger poker tournaments. To start with, you have to remember that the entry fees for the larger tournaments will be high, approximately $200 or even more. Satellites can be termed as the qualifying tournaments where winning the small tournament will let you get entry into larger tournaments.

Advantages of Satellites
The biggest advantage of these satellites is that you have to pay only one-tenth of the entry fee for larger tournaments if you need one seat. You can get two seats into larger tournaments for one-fifth of the total money you would have otherwise spent on entry fees. You have cheaper options with super satellite as you can put up reduced amount of money for competing against bigger fields and winning entry into larger tournaments. In simple words, you have to continue playing till you are into the total number of players equaling the number of seats offered by the satellite. It is advisable to give a shot in more than three satellites for multiplying your chances of getting into bigger tournaments.

Factor to be Noted
Though often overlooked, it is a crucial factor while playing the poker games to judge the chances for surviving in the tournament. It is mandatory that you must have a minimum of one chip for playing in poker. The most decisive factor to be seriously considered is the impact of a success or loss on your chances for remaining in the tournament. This stands good when you are playing no limit or pot limit tournaments as the probability of being knocked out of control just in one hand is very high.

Considering a Case Study
Though it may sound quite simple and obvious to decide when to quit and avoid losing the particular hand in poker games, there are odd cases where your decision making capacity is highly challenged. For instance, in Hold ’Em tournament (no limit) you may be forced to fold even when you have a pair of queens as there may be high chances that your opponents have a pair of kings or a pair of aces if the other players went all-in in front of you. The reason for you to fold is that you may have less than 20% chance to win the pot even if you form one of the best hands.