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Budgeting your time is very important when you’re playing tournament poker online. You need to know how much time you have to play poker before you sign up for an online tournament. Don’t play if you’re in a hurry. You can’t play in a multitable tournament in which there are 1,000 players if you don’t have four to six hours to devote to playing in it. If you only have two hours, you will be tempted to play fast and throw offyour money because you need to be somewhere else in a short time. Rather than playing a big-field event, play a single-table tournament that will take only an hour to play if you win it.

f you’re on a limited time schedule, you can play a sit-and-go tournament. A sit-and-go event is one in which there is no predetermined starting time. Players sit down at a table one by one, and as soon as the table fills up, the tournament begins. You may be the first player at the table, but as soon as the 10th player comes in, bang! The tournament is off and running instantly. (This is how single-table tournaments work, as well as some two- and three-table tournaments.)

In contrast, a multitable tournament is going to have a lot of players in it—and a big prize pool. Multitable events are posted on the site’s tournament schedule, and each has a specific starting time. You must register in advance for these tournaments. Suppose you want to enter a $20 buy-in Hold ‘Em tournament that begins on Tuesday night at 7:00 p.m. You can register a few days in advance or up to a few minutes prior to the scheduled starting time to play in that event. And you know that if you win that tournament, you’ll be sitting there until midnight (and perhaps partying the rest of the night).

Always choose the type of tournament that will best fit your time schedule.