Remember when in 2003, Chris Moneymaker turned the tables in of online poker world by entering the World Series of Poker Main Event by playing $39 entry satellite event on PokerStars, and concurrently win the tournament and forever earning a spot in poker history. That was the time when online poker satellites to big tournaments were a new phenomenon in the poker industry.

Since then, satellite events became an everyday thing and satellite qualifiers make up almost half of the field in major poker tournaments like European Poker Tour (EPT), United Kingdom & Ireland Poker Tour (UKIPT), etc to win a shot of a top prize that is usually 100 times the size of their initial investment. Thus, if you follow the right approach while playing online or live satellites at poker rooms in Bangalore, you can get to play in prominent poker tournaments and gang up with the star poker players of the world. Following are the tricks to play satellite events and win an entry to the live poker tournaments in India and world over:

Time
Whenever you plan to play a satellite poker event, live or online, you should first check the buy-in, date, time and venue of these tournaments. Generally, satellite tournaments running on week days have lower buy-ins in comparison to satellite events running on weekends because traditionally poker players always turn to the tables on weekends. Moreover, satellites running on Saturdays and Sundays include guaranteed packages, and larger field sizes. And, you should keep a track of all the major tournaments that will take place in the near future so that you can train yourself for the satellites.

Survival
Live poker players usually target satellites in wrong way, i.e., they treat it as a standard tournament and play it the same way as they play regular games. However, to win a satellite tournament you need to be patient enough to accumulate chips and efficient enough to survive till the end. For instance, you should avoid marginal spots when the bubble is approaching. So, make sure you plan your bets accordingly.

Average Stack
The best part about satellites is that it is simple to calculate how many chips you may require to win the ticket to the big tournament. For instance, there are 50 entries each starting with 2000 chips making total 100,000 chips in play. If 5 top places will be paid off, then the average stack size at the time of the bubble bursting will be 20,000 chips. Thus, it is always beneficial to be watchful of the chips in hand and chips to stack up.

Hence, the next time you play satellite tournaments at top poker rooms in Bangalore, do follow the above wherewithal and try to turn your small investment into loads of bundle of money.