Sit and Go poker tournaments are convenient in that they do not have a scheduled start time. These mini-tournaments of sort fill up and begin, hence the name sit and go. Sit and Go tournaments come in a variety of sizes, with respect to both buy-in, and amount of players. Additionally, Sit and Go tourneys can serve as satellites to larger events. Both FullTilt and PokerStars serve up a large menu of Sit and Go style poker tournaments.

FullTilt Sit and Go Tournaments

Sit and Go tournaments at FullTilt Poker can be found under the sit and go menu on FullTilt’s software. Here, players can find sit and go tourneys ranging from stakes of twenty-five cents on up to $5500 in buy-in. Additionally, FullTilt players may utilize their FullTilt Points to buy into select Sit and Go tournaments, where prizes range from seats in the Double Deuce, to a seat in the Sunday Brawl, or even the $750K guaranteed. Moreover, satellite sit and go tourneys are available by way of FTP buy-in that award satellite tokens, which can be redeemed in tournaments of your choosing.

Also worth noting, FullTilt Poker offers single table sit and go tournaments, as well as SNG style tourneys with multiple tables, or even heads-up tables. FullTilt’s’ sit and go tournaments may be played in all structures of Texas Holdem, as well as Omaha, Omaha Hi/Lo, Stud, and Mixed Game formats. Sit and go tournaments are available to as little as four players or as many as 180 players in the various Sit and Go formats at FullTilt.

PokerStars Sit and Go Tournaments

By comparison, PokerStars does a better job than FullTilt in filling their sit and go tournaments. While Sit and Go tourneys have a special menu in the PokerStars lobby, occasionally some bigger sit and go tournaments will appear in the main PokerStars tournament lobby, which helps call attention to these impromptu poker tournaments.

Sit and Go poker tournaments are available at PokerStars in single, or multi-table format, as well as in the heads-up SNG tournament format. Players may buy into Sit and Go tournaments at PokerStars for as little as a penny or as much as $500 in the multi-table version or $2190 in the single table format.

All variations of Texas Holdem, as well as Omaha, Stud, 8-game, Badugi, HOSE, HORSE, Razz, and Lowball are available in Sit and Go format at PokerStars. Also worth mention, sit and go satellites to events such as the Sunday Million, as well as the WCOOP, and other big guaranteed tournaments are available via normal satellites, turbo satellites, and step satellites.

Also available are the double or nothing sit and go tournaments at PokerStars. In double or nothing SNG tournaments, players finishing in the top 50% of the field receive double their money, while players busting out sooner are left with nothing.

While both poker rooms have a fine selection of sit and go poker tournaments, the edge goes to PokerStars. Stars go above and beyond the call of duty in advertising their tournaments by way of the main tournament lobby. Additionally, PokerStars simply offers more formats of sit and go tournaments – which puts Stars a step ahead in the sit and go tournament player’s mind.