Poker room promotions are abundant in today's internet gambling scene. On top of all sorts of generous first, second and third deposit bonuses, most gaming destinations offer a host of promotions to get players to keep playing. This includes a wide selection of qualifier tournaments to prestigious events like the WSOP. Other common poker room promotions include numerous freerolls, Sit-N-Go's, Bad Beat bonuses and guaranteed prize tournaments.

Sign up and reload bonuses

The vast majority of online card rooms currently operating over the Internet offer all types of deposit bonuses for first time, second time and third time deposits. The first deposit bonus is usually called a 'sign up' bonus and is available only to players who deposit at a particular website when they initially join. When it is a player's second time at a particular site, he/she is no longer entitled to it, but can certainly take advantage of "reload bonuses" which usually offer to match a deposit amount, though not as generously as a first deposit. This type of promotion is used to both gain and retain players, and can be a real incentive.

Freerolls

Freeroll tournaments are poker room promotions you will often find for members. A freerolls' greatest attraction lies in the fact that players are not required to invest any money in order to play. Generally, the freeroll is for a predetermined amount of money and invites players to compete for the prize. The attractiveness of the freeroll is determined by how much money each participant has the potential to collect. The one downside, however, is that because entrance is free, the prizes are much less than what you would see in a standard tournament.

Satellite tournaments

Card rooms frequently hold satellites tournaments which award seats to important live events as first place prizes. Players who participate in satellites do not collect monetary awards for winning, but an entry to a major land-based event such as the WSOP. In fact, WSOP champions Greg Raymer, Joe Hachem and Jamie Gold won their seats to this prestigious competition through an online satellite.

Guaranteed prize pool tournaments

Oftentimes, rooms promote their tournaments by guaranteeing the size of the prize pool. This means that the card room is willing to add money if there are not enough players enrolled in the tournament to make the prize pool equal to the amount promised. For instance, Titan Poker offers a monthly $100,000 guaranteed tournament, not a bad amount to win by any stretch! 

Sit-N-Go tournaments

Sit-N-Go tournaments poker room promotions which are generally ongoing. There is a set number of seats available and once all the seats are filled, the tournament starts. Sit-N-Go's are great for gaining experience in tournament style play and winning bigger pots, however, the competition may be fierce.

Bad Beat bonus

A Bad Beat is a monetary prize awarded to a player with a very strong hand who was beaten by another player with an even stronger hand. Generally rooms won't award a Bad Beat to players with hands poorer than 'four of a kind.' Most of the time, the dominating requirement is that both pocket cards are used to make the final hand in order for players to collect a Bad Beat . Basically, this type of bonus is more rare to come by, but can be nice if you have a great hand that happens to get beaten.

Now that you know all about the various poker room promotions out there. Get more information on where to go at our poker room review page so you can collect!