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[Pocket Rockets]

Excuse my lack of knowledge, this is my first time playing poker outside of home games.In online tournaments, what does "NL Holdem $20 + $2" mean? I assume that $20 is the buyin, but what is the 2? Also, could someone explain what sit + go and freeroll is?

[Wilderness]

Pocket Rockets said:

Excuse my lack of knowledge, this is my first time playing poker outside of home games.In online tournaments, what does "NL Holdem $20 + $2" mean?  I assume that $20 is the buyin, but what is the 2?  Also, could someone explain what sit + go and freeroll is?

1. The $2.00 is the money that the online site gets, the $20.00 goes into the prize pool. So it costs you $22.00 to play.2. A sit-n-go is simply a single table tournament, no more than 10 people.3. A freeroll is when you don't have to pay any money to play, like by using some kind of bonus points you accumulate at some sites, or as a sign up bonus, or whatever the reason is. You play for free but can make money if you place high enough.

[dna4ever]

Wilderness said:

2.  A sit-n-go is simply a single table tournament, no more than 10 people.

A SNG can really be any amount with any number of players (3 or 4 tables even). Its just a tourny that starts when the preset number of people sit at the table.

[Smasharoo]

A SNG can really be any amount with any number of players (3 or 4 tables even). Its just a tourny that starts when the preset number of people sit at the table.I guess that's theorhetically true, but 99.9999999999% of the time anyons saying Sit and Go means a single table tournment. They say multi or MTT for more than one table.