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Poker Move 1: Overlay Poker Tournaments

What is "Overlay"?

Overlay is the extra money, above and beyond the amount that a poker room collects from the combined player buy-ins, in guaranteed prize pool tournaments.

If a poker room offers a tournament with a guaranteed prize pool, it could potentially become an 'Overlay Tournament'. It all depends on how many players actually register and buy-in.

An Overlay Tournament offers you more value than your buy-in is worth on its face value.

Click here for Bodog's Overlay Tournament Schedule.

Overlay Example:

$7500 Guaranteed Poker Tournament
Buy-In = $11 + 1

Entries needed to meet the guaranteed amount = 682 (682 x $11 = $7502)

Actual entries = 517 (517 x $11 = $5687)
$7500 - $5687 = $1813

Amount of Overlay = $1813

In this example, $7500 is guaranteed amount in the prize pool but only 517 people bought in. So, there is $1813 of 'Overlay Money' added to the prize pool by the poker room (since the buy-ins don't cover the guaranteed amount of $7500).

It's as if 165 people bought in and then busted out before the tournament even started!!! This is the beauty of Overlay. There is a ton of overlay money up for grabs all over the net and you should do yourself a favor and take advantage of this positive poker move.

How do I find Overlay Poker Tournaments?

The first key to finding a tournament that has overlay is to find a tournament with a guaranteed prize pool. Many poker rooms offer these guaranteed tournaments, but just because a tournament is guaranteed, doesn't mean it will have overlay.

As a matter of fact, most guaranteed tournaments will not have overlay, but if you know where to look, you'll find more than you can handle.

The best place online to find an Overlay Tournament is at Bodog Poker. Bodog has guaranteed tournaments every day and the vast majority of these will have overlay.

Bodog's Guaranteed Tournament buy-ins range from low stakes, ($5 + .50 for a $2000 guaranteed tourney), up to the higher stakes, like The $100,000 Guaranteed Tournament with a $100 + $9 buy-in. The $100k guaranteed runs every Sunday Afternoon.

If you are a multi-table tournament player and you are not playing at the Bodog Poker Room, then you are missing out on one of the web's best kept secrets. Find a guaranteed tournament that suits your bankroll and sign up to play now!

Here is a 1st persons review of Bodog Poker - Home of the Overlay Poker Tournament.