For a tournament poker player, one of the most important things to master is the game theory behind playing super satellites. They offer a great means for players to enter bigger buy-in tournaments for much less than the face value buy-in. Winning your seat in a major event via a super satellite is one of the most rewarding and thrilling moments that you can have in poker, other than winning a major tournament.

Just approaching a super satellite in the same way you would approach a regular tournament is probably a mistake. There are intricacies in the super satellite that you would not fi nd in a regular tournament.