Party Poker: Players Club tourney advice

One of the things I like best about Party Poker is that you rack up Party Points with every hand you play — a lot like the comp dollars you earn in actual casinos.

I’m able to enter two or three Players Club tournaments weekly with my points, and in a good week I’ll actually win a bit of money.

The Players Club tourneys are pretty popular, so here are two suggestions if you’re thinking about playing in one:

1. Don’t register unless you literally have 5 hours to spare. If you plan to win (don’t we all?), that’s how long it’ll take. Half of the entrants will be knocked out during the first hour, then the knock-out rate seems to get geometrically lower every hour after that.

2. If possible, play at night: there are fewer entrants for the same sized prize pool. Fewer competitors is always a good thing. During the day, the tournament might have between 2,000 and 2,500 entrants — but at night, it’s more like between 1,000 and 1,500.