Online poker has become very popular within such a short space of time, there are now so many online poker rooms for people to play for real money or for free, the increase in players has also brought an increase in poker tournaments prize money, with prize money for online poker tournaments now reaching millions of dollars, poker rooms are offering the players the chance to directly buy in to these weekly events for various amounts ranging from $55 to $660 depending on the poker room, or players can qualify through satellite tournaments for just a couple of dollars, the great thing about these tournaments is anyone can enter and anyone can win.