Poker Tournament Rules
According to Poker tournament rules you should make cash contribution for participation in the championship. The size of a fee depends on a category of the championship. For example, by Poker tournament rule of the most prestigious championship WSOP you should pay 10000 dollars for participation but the prize-winning are accordingly much greater here (about 5-6 millions dollars).
The next poker tournament rule is that all players get an equal number of chips to start the tournaments with compared to for example cash games where the amount of money each player brings to the table is different. The player that is able to win all the chips will become winner of the tournament. In some poker tournament it is possible to make re-buys if a player runs out of chips during a game, however number of such purchase is limited. Also the organizers change color of chips after several rounds of the championship as because of reduction of number of participants, stakes in game increase. At the end of the championship in Texas Holdem, for example, according to Poker tournament rule, the champion except for a million winning receives also gold bracelet with the special monogram.