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Recently student John Theisen won a WSOP satellite Event pitting his wits against 110 other competitors. He came out victorious, collecting the $27,900 first prize in the process. Small Field, big prize pools are the way to go, If you don't believe me, ask John his opinion!!! "When I saw the prize pool I knew I couldn't miss it because I would have a great chance of making the money. My expectations were to make the top 5 so that I could make at least a couple hundred dollars," said John.

John started the WSOP Satellite with style. As the game progressed to the later stages he hit a run of bad luck, diminishing his commanding stack of chips. The twists and turns of a WSOP satellite can be like that, infact it usually is. As they say, a chip and a chair and luck at the right time is all you need to win a poker game. And for a prize pool of $27,900 John certainly got his good run of fortune when it counted.

"The player I was heads-up with gave me three or four horrible bad beats to take a commanding chip lead on me. Then, I had to go all-in almost immediately because the blinds were so high, and I gave him three bad beats in a row to take back the chip lead. I was very unlucky and then very lucky in the last 10 minutes of the tournament."

John shrewdly chose to play in a small field wsop satellite and he is reaping the benefits of playing in a top value promotional poker game.

Back in 2003 Chris Moneymaker, a relative newcomer to poker qualified online through WSOP satellites. Turning up at the main event with little or no live poker experience, few gave him a chance of winning. He took the world by storm that year and dominated the event winning a cool $2.5 million. This opened the floodgates for internet players from all walks of life to try their luck.

Many players dream of winning a WSOP title but many fear playing the WSOP qualifiers and give up their dreams and aspirations. Some sites offer free WSOP satellite tickets as an incentive to sign up at their site. John, a full-time student took his chance and won, proving it is possible.

Note, you don't always have to finish first to qualify via a wsop satellite Often freerolls give out multiple tickets to the next round. All you need is a little consistency and you could be on the plane to Vegas this summer to play in the worlds most prestigious poker tournament. Keeping this in mind, if you have built up a decent chip stack, sit back and tighten up and coast your way to the next round. I have folded AA pre-flop just because I knew I was already qualifying. There is no reason to take any chances. Just target short stacked players and pick them off when you get a decent hand.

For more information on how to qualify for the WSOP and take advantage of these special deals go to

http://www.pokerplays.co.uk/wsop-2007-freeroll.html

Lori is a cartoonist and longtime winner at online poker. Having beaten the games for over five years, Lori now hopes to give something back to the game by sharing some of her winning poker strategies. You can see the full collection of Lori's strategy articles at her personal webste.

http://www.3d-pkr.com