I enjoy playing at online casinos and have been for many years and I'd like to get more involved in playing in tournaments as I noticed that they generally offer decent size prizes for the top place finishers of the tournament. Anyways my question here is what is the difference between a sit and go type tournament and a scheduled tournament I've heard both of these terms used when online casino tournaments as well as poker tournaments are being described?

Anyways any info that can be offered would be greatly appreciated!

Thanks ,
Liz

Well basically sit and go tournament is one in which a minimum number of players is required before the tournament can begin. From what I understand with the Sit and Go type online casino tournament players can continue registering even after the tournament has begun whereas with the Scheduled tournament players can only register up to the start time of the tournament.

There's more info about these tournaments that can be found here:

http://www.casinoadvisor.com/online-casino-tournaments-info-article.html

Below is some additional information on the subject of Sit n Go tournaments vs Scheduled online casino tournaments I figured that might be useful. I pulled this fro the Jackpot City website which is a Microgaming casino. Anyways the definitions are accurate as I looked at some other resources for this subject online as we...

Scheduled Online Slots Tournaments

A scheduled multiplayer online slots tournament starts at a fixed time and you must register and play within a set time limit.

Sit n' Go Online Slots Tournaments

The Sit n Go online slots tournaments only start once the predetermined number of players has registered. In other words, if a game needs 6 players before it starts, the game will only start once 6 or more players have registered.

Free roll tournaments appear to be one of the biggest fads right now in the online casino industry. I'm seeing more and more online casinos running these types of tournaments. I think that Golden Casino Group and English Harbour group are definitely leading the way with these tournaments. I'm finding that I'm starting to play in more of them these days. Why now they're free to get started with... unfortunately though most free roll tournaments start you off at a low balance and you pretty much need to re-buy if you want to continue playing in the tournament.

Yeah totally they have become this huge phenomenon online lately. I think that it's not only the free-rolls but all tournaments in general online (mostly slots and blackjack tournaments) have become very popular.

You can register in sit and go tournament anytime during the game but in schedule you need to register before the start of the tournament.