About the Author

Curtis Mayfield III

Curtis Mayfield III is a freelance poker writer with several years of online and live experience.

He is also the son of R&B superstar Curtis Mayfield. As a player Curtis excels in all forms of poker and prefers No Limit Deep Stacks tournaments.

Curtis is author of the Do or Die Poker blog

He resides in Chicago, Illinois with his wife and 2 daughters.

Favorite Quote: “In order to live, you must be willing to die!” –Amir Vahedi

Free Online Poker Satellites

Online poker has a number of ways for players with small bankrolls to win their way into larger tournaments. Satellites have been around for a while both online and in live tournaments. However, if you want to win a seat into the World Series of Poker your best bet it to play online satellites. The reason is that online poker rooms tend to have a number of seats that they make available to their players. Some of these satellites are even free.

Free poker satellites can be difficult to navigate but very rewarding if you can win your way into the second round and take down the ultimate prize. Usually, tight aggressive play is required as the stakes are of no consequence until you get into the final stages of the tournament. Remember, everyone is vying for the exact same thing. Be smart and patient early on and when the play has subsided a bit after the first couple of hours you can settle in and play some poker. Play to win!

Readers' Soapbox

Casino in DC

There are moves in DC to open up a casino with online gaming facilities - are you guys going to address this issue at all?

3d roulettte

Oh wow saw that 3d roulette artilce online - fb - pretty good :)