Tournament poker is exciting and offers the opportunity to win large amounts of money for what can often be a small investment. If you are a good cash game player, you should generally be a competent tournament player. However, to be a good tournament player you must be able to know when and how to divert from standard cash game strategy.
There are many strategies and concepts that are specifically intended for tournaments.
If you are new to tournaments, the best advice is to jump straight in! There are freerolls for those of you who don't want to risk any money, and tournaments that have buy-ins as low as a $1 so that you have a little more to play for.
If you are more experienced (or wealthy) there are many higher buy-in tournaments to raise the excitement levels.
Make sure you read through our basic tournament tips, and good luck!