There are few words sweeter to the ears of online poker tournament players than “money added” or “overlay”.  The thought of additional money in the prize pool above and beyond the buy-ins is generally enough to convince a player to enter a tournament they might not have otherwise.

NoiQ is providing lots of that motivation this December with their guaranteed prize pool tournaments.  Many have a long history of significant overlays, and while the past is no guarantee of the future, you can reasonably expect more overlays in the month of December.

Tournaments that you’ll want to keep an eye on include the €20,000 guaranteed that runs every Thursday at 21:00 server time.  With the late start and the weekday scheduling, player pools for this tournament are often a bit sparse.  Thursday is home to another of our favorite tournaments on NoiQ –  the €10,000 guaranteed Omaha tournament.  With a €50 buy-in and generally weak fields, this tournament would be worth playing even without an overlay –  but the overlay doesn’t hurt.

NoiQ isn’t the only online poker room to add value to their tournaments.  Another room that’s splashing some cash in the tournament lobby this month: Carbon Poker.  With five tournaments in the month of December that have an extra $1,000 added to the prize pool –  and very low buy-ins, ranging from $1 to $10 –  Carbon is making a play for the attention of lower-stakes tournament players that may well be a successful one.  The details about the value-added tournaments at Carbon can be found in the tournament lobby under the “Special” tab; you can also read this Carbon Poker review if you’d like to learn more about the room.

Making money playing poker tournaments is hard enough –  don’t make it tougher on yourself by ignoring overlay and value-added tournaments like these that can really give a boost to your bottom line.