Satellite Games allow you to invest a little or no money (free-rolls) and win a seat into a bigger tournament with bigger prize money, there are arguments for and against them, but I have lost count of how many players have reached the Final Table in a really big Televised game and qualified through a Satellite game On-line.
There was even a Qualifier who won a WPT trophy and Hundreds of Thousands Dollars from a Free-roll Satellite game, recently I watched a game where 4 of the last 9 players had got there by Qualifying through Satellite games.
You don't need to be rich to play in some of the biggest Tournaments, you just have to work hard and have a little luck from the Poker Gods, Satellite games make it possible, the rest is up to you, I have been close to a few Televised games in the past 20 years that I have been playing, but just falling short in the last games, I still play a few, now and again I just keep an eye on my Bankroll, not the Prize! That is still a Dream away.
When the fun Stops, STOP!