But it doesn't take forever. The easiest and safest ways are watching videos and doing radioloyalty (I let it run in the background all day long, and just pop over to it to do the captchas). But they are the lowest point values also. The surveys are fairly safe, and medium point values (10-100 usually), but they take some time. Same for the Crowdflower - takes a bit of time but you can accumulate some moderate points in a short time.
When you convert your points to Carbon tickets, they will show up as coupons that you can use to buy into the tourneys. Go to Tournaments, then click the "Private" button to show the 4 pokerowned tourneys per day.