Season 20
POKER TOURNAMENT RULES!!!!
1. Initial Table Setup and Late Players:
a. Computer assigns seats.
2. Start Time:
a. Buy-ins start @ 7pm, Dealing will start @ 7:15pm
i. Initial buy-in is $15 for 40,000 in chips.
ii. Confirmation 24 hours before game time, 5,000 in bonus chips.
iii. Player buy-in before 7:15, 5,000 in bonus chips.
b. Dealer determination: Dealer will be seat 1
c. Re-Buy:
i. There is optional re-buy. Anytime a player loses all their chips, they can
re-buy (immediately and before the next hand). The cost of the re-buy is $30,
and the player will receive 100,000 in chips. Re-buys can be exercised at any
time during the game, up to a total of 7 re-buys or 2 people left in the game.
At that point, no further re-buys. You can surrender your chips to re-buy
any-time before there are 2 people left.
3. Blinds and Chips:
a. Blinds start at 100/200 and increase at the end of each round. Blinds
increase every 20 minutes
b. When a chip denomination is removed from the table, chips will be rounded up
to the next denomination if the chips being removed are at least 50% of the next
denomination. If less than 50%, odd chips will be lost. For example,
i. When removing $100 chips, 3-$100 chips = $500, 2-$100 chips = 0; When
removing $500 chips, a single chip will receive $1000 chip; When removing $1000
chips, 3-$1000 chips = $5000, 2-$1000 chips = 0.
ii. Chip-ups will be done at breaks and others will be announced.
iii. Holding on to lower chips after a chip up you will forfeit your chips and
be removed from the game for the night.
4. Betting:
a. Using 1 chip of any amount without saying raise is a call
b. A player must use a verbal statement for giving the amount of the raise. If
the chips put in do does not match the verbal statement, the verbal statement
prevails. If a raise is announced, but made for less than the minimum raise, it
must be increased to the minimum raise (2x last bet)
5. Misc:
a. To win any part of a pot, a player must show all his cards face up on the
table, whether they were used in the final hand played or not.
b. Show one, show all. Players are entitled to receive equal access to
information about the contents of another player’s hand. If cards are shown to
another player, every player at the table has a right to see those cards.
c. All in's, a player may play one or both of his/her cards. Any card not turned
up when the rest of the cards are dealt those cards mucked. Once a card or hand
is mucked it cannot used. (If Dave has 2- 7 not suited. The flop is A-K-K. Dave
tries to steel the pot and goes all in. Todd and Dan also go all in Todd flips
his cards over has A-10, Dan only shows an A and leaves the other card face
down. Dave says bad bluff, how can I get you guys to drop flips up his 2-7
cards. The turn is 2 the river is 2. All are stunted Dave has won. Dan in a
snotty cocky voice sucker i got a full boat. and shoes the mucked last 2. We
tell Dan he lost because the card is considered mucked)
d. Nobody at the table, whether in the hand or not, is permitted to coach,
speculate, or otherwise comment on a hand still in play.
e. On chopped pots with a single odd chip, goes to the player with more chips
6. Dealing:
a. Each player must deal.
b. Each play must shuffle the deck they dealt.
c. Players that are no longer playing have the option to be dealer, as well as
shuffle the cards to speed up the game.
d. When down to 2 players in heads-up play with two blinds, the small blind is
on the button and the button is first to act.
7. Breaks:
a. There will be (2) 10-minute breaks
b. During rounds, any player may take a break, but must fold their cards prior
to leaving the table. If any player is not back by their turn to act, there hand
will be folded. All players not at the table in the blind position, there ante
will be posted and/or forfeited into the pot.
Championship Match Chips
| Every night you play you earn 1000 Chips |
| Every player you knock out you earn 300 Chips |
| Every re-buy you earn 30 Chips |
| Bounty 1000 Chips |
| Fifth place is awarded 250 chips |
| Forth place is awarded 500 chips |
| Third place is awarded 1000 chips |
| Second place is awarded 2000 chips |
| The winner is awarded 5000 Chips |
| no splitting. If splitting no points for first or second.
Extra points got to the champion pot |
Championship Match Rules
| The season ends once a championship player reaches 20
games. After the season there will a Championship Match |
| Anyone paying 10 buy-ins and/or re-buys of the games can
play the championship. |
| Minimum start chip stack is 50000. Any
player must have this amount or pay 1 per 1000 chip to get to minimum
50000. |
| No buy ins for this match |
| The pot is seeded 10% from each night and additional make
up money. (any forfeited points will be added to the pot) |
| 4 places will be paid out |
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