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Texas Hold'em Poker & RulesThe rules of poker are important for the game to flow and to avoid any arguments, so please take the time to read the rules so the tournaments run without disagreements. |
Below are the rules that apply to each Pro Poker tournament.
- Players will all start with 4000 or 3000 in chips (once $10.00 or $25.00 buy-in is paid) . (8-25's, 8-100's, 2-500's, 2-1000's). Blinds will rise according to the blind schedule. Pro Poker Hosts reserves the right to change the blind schedule due to venue time restraints.
- Pro Poker tournaments are re-buy/add-on until first break format No-Limit Texas Hold'em.
- Once a players stack falls below the starting 4000 or 3000, they can re-buy/add-on (for $10.00 or $20.00) providing it is within the first break.
Add-ons of 4000 can be purchased for $10.00 or $20.00 at first break to any player still with chips at a table - During the breaks, the floor person will color up, by removing the lower denominations chips. Any odd number amount of chips will be rounded up to speed up play.
- To determine the first dealer position of each table, cards will be spread face down and each player will draw one card. The player with the highest valued card will start the deal. In the event that two or more player draw the same valued card, those players will redraw until one card value is higher than the other.
- The deal will rotate clockwise.
- Player's are required to post their blinds. When a player is absent from the table for any reason, their blind will be posted by the current dealer from the absent players stack.
- The small blind is posted by the player immediately to the left of the dealer. The big blind is posted by the player two seats to the left of the dealer.
- If the first hole card dealt is exposed, a misdeal results. The dealer will retrieve the card/s, reshuffle, and recut the cards. If any other hole card is exposed due to a dealer error, the deal continues however all players in the hand will check around to the river, where the players will turn over their cards and winner will take the pot. (unless agreed by all (not majority) players in the hand for the hand to be played out with betting).
- New players to a table must take a hand, unless the seat they are taking will be the small blind or the dealer position. In these situations the player must wait for the dealer button to pass.
- The dead button rule applies. This means that whoever had the small blind the previous hand will receive the button regardless of whether or not the player is still at the table.
- If the flop is prematurely exposed, the boardcards are returned to the remainder of the deck, reshuffled, recut, and dealt out in the normal sequence. The burn card stays on the table. If the turn card is prematurely exposed, the dealer burns again and deals what would have been the river card in the turn cards place. The card that was exposed is then reshuffled into the remainder of the deck and the river card is dealt without a burn card (as there have already been two burn cards).
- When two players are left at the table the dealer will always be small blind.
- When a player is absent, the dealer will always deal the absent player in. When the action gets to this player, that player's hand will be mucked. (The dealer will always deal to the chips not the players)
- If a player does not have enough chips to call a bet or place a blind, that player can go ALL IN. If this occurs, the other players with chips left will continue the hand and bet into a side pot.
- When a player goes ALL IN and the bet is called by one player, the remaining player will turn cards face up for the showdown and continue the hand.
- Once a player has lost all his/her chips they are required to leave the table if the seat is needed.
- If two or more players are eliminated on the same hand, the player with most chips at the start of the hand will finish in the higher position.
- The dealer is responsible for placing the burn cards and muck cards in the muck pile. If at any time a player's hand is either accidentally or purposely thrown in the muck pile the cards are dead and cannot be played in that hand.
- No one can turn over any of the burn or muck cards at any time during the hand.
- Chips are to remain on the table at all times unless the player is being moved to another table.
- Cards must remain above the table at all times.
- Any advice on a hand must come from the Floor Person. No other players may give advice on how to play a hand.
- Please adhere to all poker etiquette. This includes splashing the pot, information about your hand, and string bets.
- The only player that may touch the chips in the pot is the acting dealer. If you need to make change from the pot, state your intentions and get permission from the acting dealer.
- All bets and raises must be equal to or greater than the previous bet or raise for that betting round (bet OR raise, they are two different rules of play).
- The acting dealer must shuffle the deck at least three times. The player to the right of the dealer will make the cut.
- Any inappropriate behavior will not be tolerated. The floor person reserves the right to ask any player to leave the table and tournament. The hosting establishment always reserves the right to ask anyone to leave their place of business at any time.
- The tournament director has final decision on all disputes.
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