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There are two types of tournament: Sit & Go and Multi Table Tournaments. A Sit & Go is launched once the required number of players has registered. A Multi Table Tournament is launched at a specific starting time. To join a tournament, players pay an entry fee before a tournament starts. There is no rake for tournaments. Instead, players pay a small fee on top of the entrance fee which goes to the house. Winnings are awarded to the top finishers in the tournament using a predetermined prize structure. Players do not choose a seat at a table and then buy in. Instead they register in a tournament and wait to be assigned a seat. The players are seated at random around the table and each player is given a predetermined number of chips. Players cannot buy more chips during a tournament, unless the tournament allows re-buys and add-ons. Once players lose all of their chips, they are out of the tournament (freeze-out). A tournament finishes when one player has won all of the chips. Play is the same as for Cash Games with the following exceptions:
Breaking tables
There are never more than the minimum number of tables required to seat all players. As the number of players reduces, the number of tables is also reduced. A table is removed as soon as the remaining players can all be seated around the remaining tables. Example: When there are 41 players there are five tables, four with 8 players and one with 9. When a player is eliminated and there are 40 players remaining, one table is closed and the players are moved to the remaining four tables which are then full (10 players). The table that is closed is the one with the least number of players seated. If more than one table has the smallest number of players, the table to be closed is randomly chosen from the two. Players from the closed table are randomly seated in the available seats at the remaining tables. Hand for Hand Play Mode
In hand for hand play mode, all hands are dealt at the same time at all tables. This occurs whenever there is more than one table, and there is a significant change in prize money between two places. For example, in a 350 player tournament, the tournament changes to hand for hand play when there are 41 players, 31 players, 21 players and 11 players remaining. It stays hand for hand until one player has been knocked out in each situation. Re-buys and Add-ons
A multi table tournament may allow re-buys and/or add-ons. A re-buy gives the players the opportunity to buy more chips if they have run out of chips. If a player chooses not to re-buy any chips, the player is eliminated from the tournament. An add-on gives players the opportunity to buy additional chips no matter how many chips they have left. A multi table tournament may offer both re-buys and add-ons or only re-buys. It is clearly displayed which is allowed. Timeouts and disconnections
If a player times out during a hand in a tournament, the hand is folded if a bet has been made, or checked if no-one has bet (regardless of whether the player is connected or disconnected). Registration cancellation
If a player wishes to cancel his/her tournament registration, he/she is able to unregister at any time during the registration period. The player will then receive a full refund of his/her tournament buy-in and entry fee costs. Tournament Credits
If a player wins a satellite to another tournament, the buy-in and rake is automatically paid on the next level. Tournament Credits makes it possible for the player to unregister from the next tournament level and receive credits matching the buy-in and rake. Credits may only be used as buy-in to Sit & Go and Multi Table Tournaments. Credits can neither be withdrawn nor be used on cash tables. Cancellation or Failure
If the tournament is by some reason cancelled by the house, the buy-in and entry fee costs will be automatically refunded or at a failure manually refunded within 48 hours. Tournament Status
A tournament can be in several states and information about this is shown in the lists of tournaments in the client. | ||||||||||
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