POKER TOURNAMENT RULES

Please note that buy-in refers to play money chips only. Unless otherwise specified, only play money chips will be awarded.

Single Table Tournament Rules

• Nine Players are required before a Texas Hold'em or Omaha single table tournament can begin. For Seven Card Stud online poker tournaments, seven players are required.
• Players are permitted to play up to 3 simultaneous online poker tournaments.
• The tournament will come to an end when only one player remains standing, having won all the chips.
• Once a player loses their chips, the player is out of the tournament. No further buy-ins are permitted.
• The prize pool will be determined by multiplying the total buy-in fees and by the number of players. The top three finishers will receive 50%, 30% and 20% of the total prize pool, respectively.
• All players will start with 1500 tournament chips. Tournament chips do not have any monetary value.
• Limits, blinds and bets will rise every 10 minutes.
• To determine who deals first, all players will be dealt one card, face up. The player with the highest card will deal first. A tie for high-card status will be broken by suit according to the following order: Spades, Hearts, Diamonds and Clubs.
• In Texas Hold'em and Omaha poker tournaments, the button is on the small blind, which will act first. For each round, a maximum of three raises or a total of four bets are permitted. When only two players remain, a maximum of five raises or six bets are permitted.
• To make sure that the next player never misses the big blind, the button will not advance if the small blind is eliminated. This applies when playing Texas Hold'em or Omaha.
• There are no breaks in a single table tournament.
• If multiple players are eliminated on the same hand, the player who began the hand with more chips will receive a higher rank in terms of where they place. If multiple players started the hand with an equal number of chips, the players will tie for position.
• Collusion or soft playing is 100% forbidden. Collusion refers to working with another player to ensure a better outcome and soft playing refers to favoring one player over another because you are friends.

Multi Table Tournament Rules

• The start time for each tournament varies. Visit the tournament lobby for schedules.
• All players will be randomly assigned their seat. No player will be permitted to change seats.
• If multiple players are eliminated on the same hand, the player who began the hand with more chips will receive a higher rank in terms of where they placed. If multiple started began the hand with an equal number of chips, the players will tie for position.
• AbsolutePoker is not responsible for network disconnections of any kind. If a player times out during a hand, the player will fold and all blinds will be posted when required.
• In structured-limit tourneys, a bet and three raises are allowed. There is no cap on raises in pot-limit and no-limit tournaments.
• All players will receive their own time bank to allow for extra time on a hand. The time bank will be depleted as it is used.
• As players are eliminated from the tournament, players will be moved from one table to another to balance things out as much as possible.
• Collusion or soft playing is 100% forbidden. Collusion refers to working with another player to ensure a better outcome and soft playing refers to favoring one player over another because you are friends.
• A player may withdraw from a tournament up to 10 minutes before the tournament start time.

Synchronized Breaks

Synchronized breaks for multi-table tournaments will occur at the 55th minute of every hour with some exceptions. Example: A tournament starts at 11:30 and has the Synchronized Breaks feature enabled. The tournament will go on break at 11:55, but all hands will be completed before the break starts. Once all hands are completed, all players will be given a 5-minute break. Once the 5-minute break is over, the tournament will begin. Since breaks will not always start at the 55th minute, as current hands will be played before the break begins, some tournaments might resume before others.

Synchronized Breaks will not occur in:

• tournaments that are still within the first blind level.

• Turbo and Ultra Turbo Tournaments within the first two blind levels.

• Multi-Table SnGs at this time.

Players who participate in multiple tournaments, which have synchronized breaks enabled, will be able to take one break for all tournaments. Please note that synchronized breaks are not enabled for all tournaments. Players can see if a tournament has synchronized breaks enabled in the tournament lobby.