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Guidebook poker tournament rules.

Guidebook Poker Tournament Rules

Buy-In

The initial buy-in of $20 will get you 1,500 chips.

(20 * 5) + (16 * 25) + (5 * 100) + (1 * 500) = 1,500
Re-buys

Re-buys are allowed through the first 4 levels of play (typically the first hour). A single player may only re-buy once. A re-buy consists of another $20 buy-in for another 1,500 in chips. You may only re-buy if you are completely out of chips.

Chip Values

Color Value
White 5
Red 25
Blue 100
Green 500
Black 1000

Blind Schedule

The blind schedule denotes the rate at which the blinds will increase throughout the tournament. The levels will increase every 25 minutes. We will announce a level increase 5 minutes prior to the jump and again when it occurs.

Once a level increase occurs, finish out the existing hand on the previous level and make the jump on the next deal.

Level Small Big
1 10 20
2 15 30
3 20 40
4 25 50
5 50 100
BREAK BREAK BREAK
6 75 150
7 100 200
8 150 300
9 200 400
10 300 600
BREAK BREAK BREAK
11 400 800
12 500 1000
13 600 1200
14 800 1600
15 1000 2000

Payouts

  • 1-10 players: 50/30/20 %
  • 11-20 players: 50/25/15/10 %
  • 21-30 players: 40/25/20/10/5 %

Table Consolidation

If we have enough people for a multi-table tournament, we'll split the tables up as evenly as possible. Once a table gets to three handed, we'll consolidate the tables at the next level.

Dealing

There should be two decks per table. The player ahead of the dealer should be shuffling the next deck. The player to the right of the dealer should cut the deck prior to dealing.

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