Scheduled Starts

Tournaments start at their specified scheduled time, as long as the minimum number of players have registered for the tournament. The Texas Hold'em tournaments will run half past every hour.

Minimum Players

The minimum number of players for each tournament will be 3, unless explicitly specified in the tournament's description. If less than the minimum number of players have registered at the start time, the tournament will be cancelled and all players who have registered will be refunded their entry and service fees.

Registering

Players can register for the next upcoming Poker tournament providing they have sufficient funds by pressing the 'Register' button in the 'Home' or 'Tournament' pages.

Fees

An entry fee of 1,000 chips will be payable to enter each tournament. The fees will be displayed on the 'Tournament' page and are deducted from your Yazino chip balance upon registration.

Prize Pool

Each Texas Hold'em tournament has a minimum prize pool totaling 40,000 chips. The minimum prize awards are as follows for the top three positions - 1st place: 20,000 chips, 2nd place: 12,000 chips, 3rd place: 8,000 chips.

Once 28 or more players have registered for a tournament, the prize pool will start to increase by 1,000 chips for each registration, and positions outside the top 3 become eligible for prizes too. The number of positions to be paid out gradually increases as more players register, as do the prize amounts for all positions.

Unregistering

Players can unregister from any entered tournament by clicking on the 'Unregister' button in the 'Home' or 'Tournament' pages, or the Competion Info window before it starts. Players will be refunded any entry fees if they unregister before the start of the tournament.

Opening Tables

Tournament tables can be accessed by clicking 'Play' while a tournament is running in the 'Home' or 'Tournament' pages, or 'See Details' before a tournament starts (your table will load from the Info screen when the tournament starts).

Seating

Players are only allowed one seat in each tournament, and their tables and seats are automatically allocated at the start of each level.

Dealing

Dealer positions are chosen randomly at the start of new levels.

Re-Buys

No re-buys are allowed during tournaments.

Info

Key details of tournaments can be found on the 'Tournament' page, as well in the side-bar whilst playing in a tournament. Further details including payouts and levels for each tournament are viewable by clicking the 'See Details' button in the 'Home' or 'Tournament' pages, or the 'Competition Info' button in the game table window.

Levels

Every tournament has levels, each of which has a set small and big blind along with a time limit. The blinds will increase as the levels go up. The levels and time limits for each level may vary depending on the tournament.

Winners

The 1st prize will be awarded to the last player with chips remaining. If all levels are played out, and more than one player has chips remaining, the player with the largest chip balance will be the winner.

Ties

If multiple players who are in positions eligible for prizes have the same closing balance at the end of the tournament, or when they are eliminated, those players will share the payouts for the position they occupy plus the payouts for the unoccupied positions below them. For example, if 3 people finish equal 1st, the prizes for 1st, 2nd and 3rd places are added up and divided equally between the 3 of them.

Time-outs

Player's will be marked as 'Away' if their timer runs out before making an action. Whilst 'Away' they will still place blinds but automatically fold their hands. Normal play can be resumed by pressing the 'I'm Back' button. If any player stays 'Away' for 3 consecutive hands, they will automatically lose their seat and be eliminated from the tournament.

Disconnections

When a player is disconnected he/she will be allowed to return to the tournament table and continue upon reconnection, provided the same level is in progress as the one that he/she was disconnected in. If a new level starts while a player is disconnected, he/she will be eliminated from the tournament.

Malfunctions

Malfunctions Voids all Pays and Plays.