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Poker tournaments are here at FanatikPoker.com!

All mini poker tournaments are single table, real money Texas Hold'em, Omaha high, Omaha hi/lo, 7 card stud or 7 card stud hi/lo games. Additionally, we offer No Limit Hold'em tournaments and Pot Limit Omaha hi/lo tournaments. All Hold'em and Omaha poker tournaments start with exactly 10 players. 7 card stud poker tournaments start with 8 players. Poker tournaments are played until one player has all the chips. Top 3 finishers get paid. FanatikPoker.com tournaments are currently available 24 hours a day. Individual tournaments typically last slightly less than one hour.

Poker Tournaments Rules

  1. Any player is eligible to enter the single table poker tournament by posting the required buy-in and entry fee before the start of each event.
  2. All Texas Hold'em and Omaha poker tournaments start with exactly 10 players. All 7 card stud poker tournaments start with 8 players. Players are allowed to play only one tournament at a time.
  3. All poker tournaments are played until one player has all the chips. Players may not acquire additional chips beyond the original buy-in. Players are immediately eliminated from the poker tournaments once they lose all theirchips.
  4. FanatikPoker.com currently offers 6 different buy-in poker tournaments, varying by game, with the prizes based on the amount of the buy-in and final placement. Top 3 placings get paid according to the following schedule:

    Buy-In Players Prize Pool The Winner
    50%     		2nd Place
    30%     		3rd Place
    20%
    $5 Buy-In + $1 fee 10/8 $50/$40 $25/$20 $15/$12 $10/$8
    $10 Buy-In + $1 fee 10/8 $100/$80 $50/$40 $30/$24 $20/$16
    $20 Buy-In + $2 fee 10/8 $200/$160 $100/$80 $60/$48 $40/$32
    $30 Buy-In + $3 fee 10/8 $300/$240 $150/$120 $90/$72 $60/$48
    $50 Buy-In + $5 fee 10/8 $500/$400 $250/$200 $150/$120 $100/$80
    $100 Buy-In + $9 fee 10/8 $1,000/$800 $500/$400 $300/$240 $200/$160

  5. There is no rake as the entry fee pays for table time.
  6. FanatikPoker.com is not a party to any wager and only serve to oversee the event and the wagers made among participants. All monies distributed are from the pool collected from the participants at the start of the event.
  7. For each standard tournament, all players will start with 800 Tournament Chips. No Limit and Pot Limit tournament players will start with 1000 Tournament Chips. Tournament Chips have no monetary value.
  8. The limits, blinds and bets rise after every 10 games played according to the exact schedules below:

    No Limit & Pot Limit ONLY
    Level Games Blinds
    I 1 - 10 5/10
    II 11 - 20 10/20
    III 21 - 30 15/30
    IV 31 - 40 30/60
    V 41 - 50 50/100
    VI 51 - 60 100/200
    VII 61 - 70 150/300
    VIII 71-80 250/500
    IX 81 + 500/1000

  1. Hold'em & Omaha
    Level Games Limits Blinds
    I 1 - 10 15/30 10/15
    II 11 - 20 25/50 15/25
    III 21 - 30 50/100 25/50
    IV 31 - 40 100/200 50/100
    V 41 - 50 200/400 100/200
    VI 51 - 60 400/800 200/400
    VII 61 - 70 600/1,200 300/600
    VIII 71 + 1,000/2,000 500/1,000

    Seven Card Stud
    Level Ante Bring-in Limits
    I 1 5 10/20
    II 2 10 20/40
    III 3 15 30/60
    IV 5 25 50/100
    V 10 50 100/200
    VI 20 100 200/400
    VII 40 200 400/800
    VIII 80 400 800/1,600

    The current Level and Game are clearly displayed in the top right corner of the poker tournaments table screen. All players can easily see the exact stage of the tournament they are currently playing. Each of the first seven levels in Hold'em or Omaha will last 10 games. The final level (8th Level) goes until the winner is declared. 7 card stud plays up to 10 levels.
  2. All poker tournaments start automatically once all 10 or 8 players have been seated.
  3. At the start of the poker tournaments, each player is dealt one card face up. The player receiving the highest card gets the dealer button for the first hand. A tie in high card is broken by suits based on the following order: spades, hearts, diamonds and clubs.
  4. When only two players are remaining in Hold'em or Omaha poker tournaments, the small blind has the button and acts first before the flop. This rule is a standard heads-up (1-on-1) poker rule.
  5. Each betting round consists of one bet, and up to a maximum of three raises (four bets total).
  6. With only two players remaining in any hand, there is a maximum of five raises (six bets total).
  7. In Texas Hold'em or Omaha poker tournaments, if a player who is the small blind is eliminated, the button does not move. This ensures the big blind is not missed by the next player in order. If a player who is the big blind is eliminated, the button moves and one player receives the benefit of not posting the big blind for that round. All players have an equal opportunity to benefit from this scenario.
  8. There will be no breaks. Poker tournaments continue straight through until one player has all the chips and is declared the winner.
  9. When a player loses all their chips they are declared out of the tournament and finish in the order they were eliminated. Example: In a 10 player tournament if you are the third player eliminated, you are declared as finishing in 8th place.
  10. If more than one player is eliminated in the same hand, the player with the most chips before the hand started finishes higher. In the case where both players also have the same amount of chips before the hand, both players will tie for the position. If there is a tie between two or more players, the prizes they qualify for are split evenly between all tied players. For example, if two players tie for 2nd place, each player receives 50% of the second place prize and 50% of the third place prize.
  11. FanatikPoker.com will not assist in any deals among players during poker tournaments. Poker tournaments continue until there is one declared winner and the payoffs will be exactly according to the prize pay out structure.
  12. Each player should play with the same intensity against all other players. There should be no soft playing.
  13. There are no chip race-offs. All players will play with all their chips until either they lose all their chips or win the tournament.
  14. During play in any of the mini-tournaments, if a player loses her connection, she will be given time to reconnect, and at the expiry of that time she will be folded.
  15. Players must understand and accept the risk of internet disconnections, as they can and do occur. If a player is not connected before a hand starts, he will be dealt cards and then folded automatically. If he is required to post a blind and is not connected, his blind is posted automatically and his hand folded. Again, this continues until the player is fully connected and back in the poker tournaments. Eventually the player is "blinded out" if he does not re-connect back to the poker tournaments table.
  16. In the rare and unlikely event of a server problem, all poker tournaments in play during the problem are deemed as cancelled. Once the server re-starts, we will refund the full Buy-In and entry fee of each poker player that was still in the tournaments at the time. In addition, each of these players will share in the prize pool accumulated from the players that were already eliminated from the poker tournaments. This payout is based on the player's proportion of chips compared to all other remaining players. This resolution treats all players fairly. If a player was eliminated from any of the poker tournaments before the server problem, he is considered "out of the tournament" and do not receive an entry fee refund or any portion of the prize pool.
  17. Railbird chat privileges for players watching any of the poker tournaments will be removed if any abusive or harassing language is used.
  18. Management decisions are final.

Good Luck and Enjoy the Poker Tournaments!






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