King Solomon's Poker - Tournaments
King Solomons Poker offers regular and exciting tournaments. To find out more about our different types of tournaments click on a link below.
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Tournaments
A Single Table Tournaments 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. 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:
- Players must always post blinds on their turn. They may not leave the table. If they are disconnected or stop playing, the blinds are posted automatically from their stacks, and the hands are automatically folded.
- Every player must post a big blind followed by a small blind once around the table. In some situations (when either the player currently on the small blind or the big blind is knocked out) there may be a “dead dealer button”. This means that the dealer button does not move to the next player, but instead stays where it is. This is because the big blind and the small blind must not miss any player at the table on its way around. Another consequence of this is that sometimes a small blind is not posted.
- Once a player has lost all his/her chips he/she cannot buy any more and is automatically removed from the table.
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 ableto 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.
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.
| Register |
The tournament is open for registration. |
| Waiting |
Registration to the tournament has not yet opened. |
| Running |
The tournament has started. |
| Finished |
The tournament has finished. |
| Cancelled |
The tournament has been cancelled by the gaming operator. |
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Single Table Tournaments
To enter the Single Table Tournament screen, click the Single Tournament tab.
From this screen, players can register to play or click to watch a tournament (if one is in progress) as well as see all the important aspects of a tournament in real time.
| Table |
Shows the Tournament ID of the tournament played at the specific table.
It is possible to filter tournament types by clicking one of the five buttons labelled All, Single Table, Short Handed, Heads Up, or Quickie.
All: All tables.
Single table: Tables with 10 players.
Short handed: Tables with 5 players.
Heads up: Tables with 2 players.
Quickie: Tables with shorter intervals for change in blind level.
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| Game |
Shows the game type played at the table. |
| Limit |
Shows if the tournament has a fixed limit, no limit, or a pot limit. See section Limits for further information. |
| Buy-in |
Shows the buy in cost + the entry fee for the selected tournament. |
| State |
Shows tournament status. |
| Players |
Shows the number of players registered for a tournament / the maximum number of players. |
Click the column headings to change the sorting order in the different columns.
View Tournament Information
Select a tournament by clicking a tournament row. When a tournament is selected a new screen pops up showing the tournament information. The information shown differs slightly depending on the status of the tournament.
By clicking the Blind level schedule button, a new screen pops up showing the blind increase interval (Level, Small Blind, Big Blind, and Interval in minutes).
Join the Game
If the game state is Register, the players may join the game by clicking the Register button. A pop-up box asks the player to pay the buy in and entrance fees.
Watch the game
If the tournament is running, players may watch the game by clicking the Watch button.
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Multi Table Tournament Rules
- All Multi Table Tournaments will begin at the time stated in the lobby.
- Registration times for all tournaments are shown in the lobby.
- Seats are randomly assigned and there will be no changes allowed.
- At the start of the tournament, players will be randomly seated on each table.
- The tournament ends when one player wins all of the chips in play.
- When a player loses all of their chips, they are eliminated from the tournament.
- If two or more players are eliminated in the same hand, the player with the most chips at the start of the hand will be placed higher. If the chips are tied then the player closest to the button will be placed higher.
- Raises are not capped in No Limit or Pot Limit tournaments but during limit tournaments there is a maximum of a bet and 3 raises before the pot is capped except when the play gets heads up.
- When play is heads up, (only 2 players remain) the player on the button will post the small blind and be first to act.
- Tables are automatically balanced during a tournament.
- Players may be moved to other tables to maintain the balance. If the player is moved into the Big blind position, this position is live and is in play immediately. Players who are moved into the small blind or button position will not be dealt into the hand until the button has passed them.
- The button acts as a dead button when players are eliminated in blind positions and will not move until both blinds have been paid.
- There are no deals between players allowed in any tournaments.
- Hand for Hand dealing will be operated when player numbers approach the prize money positions, and for each subsequent change in the prize money until the final table is reached. This means that all hands will start at the same time and a new hand will not be dealt until all hands on all tables have been completed.
- If a player has registered for a tournament and is not present at the start they will be blinded off and be deemed to have played in the tournament.
- Players or railbirds (Observers) may not discuss hands until a hand is over. Anyone discussing their discarded cards or hand possibilities may be subject to disqualification.
- Soft playing, team playing or chip dumping will result in disqualification from the tournament, and possibly suspension from KSPoker with all funds impounded.
- Normal tournament rules apply to all tournaments.
- English is the only language allowed at the tables.
- Players and observers are expected to use the chat feature in a courteous manner
- By participating in a tournament the player accepts the risk of Internet disconnection between their computer and the servers, or lag and freeze due to the players computer. KSPoker.com does not accept responsibility for any player disconnections except in the event of a server crash.
- KSPoker.com reserves the right to cancel or reschedule tournaments at their discretion.
- If in the event of a dispute, KSPoker.com management decision will be final.
- KSPoker.com reserve the right to amend the Tournament Rules and Policies at any time without notice to the players.
- A player who is disconnected during a tournament will be marked as sit out and blinded off until they reconnect to the tournament and uncheck the sit out box.
- Our normal all in/ disconnections policy applies to all tournaments.
- Players can only win one satellite entry to any tournament, there is no cash alternative and seats are not transferable. Should any player win two seats he or she will forfeit one of them. Should a player be unable to play for any reason then they will forfeit their entry. No refund will be given and players cannot transfer their entry to another date.
- By participating in a tournament the player consents to be bound by the tournament rules.
In the event of a server crash
In this instance, all current hands being played are cancelled and players at the tables will have their chips returned to the balance at the start of the hand.
The tournament will restart when the server is back up. If it is not restarted and is subsequently cancelled, then the following procedures will be implemented: If less than 20% of the field have been eliminated then all entries will be refunded. If 20% or more of the field have been eliminated then 50% of the prize pool will be distributed equally between the remaining players and the other 50% will be distributed in proportion to their chip balance at the time of cancellation. If the chip balances are unavailable then the remaining prize pool will be distributed equally between the remaining players.
Schedule
Please ensure that you check the King Solomon's Poker application to view updates to our exstensive tournament schedule.
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