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Game types

Limit Hold'emPot Limit Hold'emNo Limit Hold'emLimit OmahaPot Limit OmahaNo Limit OmahaLimit Omaha Hi-LoPot Limit Omaha Hi-LoNo Limit Omaha Hi-LoLimit Omaha-5Pot Limit Omaha-5No Limit Omaha-5Limit Omaha-5 Hi-LoPot Limit Omaha-5 Hi-LoNo Limit Omaha-5 Hi-LoLimit RazzLimit StudLimit Stud Hi-LoMixed

Basics

Name

The name players see in the lobby.

Game

Select a Hold'em, Omaha, Omaha-5, Razz, 7-Card Stud, or Mixed game. When Mixed is selected, fill in the Mixed field also.

Mixed

Select a list of games when Game type is set to Mixed, otherwise leave blank. Each game is played for a full level and the list loops indefinitely.

Structure & blinds

Tables

Select the number of tables in the tournament, from 1 to 100.

Seats per table

Select the number of seats at each table, from 2 to 10.

Starting chips

Set the number of starting chips for each player, from 10 to 25000 chips. The default value is 1500.

Shootout

Select Yes for a shootout format where all tables play down to a single player before merging. Select No for a standard format with auto table balancing. Late registration and rebuys are not available for shootout tournaments.

Bring-in percent

This is the "Bring In" amount for Stud and Razz games, expressed as a percentage of the Small Bet (1 to 99). The default value is 30.

Blinds schedule

Edit the values in this list to specify a schedule of increasing blinds and antes for the tournament. When a Limit game is selected, the small and big bets are calculated automatically. Stud/Razz games use only the ante and bet values.

Buy-in & prizes

Buy-in

Select the buy-in for this tournament. The default value is 1500. The buy-in does not include the entry fee.

Bounty

Select a portion of the buy-in to be set aside for each knockout bounty. This amount is deducted from the main prize pool and is awarded directly to a player each time they eliminate another player from the tournament.

Entry Fee

Select an entry fee for this tournament. This amount is added to the buy-in but is kept by the "house" and does not go into the prize pool.

Ticket

Set an optional ticket token (15 alphanumeric chars max) that can be used in place of (or in addition to) the regular buy-in (typically won as a prize from an earlier tournament).

Ticket required

Select Yes and only players with a matching ticket may enter this tournament. Otherwise select No and non-ticketed players can just pay the buy-in.

Ticket funded

Select Yes and the house will pay the buy-in and bounty for players with tickets. Select No and players will pay their own way if tickets are required. If required and funded are both No then ticketed players enter for free and do not increase the prizepool.

Prize bonus

This is the number of house chips that are added to the prize pool. The amount can be a single sum, a per entrant amount, or a guaranteed minimum prizepool, depending on the Multiply Bonus setting. The default value is 0.

Multiply bonus

Set to Yes to multiply the prize bonus by the number of entrants. Set to No to add the prize bonus as-is. Set to Min to treat the prize bonus as a guaranteed minimum prize pool.

Bonus ticket

Set an optional bonus ticket prefix to add extra starting chips. For example, if set to "Bonus", a player holding a ticket named "Bonus100" will get an extra 100 chips added to their starting stack.

Payout structure

Edit the values in this list to specify a structure of comma-separated payout percentages (beginning with 1st place) for various ranges of entrants (2 to 1000). The Paid and Total columns are calculated automatically.

Payout fractions

Set to Yes (the default) to allow payouts in 0.01 chip multiples or No for whole number chip multiples.

Payout tickets

This is an optional comma-separated list of tickets to pay out, starting with first place. Typically used in satellite tournaments so that winners can use ticket as entry into next level.

Rebuys & breaks

No-shows minutes

Specify the number of minutes at which no-show players (never clicked their ready button) are removed from the tournament. Enter 0 to disable this feature. Buy-ins are refunded so best used only for freeroll tournaments.

Add-on chips

Set the number of add-on chips (50000 max) to be offered at the end of the rebuy period for the same price as a regular rebuy. Use 0 for no add-on.

Level duration

This is the number of minutes (1 to 1000) in each blinds level. The default value is 10.

Rebuy levels

Set the length of the rebuy period in levels (1000 max). Enter 0 for a freezeout (non-rebuy) tournament.

Rebuy threshold

This is the maximum number of chips that a player can have to request a rebuy. Typically this is the same as the Starting Chips value.

Maximum rebuys

Set the maximum number of rebuys that each player can make during the rebuy period. Enter -1 for unlimited rebuys.

Rebuy cost

This amount is deducted from the player's account and added to the prize pool for each rebuy and add-on. Typically it is equal to the Buy-In amount.

Rebuy fee

This amount is deducted from the player's account and added to the house account for each rebuy and add-on. Typically it is equal to 0.

Maximum re-entries

Set the maximum number of re-entries that each player can make during the late registration period, after getting knocked out.

Break time

This is the number of minutes in each rest break, 0 to 60. Use 0 for no rest breaks.

Break interval

Depending on the Break Sync setting, this is either the minutes past the hour (0 to 59) or the number of levels between breaks (1 to 1000).

Break sync

Set to Yes to synchronize rest breaks with the system clock where Break Interval represents minutes past each hour for the break start time. Set to No run breaks after each set number of levels as specified in the Break Interval setting.

Stop on chop

Set this option to Yes to stop a tournament early if the remaining players are all due an equal payout (or an equal ticket if there are no payouts).

Proportional chop

Set from 0 to 100, representing the percentage of the prizepool that will be paid out proportionally (based on chip counts) when Stop On Chop is enabled. If less than 100, the remainder of the prizepool is divided equally.

Late penalty

Set the number of chips to deduct from the starting stack of a late registration player. Use a negative number to represent a per-minute late penalty.

Timing & clock

Start time

Enter a fixed time to auto-start the tournament in yyyy-mm-dd hh:mm format. Enter 0000-00-00 00:00 to disable this feature.

Late registration

Set the number of minutes available for late registration, 0 to 999999. Late registration will terminate early if payouts begin or the tournament fills up (max entrants = tables * seats per table).

Minimum players

This is the minimum number of players (2 to 1000) that must be registered to auto start the tournament at a set time. This feature is ignored when the Start Time setting is 0000-00-00 00:00.

Start when full

Select Yes and the tournament will automatically start when enough players register to fill all seats.

Start now

This is the minimum number of registered players that must check their "Start Now" box to start the tournament immediately. Select 0 to disable this feature.

Start code

This is a code (1 to 999999) that can be entered in the Lobby window (Options menu) to start the tournament. Enter 0 to disable this feature.

Turn clock

This is the number of seconds (10 to 120) that the player has to act on each turn. The default value is 30.

Turn warning

This is number of seconds remaining (5 to 119) on the turn clock when a warning is sent to the player and (if sync is enabled) their time bank button appears. The default value is 10.

Time bank

This is a reserve of time (0 to 600 seconds) available to each player on request and via disconnect detection. The default value is 60.

Disconnect protection

Select Yes to automatically activate a player's time bank if they disconnect during their turn and run out of normal time.

Table rules

Suspend chat all-in

Select Yes to suspend the table chat when any player has an all-in bet.

Unregister at logout

When set to Yes, players will be unregistered from the tournament if they log out before it starts.

Other

Description

This is an optional description, up to 500 characters. It is displayed at the top of the tournament's information window and may include HTML tags, including links.

Note

This is an optional note field, not seen by the players. 500 characters maximum.

Game types

Limit Hold'emPot Limit Hold'emNo Limit Hold'emCap Limit Hold'emLimit OmahaPot Limit OmahaNo Limit OmahaCap Limit OmahaLimit Omaha Hi-LoPot Limit Omaha Hi-LoNo Limit Omaha Hi-LoCap Limit Omaha Hi-LoLimit Omaha-5Pot Limit Omaha-5No Limit Omaha-5Cap Limit Omaha-5Limit Omaha-5 Hi-LoPot Limit Omaha-5 Hi-LoNo Limit Omaha-5 Hi-LoCap Limit Omaha-5 Hi-LoLimit RazzLimit StudLimit Stud Hi-LoMixed

Basics

Name

The name players see in the lobby.

Game

Select a Hold'em, Omaha, Omaha-5, Razz, 7-Card Stud, or Mixed game. When Mixed is selected, fill in the Mixed field also.

Mixed

Select a list of games when Game type is set to Mixed, otherwise leave blank. Each game is played for the duration set by "Mixed hands" and the list loops indefinitely.

Mixed hands

Number of hands per game when Game type is set to Mixed, 1 to 1000. Or set to 0 to use the seat count.

Structure & blinds

Seats

Select the number of seats available at this table, from 2 to 10 (8 max for Stud or Razz).

Small blind

This is the Small Blind setting. It is only used in Pot Limit and No Limit games. The default value is 10. In Limit games, the Small Blind is half the Small Bet setting.

Big blind

This is the Big Blind setting. It is only used in Pot Limit and No Limit games. The default value is 20. In Limit games, the Big Blind is equal to the Small Bet setting.

Smallest chip

Select the denomination of the smallest chip allowed at this table. Buy-in, rake, blinds, and player bets must all be a multiple of this value.

Cap limit

Cap limit for CL games, typically set at 20 to 40 times the big blind. This setting is not used in Limit/NL/PL games.

Small bet

This is the Small Bet setting. It is only used in Limit games and also determines the blinds in Limit games that use blinds.

Big bet

This is the Big Bet setting. It is only used in Limit games.

Allow straddle

Set to Yes to give the Under-The-Gun player the option to post a straddle bet (twice the big blind) before the cards are dealt in Hold'em and Omaha games. The default value is "No".

Ante

This is the ante. Normally not used in Hold'em and Omaha unless "Ante all" is also enabled.

Ante all

Set to Yes to collect an ante for all games. Set to No (the default) to only collect an ante in Razz and Stud games.

Bring-in

This is the bring-in. It is only used in Stud and Razz games and is typically no more than half the Small Bet value.

Buy-in & prizes

Minimum buy-in

Select the minimum buy-in for this table. The default value is 400.

Maximum buy-in

Select the maximum buy-in for this table. The default value is 2000.

Default buy-in

Select the default buy-in for this table. The default value is 1200.

Rake percent

Enter the percentage of chips from each pot that will be raked into the house rake account.

Rake cap

Enter the maximum number of chips that can be raked in a single hand. Set to 0 for no cap limit.

Timing & clock

Start minimum

Select the minimum number of ready players needed to start a new session.

Start code

This is a code (1 to 999999) that can be entered in the Lobby window (Options menu) to start a game that has not met the Start Minimum requirement. Enter 0 to disable this feature.

Turn clock

This is the number of seconds (10 to 120) that the player has to act on each turn. The default value is 30.

Turn warning

This is number of seconds remaining (5 to 119) on the turn clock when a warning is sent to the player and (if sync enabled) their time bank button appears. The default value is 10.

Time bank

This is a reserve of time (0 to 600 seconds) available to each player on request and via disconnect detection. The default value is 60.

Disconnect protection

Select Yes to automatically activate a player's time bank if they disconnect during their turn and run out of normal time.

Table rules

Suspend chat all-in

Select Yes to suspend the table chat when any player has an all-in bet.

Allow duplicate IPs

When this option is set to No, a player cannot join the table if they have the same IP address as another player already seated at the table. Localhost IPs 127.0.0.1 and 0:0:0:0:0:0:0:1 are exempted.

Rathole minutes

When a player leaves the table, this is the minimum number of minutes (0 to 999999) they must wait if they want to return with a smaller stack. The default value is 0.

Sitout minutes

This is the maximum number of consecutive minutes (1 to 120) that a player can sit out before being automatically removed from the table. The default value is 10.

Sitout relaxed

Set to Yes to keep sitout-expired players at the table if the waiting list is empty.

Other

Description

This is an optional description, up to 500 characters. It is displayed at the top of the table's information window and may include HTML tags, including links.

Note

This is an optional note field, not seen by the players. 500 characters maximum.