Players may discuss variations on those numbers if they want; our staff will then repeat the agreed deal in the Chat Box and ask the remaining players to all confirm their agreement. Doing so may result in the revocation of all awarded Leader Board points for the deal-making players in the tournament. A player who eliminates such an opponent wins the cash bounty.
Knockout: A bounty is placed on every player. You win a cash prize for each player you eliminate. There are also Progressive Knockouts, where your bonus increases as you eliminate players. Daniel chips , Barry chips , Vanessa chips , and Jake chips , are playing a hand in a No-Limit tournament. Daniel moves all-in, and Barry, Vanessa and Jake call. Barry moves all-in, and Vanessa and Jake call. Betting continues between Vanessa and Jake in side pot 2. Vanessa moves all-in, and Jake calls.
Barry shows the best hand. He wins side pot 1 and the main pot, eliminating Daniel. He receives the bounty for Daniel. Jake shows the next best hand, and wins side pot 2, eliminating Vanessa. Jake wins the bounty for Vanessa. This is because a player cannot be eliminated by a low hand only. Odd cents will be awarded in turn to the players in the earliest positions. If a tournament advertises a bounty on a particular player, but that player does not register for the tournament, no bounty will be paid for that player.
Players may not make any agreement amongst themselves to eliminate a particular player in order to claim their bounty award. Such agreements are considered collusion and are grounds for disqualification from the tournament or other penalties.
For more information, see Rules 6. If we have to cancel a tournament for any reason, we try to compensate players in the fairest and most equitable way possible. There are three different possible compensation methods, depending on the exact circumstances and timing of the cancellation. Which method is applied is at the sole discretion of the tournament management.
Rollback: In this case, we 'roll back' the tournament as if it never happened. If you were registered for the tournament, you'll get your buy-in and fees including rebuys, add-ons, and knockout entry if any refunded. Also, the buy-in is refunded in exactly the same format with which you bought in. Roll Forward Players are in the Money : When a tournament is cancelled, and players have already reached the money, we refund each remaining player his tournament fee and knockout bounty if appropriate , and then divide up the prize pool based on the following formula: each player receives the minimum prize not yet awarded at the time of cancellation, and the remainder of the award pool distributed is distributed proportionally according to the chip count.
For example, if one player stays connected while the other player does not, the first player can effectively win the tournament while the second player is disconnected. If a tournament with a guaranteed prize pool is cancelled, we will refund only the total buy-ins, not the guaranteed amount. If a tournament with fixed or Team Pro bounties is cancelled, we will refund only the regular prize pool and knockout pool if applicable , not the fixed or Team Pro bounties.
Tournaments which award tickets, satellite entries or material prizes, in addition to cash, will only include the cash in the refund amount. Non-cash prizes will not be included in the roll forward or rollback equation. In a Heads-Up tourney, players compete in a multi-round event against a series of opponents until they are eliminated, or defeat the last player standing.
Exact details of tournament structure and prize pool can be found in the tournament lobby. Unless a tournament starts with exactly 2, 4, 8, 16, 32, 64 or players, some players in the heads-up tournament will have byes past the first round.
Other players will play an extra first-round match, and the tournament will play down to 2, 4, 8, 16, 32 or 64 players before progressing to the second round. No players will have byes past the first round, and all byes are randomly selected from the field of entrants. By making that initial tournament prize immediately available, players will have more options at their disposal to use their winnings.
These rules apply to tournaments on our platform. Tournaments with synchronized breaks will go on break at 55 minutes past the hour. For example, a tournament which begins at will go on break at , , and every hour thereafter until the tournament ends.
There can also be tournaments where the synchronized break only takes place every two hours. For example, a tournament like this, starting at , could go on break at , , and every other hour thereafter.
In rebuy tournaments of this type where add-ons are permitted, there will be an additional short break usually three minutes at the conclusion of the rebuy period, to allow for add-ons to be made. Other tournaments will go on break at regular intervals throughout play.
We do not accept any responsibility for a player disconnection except in the case of a server crash. While each user is responsible for their own Internet connection, we try to protect players who are disconnected during the final stages of a real money tournament, by allowing disconnect extra time DET.
If a player times out during a hand, whether connected or disconnected, his or her hand will be folded if facing action or may be checked if facing no action. There is no rule against a single player choosing to sit out; the player doing so will continue to have blinds and antes posted and cards dealt.
Two or more players may not make any agreement to sit out simultaneously, whether at the same table or different tables. First action: seconds Second action: seconds Third action: 60 seconds Fourth and subsequent actions: No extra time added, but as the player is 'sitting-in', they will get the regular time to act before being folded.
First action: seconds Second action: 60 seconds Third and subsequent actions: No extra time added, but as the player is 'sitting-in', they will get the regular time to act before being folded.
Going to bed and letting someone else finish the tournament. Entering a tournament then embarking on a pre-planned trip, while asking a friend to play your account while you change location. Deciding to finish a tournament at a friend's house, then asking your friend to take over your account while you make the trip to their house.
You can practice all of your favorite games on PokerStars. The PokerStars. When you do decide to play for real money at PokerStars, you will need to create an account on PokerStars. Please play the play money games until you are completely comfortable with both your ability and the poker software, as you will need to be on top of your game when playing for real money at PokerStars.
If you have made the decision to play online poker for real money, then PokerStars is one of the best online poker sites that you can find. PokerStars is the biggest poker site in the world, and there are many good reasons for the success of PokerStars. The software at PokerStars is widely regarded to be the best on the internet, as it almost always flows smoothly and is also extremely easy to navigate. I understand that PokerStars wants to encourage regular play and they have always done an excellent job of cultivating player loyalty.
One practice that PokerStars pioneered years ago that still drives me nuts is the fact that you are required to play up to a certain level monthly to maintain your VIP status. While they have always offered free books, tournament tickets, and merchandise for player points PokerStars has beefed up the rewards in recent years.
Points can now be exchanged for cash and there are a number of private VIP freeroll tournaments taking place at least weekly. Wrapping up the promotional offerings are a number of region-specific events that are only offered for players in certain parts of the world such as Asia, Australia, Brazil, Latin America, Portugal, and Norway. Although neither is truly better than those offered by their main competitors with the enormous number of games and tournaments offered getting anything extra is appreciated.
Life offers 3 certainties every day: the sun will rise, the sun will set, and the PokerStars cash games will be tighter than the Gordian knot. That means fewer casual players dumping chips to the grinders just for the experience. PokerStars has always been the poker room du jour of the online poker elitist, wannabe poker pro, dedicated grinder, and serious tournament player. The problem with that in the game quality context is that those are the tightest and most well-educated poker groups there are.
There is some degree of change as the games get slightly looser at the penny games rather than the dollar ones but even those micro limit players fight surprisingly hard for each penny. Check my tips section for more thoughts. Playing games here is a different beast in that most players are either timid or just good players. Cash games may not be the most profitable on average here but they can be refreshing for players burned out on bad beats. Casual recreational players, i.
PokerStars management directly acknowledged as much and directly took steps to try to attract back the recs with some unique experiments and a decrease of rewards for the busiest players. PokerStars started their assault on grinders users third-party software, who could realistically kill the industry if given enough time to drive away recreational players.
The poker room severely limited HUDs heads-up displays and other third-party poker tracking software to try to marginalize the unfair advantage they were gaining over pure players. With the proliferation of rock-tight games over the past years I love the movement by poker sites of purifying the games again and protecting the essential part of the poker ecosystem: inexperienced players. One of the main draws of PokerStars is the tournament offerings thanks to its status as the 1 online poker room in the world in terms of traffic.
They have an unmatched number of satellites not only to live tournaments, but also to their own guaranteed events. Tournaments are structured well by providing an easy-to-understand lobby, giving players a l arge amount of starting chips relative to the blinds, and allowing sufficient time between blinds.
I prefer this structure personally as it tends to give a slightly larger edge towards skilled players. As PokerStars has been experiencing a huge boost in overall traffic the past few years the tournament traffic is massive. Not everything has worked — remember Duel? See the chart below for the exact numbers.
This is a strange timed tournament where play just stops after 5 minutes no matter how many players are left. With several thousand players competing for even the micro buy-in overnight events every tournament is a spectacle and every tournament offers substantial prizes. PokerStars has publicized their software as the best online over the years and I would probably have to agree. They allow you to upload your own image as your avatar, which is a neat little feature that a most poker rooms are now picking up on.
In terms of new table customizations, you can resize any table window or tile them to whatever size you desire. Next, they have new themes that allow you to change the graphical theme to things like Marine, Stars, Saloon, and Renaissance.
These tables tend to enjoy a hand per hour improvement over standard tables. PokerStars has also added what they call Zoom Poker, which I feel is really the most significant development in online poker since its inception. A few non-US poker rooms have similar riffs on this gameplay style and it should only be a matter of time before everyone else gets on board.
As soon as you fold the software finds 8 more players who have also just folded to create a new table. The only negative is in the loss of reads with the table constantly changing players, but online reads have always been questionable at best. The tightness of players also ratchets up even higher than normal PokerStars tables thank to the lack or boredom and urgency to play something.
The speed and functionality of the mobile experience is quite good, thanks to the decision to develop a standalone app over a buggy mobile browser-based system. Most poker rooms will happily accept player deposits immediately, but they make sure they send withdrawals back with the same gusto. Electronic withdrawals like Moneybookers, NETeller, or Ukash will arrive within hours and may even be instantaneous for regular players.
Other options include direct credits back to your depositing credit card, direct bank transfers, or wire transfers for larger amounts. They excel at just about every aspect so why skimp on support options that can make players feel attended to so much better than waiting around for a reply e-mail? They have implemented Live Chat, but only for those having issues with deposits. That being said, emails are almost always replied to courteously and professionally within about an hour. It is embarrassing, however, that such a massively profitable and popular company has yet to institute more player-friendly options such as site-wide Live Chat or support reps willing to answer a telephone.
There is really no comparison in this category. I believe that they have more regular active players than every other online poker room combined, which is about 30, cash players during peak European evening hours. Just about every multi-table tournament draws thousands of players, creating both ridiculous value and massive time investments. Zoom Poker also draws hundreds of players per limit, ensuring not even a speck of waiting time in between hands. PokerStars is launched for the first time for play money.
The site is owned and operated by the company known as Rational Enterprises of which Scheinberg is a majority stakeholder. Its initial headquarters is in Costa Rica.
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