* Only players in a team can participate in the Poker Tournament, and only one player from each team.

* This time around we will be doing a single table of 11 people (11 total teams registered) assuming all 11 people make it! No table shuffling madness.

* All players will start with 1000 chips to play with.

* An ante must be paid into the pot by all players at the table every round. The starting ante will be 1 chip, and will increase every 5 minutes. The amount it increases by each time will also increase as the game goes on. We may also start manually speeding it up if the tournament is taking too long.

* In addition, a small blind and a big blind must be paid each round by two of the players at the table, in rotation. The big blind will start at 10 chips, and the small blind will always be half the big blind. Similar to the ante, this will also increase every 5 minutes.

* Again, to reiterate, the rate at which the blinds and antes grow may increase during the tournament, depending on time constraints.

* There will be a minimum bet of 10 chips enforced. This means if you want to raise the current bet, you need to raise it by at least 10 chips.

* Leaving your table for any reason will instantly disqualify you from the tournament, unless it was beyond your control. Forcing a poker player in any way to leave a room will result in Tiur exploding you. And then probably me exploding you again afterwards, because that's a headache to fix.

* When it's your turn to take an action, you will have 60 seconds to make your move or you'll automatically fold.

* A tournament may end up taking several hours to resolve, depending on the play. Make sure you allocate yourself enough time! That said, we'll be making sure to adjust the ante/blind rate increments to speed things up.

* Rules are subject to change at any time.

Note: This is not going to be a very friendly game to people with no experience. I strongly suggest heading to the pub in Esterport (v53397) with some friends to practice and learn syntaxes!


Penned by my hand on Quensday, the 6th of Arios, in the year 470 MA.