Rules for Single Table Tournaments

Online poker has given birth to the newest and most exciting form of poker: the single table tournament (STT). The STT combines the shorthanded skills needed for successful tournament play with the patience and discipline needed for full ring play.

In addition, players no longer have to wait for a tournament to be offered. STTs run 24 hours a day, seven days a week, 365 days a year. As soon as you have a table of willing participants, the game starts.

Fat Bet Poker is pleased to offer its players all the thrills of STTs – it’s the perfect way to deal with reality.

• Currently, 10-player and 5-player STTs are offered at Fat Bet Poker. STTs begin as soon as the table fills finishes when one player possesses all the chips.
• Currently, all STTs are contested using Texas Holdem.
• At the conclusion of the tournament, the prize pool is split among the top-three finishers. The payout amounts are detailed in the table below.

• Players can enter any STT by posting the required buy-in and entry fee.
• A player is eliminated when he has no remaining chips.
• Rebuys are not allowed.
• The entry fee pays for the table time, so no rake is taken.
• Fat Bet Poker is not a party to any wager and only serves to oversee the event and the wagers made by the participants. The prize money is a pool of the buy-in amounts contributed by individual players.
• Every player begins the tournament with 800 tournament chips. Tournament chips have no monetary value.
• The betting limits and blinds increase every 10 hands. The final level is played until the one player possesses all the chips. The changes to betting limits and blinds are detailed in the table below.

• Players can enter any STT by posting the required buy-in and entry fee.
• A player is eliminated when he has no remaining chips.
• Rebuys are not allowed.
• The entry fee pays for the table time, so no rake is taken.
• Fat Bet Poker is not a party to any wager and only serves to oversee the event and the wagers made by the participants. The prize money is a pool of the buy-in amounts contributed by individual players.
• Every player begins the tournament with 800 tournament chips. Tournament chips have no monetary value.
• The betting limits and blinds increase every 10 hands. The final level is played until the one player possesses all the chips. The changes to betting limits and blinds are detailed in the table below.

• At the start of the STT, all players are dealt one card face up. The player receiving the highest card is awarded the dealer button for the first hand. If more than one player has the same card, the tie is broken by suit. The rank of suits in ascending order is club, diamond, heart and spade.
• When two players remain, the player on the button has the small blind and acts first before the flop.
• Each betting round consists of one bet and a maximum of three raises.
• When a hand is heads-up, the maximum number of raises is increased to five.
• If a player is eliminated in the hand that he posts the small blind, the button does not move. This ensures that a player does not miss the big blind. If a player is eliminated in the hand that he posts the big blind, the button moves and one player does not post the big blind for that round. All players benefit from this scenario equally.
• STTs have no breaks. Once they begin, the tournament continues without interruption until completion.
• If two or more players are eliminated in the same hand, places are determined by the amount of chips that each player had at the start of the hand. A player with a greater number of chips is awarded the higher place. If the eliminated players had an equal number of chips at the start of the hand, the players tie for the position. If two players tie for second place, the prize pool for second and third place are combined and each of the tied players receives 50% of the total.
• Fat Bet Poker does not assist players in making deals to divide the payout. The STT continues until one player has all the chips.
• Soft playing – playing your hand in a sub-optimal manner for the benefit of another player – is prohibited. Fat Bet Poker will ban individuals who play in “teams” from future tournaments.
• If a player loses his connection to Fat Bet Poker or his computer freezes, he may use his remaining all-ins if he has chips at stake in the hand. The rules for all in protection are described in the all-in rules.
• By buying an entry to a tournament, a player accepts the risks of Internet disconnections. If a player is disconnected at the start of a hand, he is dealt cards and then folds automatically. Disconnected players still must post the small and big blind and will have their hand folded when action reaches them. This continues until a connection is re-established or the player has run out of chips.
• A player who intentionally disconnects from the tournament in order to use all-in protection will be immediately dismissed from the tournament and will be banned from Fat Bet Poker.
• In the unlikely event of a Fat Bet Poker server crash, all STTs in progress are cancelled. Once the server re-starts, the full buy-in and entry fee will be refunded.
• Chat privileges for players watching tournaments may be revoked if inappropriate comments are made.
• Management decisions are final.