Constitution of Play

Poker is a lot like sex. Everyone thinks they are the best, but most don’t have a clue what they are doing. — Dutch Boyd

Section 1

• Texas Hold’em tourney style poker

• Las Vegas Texas Hold’em rules apply

• Best Hand -

       Royal Flush

       Strait Flush

       4 of a Kind

       Full House

       Flush

       Strait

       3 of a kind

       2 pair

       1 Pair

       High Card

• A change of seat order is not allowed after play starts unless agreed upon by all players or combining/balancing of multi tables

• Limits and blinds are raised at regularly scheduled intervals.

• If there is a signal designating the end of a betting level, the new limits apply on the next deal. (A deal begins with the first riffle of the shuffle.)

• Chip ups will we issued when the lower denomination chips are no longer needed, Chip ups will be rounded up to the closest domination still in play

• An absent player is always dealt a hand, and is put up for blinds, antes, and the forced bet if low.

• Clock can be called by any player after a reasonable amount of time is given for the decision. The deciding player has 1 minute to make a decision or the hand is deemed dead and folded. 

• In heads-up play with two blinds, the small blind is on the button.

Section 2

• Don’t be a dick, this is a recreational game, no one here is Phil Ivey

• Table talk is legal and encouraged, No players can talk about their cards during the hand including folded hands.

• If you folded please refrain from reacting to the board until the hand is over.

• Player who makes the last call shows last at show down.

• Cards are the players to protect, if cards are accidentally mucked during the action of dealing and can not be easy and fairly retrieved the cards are dead. 

• Winning hand must be shown to take pot, if cards are mucked (tossed into the center of the table face down) they are dead regardless of eventual hand outcome.

• Show one, show all policy 

• If a card is flipped during deal and it is one of the first 3 cards dealt all cards are recollected shuffled and re-dealt. If it later in the deal the flip card is shown to all, the deal continues with the upturned card representing the players card. The last card dealt is the replacement card to the player with the upturned card. The upturned card is the pre flop burn card. 

• At No point in the act of shuffling or dealing cards can the deck leave the poker table, it must be visible to other players at all times.

• Anyone in violation of rules will be subject to punishment including but not limited to; public ridicule, in game fines/loss of chips, or a 1 round penalty.  All non impacted players will be consulted on decision.

• Final decision falls to Tony & Jonathan unless involved. 

Section 3

• All money is added to the pool prior to the first cards dealt. Once the first card is dealt all money is locked into the pool and no longer belongs to the player

• Payout structure will be based on final chip stacks. 

• Bounties will be payed after tournament has ended.

• High Hand will be Paid at Midnight or if the players agree to pay early.

• Point 

• The season will run designated # of consecutive weeks concluded by a freeroll tournament.

• The end of the year points will be calculated and for each point the player will receive 100 chips toward the end of season freeroll.   

• If remaining players wish to “split the pot” rather than play it out they may do so with the money. Points how ever will be set by chip count at the point of decision to split the pot. Player with the highest chip count receives 1st place points, 2nd in chip count gets second etc etc.

• Points system is dynamic based on the number of players. This is to account for the difficulty of winning a tourney with more players. 

• All Players start with 2 points for showing up on time

• Each player gains 1 point for each player that is knocked out before them.

• The below scenario is based on a 10 person game where the top 3 get paid. 

•     10th place player- 1

•     9th place player- 2

•     8th place player-3

•     7th place player - 4

•     6th place player - 5

•     5th place player - 6

•     4th place player - 7

•     3rd place player - 9

•     2nd place player- 10

•     1st place player- 11

• End of Season Freeroll tournament  for each player that has points and has participated in 4 weeks minimum.

• Each player will get 3k chip starting stack plus 100 chips for each point from the season.