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General Game Rules
Understanding and Abiding by the Rules
By entering a game, you acknowledge that you have read, understood and agree to abide by the General Game Rules, the System Rules and the individual Game Rules of the Prima Poker System.
Individual Play
Poker is a game where Players play for their own interest. Partnerships or any kind of co-operation among Players is not permitted.
Minimum Buy-in
The minimum buy-in for any game is ten times the amount of the small bet. For example, the minimum buy-in in a $3/$6 game is $30.
Table Stakes
There are low and high bets in each game. For example, in a $5/$10 game, the low bet is $5 and the high bet is $10.
Note:
You cannot increase your bet while a hand is in play.
Leaving and Returning to a Game
If you leave a game and return to that game in less than sixty minutes, you start the new game with the same stakes as when you left.
Note:
If you leave one game to play in another game and lose, you may return to the first game and play at a lower limit bet. For more information on playing at a lower limit bet, see the section All-in.
All-in
If you do not have enough chips to bet during a hand, you are not forced to place the full bet amount. You must put all of your chips into the pot - this is calling all-in. All-in indicates that all your remaining chips are put into the pot. You then contend for the pot in an amount proportional to the chips you put in. The game play that continues among other Players is put into a side pot. The all-in Player has no share in this pot.
Note:
To request more all-ins, do the following:
- Right-click the table graphic. A pop-up menu is displayed.
- Select the Request all-in reset option. Your all-in limit is reset to the default limit.
Checks and Raises
Checking and raising is permitted in all games.
Bets and Raises
No raises are permitted once the betting is capped. Players may only call or fold.
When playing 1-on-1, or if only two Players remain in a game, the maximum number of bets permitted per betting round is eight.
Blinds and Posts
- Blind bets are used to start the game play. The Player to the immediate left of the Dealer posts the small blind. The next Player to the left posts the big blind. The small blind is half of the lower betting limit. The big blind is a full bet at the lower betting limit. For example, in a $10/$20 game, the small blind is $5 and the big blind is $10.
- When new Players enter a game they are given a choice to post now or wait for the big blind. If a Player decides to wait, they receive no cards until it is their turn to play the big blind. If they decide to post, they bet the equivalent of one big blind, and receive cards immediately.
- Both the big blind and post are considered live blinds. So, the Player who posted the small blind must equalize the betting once the new Player has posted the equivalent of one big blind.
- Players who sit out and then sit in again, must either wait for the big blind to reach them again before receiving cards, or post both a big blind and a small blind to begin receiving cards immediately.
Note:
When posting both blinds, only the big blind portion of the post is live. The small blind portion of the post is placed in the pot. The player is penalized the equivalent of a small blind.
Exposing Hands at Showdown
- All active hands are automatically displayed at the showdown unless a Player has previously clicked the Muck Losing Hands option.
- All called hands at the showdown are available for viewing to any Player in the PlayCheck readout of a hand.
- Players who win a pot without a showdown are given the option to show or muck their hand. Uncalled winning hands that are mucked are not available for viewing in the PlayCheck readout.
Sitting Out
- You can leave the table for a few hands by clicking the Sit Out button.
- You are removed from a table if you sit out for more than fifteen minutes or have missed two rounds of blinds.
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