GENERAL RULES

These rules apply to all our games. The rules used are almost identical to the rules used in a regular Las Vegas casino.

Hand Rankings
The winning hand is always determined by the best Five card hand. Aces counts as the highest card, except in a straight A-2-3-4-5 when the Ace counts as 1 (except in 2-7 Draw), and in High/Low games, Aces counts both as the highest and lowest card.

If two or more players are showing the same hand ranking the player with the higher cards wins.

If the hands are still tied the Kicker(s) (the highest card(s) not held in common) will decide who's got the winning hand.

If there is an odd (1 cent) chip it goes to the winning player to the left of the dealer. In High/Low games the odd chip goes to the player winning the high hand. In Soko the player that was dealt cards first wins the odd chip.

Buy-in
Games are always played with a table stake. That means that you are only playing with the chips you have in front of you at the table. There is a minimum buy-in at each table and on the PL and NL tables there is also a maximum buy-in.

Sample of minimum buy-ins:

New player
A new player, who wants to join a game played with blinds, must either come in on the big blind or will be required to post the equivalent of the big blind to start playing from other positions.

Missed blinds
A player that has missed a big blind can only come in on the big blind or will have to post this amount (live bet) to rejoin the game. Players that have missed both the small and the big blind must also post the equivalent of the small blind, or wait for his turn to post big blind. This money is considered as "dead" and goes directly to the pot.

All-in
If you run out of chips in a pot you are considered all-in. This means that you will remain in the pot until the showdown. A player that is all-in can only win as much chips from every other player that he has put into the pot. If other players put in more chips a side pot will be created. More then one side pot can be created if several players are all-in.

The winning hand is always determined by the best five card hand.