About tournaments

Tournament types at Fortune Poker

A Single Table Tournament is launched once the required number of players has registered. A Multi Table Tournament is launched at a specific starting time.

To join a tournament, players pay an entry fee before a tournament starts. There is no rake for tournaments. Instead, players pay a small fee on top of the entrance fee which goes to the house. Winnings are awarded to the top finishers in the tournament using a predetermined prize structure.

Players do not have an option to choose a seat at a table; instead they register in a tournament and wait to be assigned a seat. The players are seated at random around the table and each player is given a predetermined number of chips.

In a Freeze-out tournament, players cannot buy more chips during a game. Once players lose all of their chips, they are out of the tournament. A tournament listed as a Re-Buy tournament will give you the option to purchase more chips for the same amount as the buy-in, when you lose your stack.

A tournament finishes when one player has won all of the chips.

Play is the same as for Cash Games with the following exceptions:

Players must always post blinds on their turn. They may not leave the table. If they are disconnected or stop playing, the blinds are posted automatically from their stacks, and the hands are automatically folded.
Every player must post a big blind followed by a small blind once around the table. In some situations (when either the player currently on the small blind or the big blind is knocked out) there may be a “dead dealer button”. This means that the dealer button does not move to the next player, but instead stays where it is. This is because the big blind and the small blind must not miss any player at the table on its way around. Another consequence of this is that sometimes a small blind is not posted.
Once a player has lost all his/her chips, in a freeze-out tournament, he/she cannot buy any more and is automatically removed from the table.

Timeouts and disconnections

If a player times out during a hand in a tournament, the hand is folded if a bet has been made, or checked if no-one has bet (regardless of whether the player is connected or disconnected).

Registration cancellation

If a player wishes to cancel his/her tournament registration, he/she is able to unregister at any time during the registration period. The player will then receive a full refund of his/her tournament buy-in and entry fee costs.

Cancellation or Failure

If the tournament is by some reason cancelled by the house, the buy-in and entry fee costs will be automatically refunded or at a failure manually refunded within 48 hours.

Tournament Status

A tournament can be in several states and information about this is shown in the lists of tournaments in the client. Please find some tournament status definitions below:

Register - The tournament is open for registration.
Waiting - Registration to the tournament has not yet opened.
Running - The tournament has started.
Finished - The tournament has finished.
Canceled - The tournament has been canceled by the gaming operator.

Single Table Tournament

To enter the Single Table Tournament screen, click the Single Tournament tab.

From this screen, players can register to play or click to watch a tournament (if one is in progress) as well as see all the important aspects of a tournament in real time.

Table	Shows the Tournament ID of the tournament played at the specific table. It is possible to filter tournament types by clicking one of the five buttons labelled All, Single Table, Short Handed, Heads Up, or Quickie. All: All tables. Single table: Tables with 10 players. Short handed: Tables with 5 players. Heads up: Tables with 2 players. Quickie: Tables with shorter intervals for change in blind level.
Game	Shows the game type played at the table.
Limit	Shows if the tournament has a fixed limit, no limit, or a pot limit. See section Limits for further information.
Buy-in	Shows the buy in cost + the entry fee for the selected tournament.
State	Shows tournament status.
Players	Shows the number of players registered for a tournament / the maximum number of players.

Click the column headings to change the sorting order in the different columns.

View Tournament Information

Select a tournament by clicking a tournament row. When a tournament is selected a new screen pops up showing the tournament information. The information shown differs slightly depending on the status of the tournament.

By clicking the Blind level schedule button, a new screen pops up showing the blind increase interval (Level, Small Blind, Big Blind, and Interval in minutes).

Join the Game

If the game state is Register, the players may join the game by clicking the Register button. A pop-up box asks the player to pay the buy in and entrance fees.

Watch the game If the tournament is running, players may watch the game by clicking the Watch button.

Multi Table Tournament

To enter the Multi Table Tournament screen, click the Multi Tournament tab.

Players are allowed to register for tournaments during a predetermined period prior to the start of the tournament. Registration continues until the registration period ends or the maximum number of players for the tournament is reached. In order to register, players normally pay an entrance fee, however some tournaments may be free to enter (free rolls) or have special conditions that the players need to meet in order to play (e.g. A player may need to have earned 100 tournament points).

Breaking tables

There are never more than the minimum number of tables required to seat all players. As the number of players reduces, the number of tables is also reduced. A table is removed as soon as the remaining players can all be seated around the remaining tables.

Example: When there are 41 players there are five tables, four with 8 players and one with 9. When a player is eliminated and there are 40 players remaining, one table is closed and the players are moved to the remaining four tables which are then full (10 players). The table that is closed is the one with the least number of players seated. If more than one table has the smallest number of players, the table to be closed is randomly chosen from the two. Players from the closed table are randomly seated in the available seats at the remaining tables.

Hand for Hand Play Mode

In hand for hand play mode, all hands are dealt and finished at the same time at all tables. This occurs whenever there is more than one table, and there is a significant change in prize money between two places. For example, in a 350 player tournament, the tournament changes to hand to hand play when there are 41 players, 31 players, 21 players and 11 players remaining. It stays hand for hand until one player has been knocked out in each situation.

Enter a Tournament

To enter the Multi Table Tournament screen, click the Multi Tournament tab. From the Multi Tournament screen, players can register to play or click to watch a tournament (if one is in progress), as well as see all the important aspects of a tournament in real time.

TID	The TID column shows the Tournament ID. It is possible to filter tournament types by clicking one of the five Filter buttons labelled All , Regular , Special , Freeroll , or Satellites . All : All tables. Regular: Tournaments with no special requirements to enter. Special: Tournaments where e.g. special conditions for registration apply. Freeroll: Tournaments with no buy in or entry fee. Satellites: Tournaments that are qualifiers for other tournaments.
Start time	Shows the start time for each tournament.
Game	Shows the game type played at the table.
Limit	Shows if the tournament has a fixed limit, no limit, or a pot limit.
Buy-in	Shows the buy in cost + the entry fee for the selected tournament.
Status	Shows tournament status.
Players	Shows how many players are registered for an upcoming tournament or the number of competitors in an ongoing tournament.

Click the column headings to change the sorting order in the different columns.

View Tournament Information

Select a tournament by clicking a tournament row. When a tournament is selected, or the Information button is clicked, a new screen pops up showing the tournament information. General tournament information is presented to the left in the screen and more specific information can be found under the two tabs Tabel Info and Tournament Info. The information differs slightly depending on the status of the tournament

Table Info

Information for each table in the tournament is shown together with a complete list of all players participating in the tournament. Select a table and click OBSERVE TABLE . This opens a live view of the selected table. Select a player and click PLAYER INFO to show information about the player.

Tournament Info

Shows tournament specific information such as blind level schedule and distribution of the prize pot as well as start and stop levels of hand for hand play mode.

Join the Game

If the game state is Register, a player can join the game by clicking the REGISTER button on the tournament registration screen. A pop-up box asks the player to pay the buy in and entrance fee. By clicking OK, the player receives a notification that he/she is registered for the tournament.

Unregister

During the registration period the player may unregister from the tournament by clicking the UNREGISTER button on the tournament information screen. The player will get a notification that he/she is un-registered from the tournament and that the buy in and registration fee are refunded to his/her account.

Multi Table Tournament Rules

Multi Table Tournaments

All Multi Table Tournaments will begin at the time stated in the lobby.
Registration times for all tournaments are shown in the lobby.
Seats are randomly assigned and there will be no changes allowed.
At the start of the tournament, players will high card for the button. One card is dealt face up to all players, the player with the highest card by suit starts on the button.
The tournament ends when one player wins all of the chips in play.
When a player loses all of their chips, they are eliminated from the tournament.
If two or more players are eliminated in the same hand, the player with the most chips at the start of the hand will be placed higher. If the chips are tied then the player closest to the button will be placed higher.
Raises are not capped in No Limit or Pot Limit tournaments but during limit tournaments there is a maximum of a bet and 3 raises before the pot is capped except when the play gets heads up.
When play is heads up, (only 2 players remain) the player on the button will post the small blind and be first to act. There is no limit to the number of raises.
Tables are automatically balanced during a tournament.
Players may be moved to other tables to maintain the balance. If the player is moved into the Big blind this position is live and is in play immediately. Players moved to the Small Blind or the button will be sat out until the button has passed them.
The button acts as a dead button when players are eliminated in blind positions and will not move until both blinds have been paid.
There are no deals between players allowed in any tournaments.
Hand for Hand dealing will be operated when player numbers approach the prize money positions, and for each subsequent change in the prize money until the final table is reached. This means that all hands will start at the same time and a new hand will not be dealt until all hands on all tables have been completed.
If a player has registered for a tournament and is not present at the start they will be blinded off and be deemed to have played in the tournament.
Players or railbirds (Observers) may not discuss hands until a hand is over. Anyone discussing their discarded cards or hand possibilities may be subject to disqualification.
Soft playing, team playing or chip dumping will result in disqualification from the tournament, and possibly suspension from the Poker service with all funds impounded.
Normal tournament rules apply to all tournaments.
English is the only language allowed at the tables.
Players and observers are expected to use the chat feature in a courteous manner
By participating in a tournament the player accepts the risk of Internet disconnection between their computer and the servers, or lag and freeze due to the players computer. The Poker Service does not accept responsibility for any player disconnections except in the event of a server crash or local connectivity problems.
FortunePoker.com reserves the right to cancel or reschedule tournaments at their discretion.
If the event of a dispute, FortunePoker.com management decision will be final.
FortunePoker.com reserve the right to amend the Tournament Rules and Policies at any time without notice to the players.
A player who is disconnected during a tournament will be marked as fold/check all and blinded off until they reconnect to the tournament and uncheck the fold/check all box.
Our normal all in/ disconnections policy applies to all tournaments.
Players can only win one satellite entry to any tournament, there is no cash alternative and seats are not transferable. Should any player win two seats he or she will forfeit one of them.
Server Crash / Tournament Crash
In this instance, all current hands being played are cancelled and players at the tables will have their chips returned to the balance at the start of the hand. The tournament will restart when the server is back up. If it is not restarted and is subsequently cancelled, then the prize pool will be distributed between the remaining players.