Poker Tournaments

Poker terms associated with tournaments

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Buy-in

This is the price to pay in order to participate to a Tournament. The sum of all the buy-ins is added into the pot and is given to the winner of the tournament. The pot, in fact, represents the amount of chips that you bring to the table when you take a seat. Each table has minimum buy-ins and maximum buy-ins.

Freezeout

The players who have no chip left are stumped.

Re-buy

Possibility of bringing chips during the game but not in the middle of a hand. This applies to the real mode and to the tournaments. In general, this possibility is limited.

Add-on

During a break in a tournament all players are permitted to buy more chips, including those who still have some,. Once the eventual add-on has been made, the games recommence in a way similar to a freezeout (the players who don't have anymore chips are stumped). Detailed cards of tournaments specify if they are in Freezeout mode or Rebuy and if they include (or do not) possibilities of Add-on.

Tournament Sit 'n' Go

Tournament which begins when the number of players required is sitting at the table.

Tournament Freeroll

Poker tournament with free entrance.

Satellite tournament

Mini-tournament which enables one to qualify in order to win an entrance into a bigger tournament.

Limited / private tournament

Tournament whose entrance is only accessible to players a certain categories.

Heads up Tournament

A game in which only two players stay in competition for the pot.

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