Riverside Rounders

General Rules

• Must be at least 21 years of age to participate and participants must provide proof of age.
• All entries are subject to review and verification.
• All decisions regarding the interpretation of rules, eligibility, etc. for this promotion lie solely with Riverside Rounders whose decisions are final.
• Riverside Rounders reserves the right to modify, change time or cancel an event at any time, for any reason, Notice of any such modification is posted on the website.
• Riverside Rounders may disqualify any participant based upon fraud, dishonesty, violation of rules or other misconduct whether or not related to this event.
• Riverside Rounders is not liable for injuries or losses arising or resulting from participation in the event and is not liable for any acts or omissions by employees, whether negligent or willful, in the conduct of the promotion.
• A copy of the rules and any changes will be available onsite and posted on the website.
• By participating in any Tournament participant agrees to abide by the rules and behave in a courteous manner. Violators may be verbally warned, or disqualified from the Tournament. Chips from a disqualified participant will be removed from play.
• Participants may not request deck changes. Deck changes take place only when there is a damaged card.
• One (1) Participant per hand.
• All disputes must be settled before the shuffle of the next hand.
• In the event of a dispute, the decision of the Tournament Director is final.
• The official Tournament language is English; no conversation in any other language is permitted. No communication, either verbal or visual, will be permitted between Participants and spectators. This tournament is open to the general public and is a freeroll tournament.
• There is NO entry fee.
• Each Participant that enters the tournament will receive tournament chips only.
• TOURNAMENT CHIPS HAVE NO CASH VALUE AND ARE NOT REDEEMABLE AT THE END OF THE TOURNAMENT.

Code of Conduct and Etiquette

As it is our intention to provide a pleasant environment for all, we have established a Code of Conduct and Etiquette that all should adhere to. Players will be required to practice proper etiquette and conduct themselves in an appropriate manner at all times. Any violations of conduct and/or etiquette will be assessed by management who then will make penalty decisions accordingly. Continous infractions may result in expulsion from the league.

The following are deemed un-ethical:

• Deliberately acting out of turn.
• Touching another player's cards or chips, unless asked to do so by the dealer or management.
• Deliberately splashing chips into the pot.
• Agreeing to check a hand out when a third player is all-in.
• Discussion of hand possibilities while action is pending.
• Telling anyone to turn a hand up at showdown.
• Deliberately discarding hands away from the muck.
• Making statements or taking action that could unfairly influence the course of play.
• Talking across a player who is involved in a hand.
• Intentionally stalling the action of a game.
• Critiquing another's play of a hand.
• Using a cell phone, Blackberry or other communication device at the table.
• Revealing a live or folded hand before the betting is complete.
• Slowrolling.

The following are prohibited and will result in immediate action by management:

• Collusion with another player or any other form of cheating.
• Obscene language.
• Destroying or defacing property.
• Loud outbursts, arguing, shouting or excessive disruptive noise.
• Carrying a weapon.
• Throwing cards or chips.
• Bending, crumpling or destroying cards.
• Verbal or physical abuse to another player or dealer.

I. TOURNAMENT FORMAT

1.1 Initial seating is determined by a random draw. A change of seat is not allowed after play starts, except as assigned by the Tournament Director.

1.2 The starting position of the button will be determined by the High Card or pre button placement.

1.3 After the signal designating the end of a betting level, the new limits apply on the next deal.

1.4 Dealers clean up their own mess. The cards shall be shuffled by the person who just dealt the previous hand. After the cards are shuffled, the deck shall be cut by the Player to the left of the shuffler. The new dealer is not allowed to cut the cards for the hand about to be dealt.

1.5 Heads Up: When the tournament is down to only two players, the Dealer/Button will be on the Small Blind.

1.6 All ties on hands result in split pots. Odd chip is given to the right of the dealer.

1.7 Cards Speak in all instances.

1.8 Show one, show all. A player who shows 1 or both of his cards to anyone else (either active in the tournament or not) must, upon request, show his/her hand to the table at the conclusion of the hand, even if the hand is folded. This rule does not apply when the tournament is Heads Up.

1.9 If a hand is shown down to the River, the last bettor/raiser should show his/her hand first. Losing hands may be mucked.

1.10 If two (2) or more players go broke during the same hand, the player starting the hand with the largest amount of money finishes in the higher tournament place.

1.11 Agreeing to split pots or chopping the pot will not be allowed.

1.12 One player to a hand. Nobody shall contribute advice to a player active in a hand. However, advice is allowed in between hands.

II. ABSENT PLAYERS

2.1 The appropriate starting amount of chips will be given to the players or placed on the table for each player at the beginning of the tournament, whether the person is present or not.

2.2 If an entrant is absent when the tournament starts, at some point an effort will be made to locate and contact the player. If the player requests the chips be left in place until arrival, the request will be honored. If the player is unable to be contacted, the chips may be removed from play at the sole discretion of the Tournament Director.

2.3 A player is always dealt a hand (whether they're absent or merely away from their seat), and will be blinded off if they are not present when the action is on them.

2.4 If you are not present when it becomes your turn to act, your hand will be declared dead.

2.5 If the Big Blind is not present to act on their Option, the hand is declared dead (even if the pot has not been raised), since an absent player cannot exercise the option to raise.

III. CONSOLIDATION OF PLAYERS/TABLES

3.1 As players are eliminated, tables will be broken down, with players from the broken tables assigned to empty seats at other tables. The number of players at each table will be kept reasonably balanced by the transfer of players as needed.

3.2 The specifics of the table consolidation procedure will be in the sole discretion of the Tournament Director, and every effort will be made to ensure that moved players are not forced to pay the Big Blind twice in a row. However, a player must go to the seat he was assigned regardless of where the blinds are currently located.

3.3 New players at a table are dealt in immediately unless they sit down in the Small Blind, on the Button, or in between the Small Blind and the Button. In this case, the new player must wait until the Button passes before the player is dealt in the hand. A new player coming in on the Big Blind will simply post the Big Blind.

3.4 When only 10 Players remain, those Players will be consolidated to the final table.

IV. COLORING UP

4.1 At a certain point, we will no longer need the lowest denomination of chip in play. These small chips will be removed from the table according to the following procedure:

4.2 All lower denomination chips that are of a sufficient quantity for a new higher chip will be changed out directly.

4.3 Any uneven amount will be rounded up to the players benefit.

V. BETTING

5.1 The number of raises in any betting round is unlimited.

5.2 All bets must be at least equal to the minimum bring in, unless the player is going All-In.

5.3 All raises must be equal to or greater than the size of the previous bet or raise on that betting round (except for a player going all-in).

5.4 A player who has already checked or called may not subsequently raise an all-in bet that is less than the full size of the last bet or raise.

5.5 A wager is not binding until the chips are actually released into the pot, unless the player has made a verbal statement of the action.

5.6 If there is a discrepancy between a players verbal statement and the actual amount put into the pot, the bet will be corrected to the verbal statement.

5.7 A player who says raise is allowed to continue putting chips into the pot with more than one move; the wager is assumed complete when the players hands come to a rest outside the pot area. However, string betting is illegal. A person is considered to have made a string bet if they put in an amount to call with one motion and then subsequently put in a raise. To avoid this, the player should either put all chips in the pot with a single motion or announce, I raise prior to all motions.

5.8 Any cards thrown away from the player (face up or down) are assumed to be a fold, unless otherwise stated prior to doing so.

5.9 Protect your hand. If your cards touch the muck or are accidentally mucked, they are dead.

5.10 If you drop a card on the floor out of your hand, you must still play that card, regardless of whether or not it was seen by anyone else.

5.11 A bet of a single chip without comment is considered to be the full amount of the chip allowed. See also Rule 5.17 below.

5.12 If a player tries to bet or raise less than the legal minimum and has more chips, the wager must be increased to the proper size. (This does not apply to a player who has unintentionally put too much in to call). The wager is brought up to the sufficient amount only, no greater size.

5.13 The other players at the table maintain a right to place a maximum time limit for taking action on your hand. The clock may be put on someone if requested. If the clock is put on you when you are facing a bet, you will have an additional 90 seconds to act on your hand. You will have a ten second warning, after which your hand is dead if not acted upon. Note, if the tournament is heads up, the time limit will be increased 3 minutes.

5.14 Rapping the table indicates a check.

5.15 All verbal statements are binding, as long as the action is legal and in turn.

5.16 You must declare that you are playing the board before you throw your cards away; otherwise you relinquish all claims to the pot.

5.17 A player can call a bet by announcing Call even if the actual chip thrown into the pot is larger than the call. In this instance, correct change should be made and the overage should be returned to the player as soon as practicable.

5.18 A single chip is only a call when action is to a player. A player must announce raise if only one chip is being played and that player would like to raise.

VI. ALL-INS

6.1 If a player lacks sufficient chips for a blind, the player is entitled to get action on whatever amount of money he puts in. A player, who posts a short blind and wins, does not need to make up the blind. If a player posts a short blind, the other blinds will remain their normal amount.

6.2 If two or more players are eliminated during the same hand, the player starting the hand with the larger amount of money finishes in the higher tournament place.

6.3 A player can only go All-In for the amount of chips he currently possesses.

VII. MISDEALS

7.1 If a card dealt is exposed, the exposed card may not be kept, and is to be used as the burncard for the flop. If more than one card is exposed, this is a misdeal, and there must be a redeal.

7.2 If a card is exposed by the dealer before the betting has ended, then the exposed card will be returned to the deck and the deck will be reshuffled. and play will continue.