GENERAL RULES

Hand Rankings
The winning hand is always determined by the best five card hand. Aces count 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, where Aces count 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.

Buy-in
Our games are 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 have bet all of your available 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 many chips from each player as 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.

LIMITS

General
In all Limits, a raise must be at least as high as the previous Bet/Raise unless a player is going All-in.

Fixed Limit
There is a limit set for each table that determines the blinds and the betting. The big blind equals to the lower limit (for example if the limit is € 5/10 then the big blind is € 5). The lower limit is used in the first two betting rounds and the higher limit in the final two rounds of betting. The maximum number of bets that can be made in one betting round is 4 (bet + 3 raises).

Spread Limit
In spread limit the minimum bet on all betting rounds equals to the big blind. The maximum bet varies on the different rounds. In the limit that is called € 1-2-3 the maximum bet on the first two betting rounds is € 1, on fourth street € 2 and on fifth street €3. All raises must match the previous raise except when the pot is being capped. The cap at each round is 3 x the limit.

No Limit
In No Limit games, players are allowed to bet any amount at any time. The only limitation is how much money you have at the table. The minimum bet is equal to the size of the big blind.

Pot Limit
In Pot Limit games, players are allowed to bet any amount at any time up to the size of the pot. The minimum bet is equal to the size of the big blind or the bring-in.

½Pot Limit
In Half Pot Limit games, players are allowed to bet any amount at any time up to 50% of the size of the pot. The minimum bet is equal to the size of the big blind or the bring-in.