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Home Poker Tournament Rules

Use these home poker tournament rules as a guideline for your next poker tournament.

  • All pertinent information should be posted in plain view of the tables, in a location where all players can see it. This includes buy-in, rebuy, and add-on amounts, as well as blind schedules.
  • Seating is done using cards. Person who draws the ace is the dealer, 2 is the small blind, 3 is the big blind, et cetera.
  • In a rebuy tournament, players may only rebuy if they have lost all chips prior to the first hand of the fourth blind level.
  • A new blind level starts when the timer runs out.
  • If a player leaves the table for any reason, he is responsible to post all blinds. If he has not returned after a 20 minute period has passed, his chips will be split amongst the players at the table.
  • Players need to be moved if there are more than 2 extra players at one table. When moving the players, move the person whose position is most relative to the blind at the new table.
  • If the big blind busts out of the tournament, the puck will move to the small blind, and no small blind will be posted. If the small blind busts out, the puck stays where it is, and the previous big blind posts the small blind.
  • The last person remaining in the tournament is declared the winner.
  • All money paid to enter the tournament legally needs to be paid out in winnings.

 

For a free printable copy of the "Roberts Rules" for home poker tournaments visit Home Poker Tournament Rules PDF.

 

For the complete set of "Robert's Rules for Poker" visit Robert's Rules of Poker PDF.