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Sit and Go Tournaments | Multiple Table Tournaments

Sit and Go Tournaments

- These are single table tournaments

- The tournament begins shortly after all seats are filled

- Once a player chooses a seat and the tournament begins, they cannot change seats

- Refunds are automatically given to players only if they leave the table prior to the tournament starting

- Breaks are not given during sit and go tournaments

- All players begin with equal chip amounts in our standard sit and go tournaments.

See standard sit and go tournament structures:

Under $100 Buy-in Games		$100 Buy-in and Above Games
Starting Chips:	$1500	Starting Chips:	$2500
Escalation Time:	10 mins *	Escalation Time:	12 mins *
* Turbo Sit-n-Gos have a 5 min escalation time for any buy-in.

Pot Limit and No Limit (Under $100 Buy-in)
Level	Small Blind	Big Blind
1	10	20
2	15	30
3	20	40
4	30	60
5	50	100
6	75	150
7	100	200
8	150	300
9	200	400
10	300	600
11	400	800
12	600	1,200
13	800	1,600
14	1,000	2,000
15	1,500	3,000
16	2,000	4,000
17	3,000	6,000
18	4,000	8,000
19	6,000	12,000
20	8,000	16,000
21	10,000	20,000
22	15,000	30,000
23	20,000	40,000
24	30,000	60,000
25	40,000	80,000
26	60,000	120,000
27	80,000	160,000
28	100,000	200,000
29	150,000	300,000

Pot Limit and No Limit ($100 Buy-in and Above)
Level	Small Blind	Big Blind
1	15	30
2	20	40
3	30	60
4	50	100
5	75	150
6	100	200
7	150	300
8	200	400
9	300	600
10	400	800
11	600	1,200
12	800	1,600
13	1,000	2,000
14	1,500	3,000
15	2,000	4,000
16	3,000	6,000
17	4,000	8,000
18	6,000	12,000
19	8,000	16,000
20	10,000	20,000
21	15,000	30,000
22	20,000	40,000
23	30,000	60,000
24	40,000	80,000
25	60,000	120,000
26	80,000	160,000
27	100,000	200,000
28	150,000	300,000

Limit Texas Hold'em & Omaha Structure
Level	Limit	Small Blind	Big Blind
1	15/30	10	15
2	20/40	10	20
3	30/60	15	30
4	50/100	25	50
5	75/150	50	75
6	100/200	50	100
7	150/300	75	150
8	200/400	100	200
9	300/600	150	300
10	400/800	200	400
11	600/1,200	300	600
12	800/1,600	400	800
13	1,000/2,000	500	1,000
14	1,500/3,000	750	1,500
15	2,000/4,000	1,000	2,000
16	3,000/6,000	1,500	3,000
17	4,000/8,000	2,000	4,000
18	6,000/12,000	3,000	6,000
19	8,000/16,000	4,000	8,000
20	10,000/20,000	5,000	10,000
21	15,000/30,000	7,500	15,000
22	20,000/40,000	10,000	20,000
23	30,000/60,000	15,000	30,000
24	40,000/80,000	20,000	40,000
25	60,000/120,000	30,000	60,000
26	80,000/160,000	40,000	80,000
27	100,000/200,000	50,000	100,000
28	150,000/300,000	75,000	150,000

Seven Card Stud Games
Level	Limit	Ante	Bring In
1	15/30	2	5
2	20/40	3	5
3	30/60	5	10
4	50/100	10	15
5	75/150	15	25
6	100/200	20	25
7	150/300	25	50
8	200/400	25	50
9	300/600	50	100
10	400/800	75	100
11	600/1,200	100	200
12	800/1,600	150	200
13	1,000/2,000	200	300
14	1,500/3,000	200	500
15	2,000/4,000	300	500
16	3,000/6,000	500	1,000
17	4,000/8,000	800	1,000
18	6,000/12,000	1,000	2,000
19	8,000/16,000	1,500	2,000
20	10,000/20,000	2,000	3,000
21	15,000/30,000	2,000	5,000
22	20,000/40,000	3,000	5,000
23	30,000/60,000	5,000	10,000
24	40,000/80,000	8,000	10,000
25	60,000/120,000	10,000	20,000
26	80,000/160,000	15,000	20,000
27	100,000/200,000	20,000	30,000
28	150,000/300,000	20,000	50,000

UltimatePoker.com does not sanction, facillate, or enforce deals. If you make a deal you are doing so at your own risk and deal making is not allowed in the chat box at the table. Prize pools are distributed according to the detail found here. Deals are not enforced by the cardroom.

The button is randomly assigned to a player at the table.

Tournaments are played until one player has all the chips

In tournaments when two players get eliminated in the same hand, the person who started the hand with the most chips gets the higher finish and awarded the corresponding prize pool for that placement. If the players began the hand with the same amount of chips, they will tie and the prize pools will be combined and equally distributed. (For example, if 2 people who started a hand with the same number of chips are eliminated at the same time and would be 9th (which pays $60) and 10th (which pays $40), their standings would show tied for 9th and each player would be paid $50)

Players who have an active internet connection and do not act during their turn will be folded.

UltimatePoker.com uses the dead button feature to ensure that all players take the big blind in their turn. As such, it is possible that a player will receive the button for more than one hand. It is also possible that a big blind is posted in a hand but no small blind, if the person who was to receive the small blind was eliminated from the tournament in the previous hand.

If there is a split pot, not equally divisible by the number of players in the hand, the 'extra' chips will be awarded to the player closest to the left of the button.

In limit tournaments bets are limited to 4 during each betting round, the initial bet plus 3 raises. This is true regardless of the number of players remaining in the tournament.

In no-limit and pot-limit tournaments there is no restriction on the number of raises allowed during a betting round.

When two players remain in the tournament, the player due to receive the big blind will do so and the player in the small blind position will inherit the button.

Players who lose connection during an event will be blinded off until such a time they can rejoin their tournament.

In the event a tournament is cancelled due to technical difficulties at UltimatePoker.com, players who were already eliminated from the event will lose their buy-in and fees. The remaining players in the event will be paid the prize money based on their chip stacks and standings in the tournament at the time the tournament stops running.

Please note that the card room no longer provides protected all-ins (protection of your bet when you get disconnected) in tournaments.
If your computer disconnects in the middle of a hand, your hand will be folded unless you return to the hand before your time to act expires.

Soft playing or chip dumping is not allowed. Players involved in these or other unethical activities may be eliminated from a tournament and/or have their accounts terminated.

Tournament players must adhere to the rules outlined in our User Agreement .

UltimatePoker.com reserves the right to alter the rules and make final decisions on all tournament related issues as they arise, and at our sole discretion .

During game play, players are prohibited from chatting about the play of their and/or their opponents' hands until all actions for that hand are complete. Such chat could result in disqualification or other penalties.

In case of disputes decisions made by UltimatePoker.com are final.

Multi-Table Tournaments

  - Registration for multi-table tournaments is open until the tournament's posted start time
  - Once registered for an event, the buy-in is non-refundable.
  - Unless noted for a specific promotion, all players will begin with the same chip amount.
   See standard tournament structures:

All daily tournaments, including our multi-table tournaments have the following structures.

Buyin:	Starting Chips:	Escalation Time:
under $100+9	1500	12 minutes*
$100+9 and above	2500	15 minutes
* Special Events may have an Escalation Time of 15 minutes. Points earned from prize pools of point multi-table tournaments and point sit and go tournament tables do not count towards special promotions.

No Limit Structure & Ante
Level	Small Blind	Big Blind	Ante
1	5	10
2	10	20
3	15	30
4	20	40
5	30	60
6	50	100
7	75	150
8	100	200
9	150	300
10	150	300	25
11	200	400	50
12	300	600	75
13	400	800	100
14	600	1,200	125
15	800	1,600	150
16	1,000	2,000	200
17	1,500	3,000	300
18	2,000	4,000	400
19	3,000	6,000	600
20	4,000	8,000	800
21	6,000	12,000	1,200
22	8,000	16,000	1,600
23	10,000	20,000	2,000
24	15,000	30,000	3,000
25	20,000	40,000	4,000
26	30,000	60,000	6,000
27	40,000	80,000	8,000
28	60,000	120,000	12,000
29	80,000	160,000	15,000
30	100,000	200,000	20,000
31	150,000	300,000	30,000

Pot Limit Games
Level	Small Blind	Big Blind
1	5	10
2	10	20
3	15	30
4	20	40
5	30	60
6	50	100
7	75	150
8	100	200
9	150	300
10	200	400
11	300	600
12	400	800
13	600	1,200
14	800	1,600
15	1,000	2,000
16	1,500	3,000
17	2,000	4,000
18	3,000	6,000
19	4,000	8,000
20	6,000	12,000
21	8,000	16,000
22	10,000	20,000
23	15,000	30,000
24	20,000	40,000
25	30,000	60,000
26	40,000	80,000
27	60,000	120,000
28	80,000	160,000
29	100,000	200,000
30	150,000	300,000

Limit Texas Hold'em & Omaha Structure
Level	Limit	Small Blind	Big Blind
1	15/30	10	15
2	20/40	10	20
3	30/60	15	30
4	50/100	25	50
5	75/150	50	75
6	100/200	50	100
7	150/300	75	150
8	200/400	100	200
9	300/600	150	300
10	400/800	200	400
11	600/1,200	300	600
12	800/1,600	400	800
13	1,000/2,000	500	1,000
14	1,500/3,000	750	1,500
15	2,000/4,000	1,000	2,000
16	3,000/6,000	1,500	3,000
17	4,000/8,000	2,000	4,000
18	6,000/12,000	3,000	6,000
19	8,000/16,000	4,000	8,000
20	10,000/20,000	5,000	10,000
21	15,000/30,000	7,500	15,000
22	20,000/40,000	10,000	20,000
23	30,000/60,000	15,000	30,000
24	40,000/80,000	20,000	40,000
25	60,000/120,000	30,000	60,000
26	80,000/160,000	40,000	80,000
27	100,000/200,000	50,000	100,000
28	150,000/300,000	75,000	150,000

Seven Card Stud Games
Level	Limit	Ante	Bring In
1	15/30	2	5
2	20/40	3	5
3	30/60	5	10
4	50/100	10	15
5	75/150	15	25
6	100/200	20	25
7	150/300	25	50
8	200/400	25	50
9	300/600	50	100
10	400/800	75	100
11	600/1,200	100	200
12	800/1,600	150	200
13	1,000/2,000	200	300
14	1,500/3,000	200	500
15	2,000/4,000	300	500
16	3,000/6,000	500	1,000
17	4,000/8,000	800	1,000
18	6,000/12,000	1,000	2,000
19	8,000/16,000	1,500	2,000
20	10,000/20,000	2,000	3,000
21	15,000/30,000	2,000	5,000
22	20,000/40,000	3,000	5,000
23	30,000/60,000	5,000	10,000
24	40,000/80,000	8,000	10,000
25	60,000/120,000	10,000	20,000
26	80,000/160,000	15,000	20,000
27	100,000/200,000	20,000	30,000
28	150,000/300,000	20,000	50,000

Players are seated at random. Seat changes are not allowed.

In multi-table tournaments, the button is randomly assigned to a player at the table.

UltimatePoker.com does not sanction, facillate, or enforce deals. If you make a deal you are doing so at your own risk and deal making is not allowed in the chat box at the table. Prize pools are awarded according to the prize pool payout listed within the tournament information page for that event. Deals are not enforced by the cardroom.

Tournaments are played until one player has all the chips.

Players who do not show up for their event will either be eliminated from the event, or will be blinded off until they arrive. Players are given 10 minutes to arrive before they are eliminated from the event.

During the tournament, information about when the next break will occur will be displayed in the lower-left.

As a tournament progresses the tournament software will combine tables and try to maintain an equal number of players at all the remaining tables. Players will see a note in the lower left of the table telling them that tables are being consolidated.

If a player needs to be moved to maintain balance, the tournament software will choose the player due to pay the big blind at one of the tables with the most remaining players, and move that player to one of the tables with the least remaining number of players. The player who is moved will be seated at the new table as far away from the big blind as possible given the available seats. This advantage is meant to equalize the disadvantage of being moved to a table where the player is less familiar with their opponents.

In limit tournaments bets are limited to 4 during each betting round, the initial bet plus 3 raises. This is true regardless of the number of players remaining in the tournament.

In no-limit and pot-limit tournaments there is no restriction on the number of raises allowed during a betting round.

If there is a split pot, not equally divisible by the number of players in the hand, the 'extra' chips will be awarded to the player closest to the left of the button.

Players moved to a new table will not be able to play until the button passes them. UltimatePoker.com uses the dead button feature to ensure that all players take the big blind in their turn. As such, it is possible that a player will receive the button for more than one hand. It is also possible that a big blind is posted in a hand but no small blind, if the person who was to receive the small blind was eliminated from the tournament in the previous hand.

When two players remain in the tournament, the player due to receive the big blind will do so and the player in the small blind position will inherit the button.

Hand-by-hand dealing may be enacted during any tournament. This means that the tournament software will wait until a hand is played at all remaining tables, before dealing the next hand. This discourages the practice of slow playing.

Players who have an active internet connection and fail to act during their turn will be folded

Players who lose connection during an event will be blinded off until such a time they can rejoin their tournament

Tournament registration must meet the minimum requirement for that event or the tournament will not run. In this event, all buy-ins and fees will be returned to the players' accounts.

Soft playing or chip dumping is not allowed. Players involved in these or other unethical activities may be eliminated from a tournament and/or have their accounts terminated.

Tournament players must adhere to the rules outlined in our User Agreement

UltimatePoker.com reserves the right to disqualify any player who does not follow tournament guidelines or acts inappropriately during a tournament.

UltimatePoker.com reserves the right to change any tournament time, guaranteed prize pool, or event without notice.

UltimatePoker.com reserves the right to alter the rules and make final decisions on all tournament related issues as they arise, and at our sole discretion.

In case of disputes decisions made by UltimatePoker.com are final.

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