RULES
General
Poker is a card game, whose purpose - to win the pot getting the best poker hand using five (5) cards, or forcing all competitors to cease to participate in the game. The game goes with a fully or partially closed cards. The winner is the one whose combination would be better, or someone who can push out other players making bets or bluff-bets and will remain alone until the showdown. Poker Rules may vary depending on the variety of poker. General elements of all varieties of poker are the combination and the presence of betting in the game.
Compliance with the following rules is mandatory for all players in Pari-Match Poker.
Pari-Match Poker - organizer of poker games (game room), where participants play poker against each other through the Internet.
Players - When you play poker at the Pari-Match Poker, you play against other players over the Internet. You are not playing against the Pari-Match Poker. Participation in the game is voluntary and at the player's sole discretion and risk.
Cards - The deck is a standard 52-card deck with no wild cards. The deck is shuffled before each hand.
Prize Payments - Winnings are paid using USD ("Prizes").
Bet Limits- the stakes structure being spread at the particular table determines the limit or maximum bet on any player's turn.
Ante - a small forced bet before the start of a hand in some poker games.
Betting order - Betting proceeds in a clockwise direction, starting with the player to the left of the dealer button.
Rake - The money removed from each pot by the poker room is known as the “rake”. The rake is used to pay the poker room, since the winnings go to individual players.
Sit Out Feature - When seated at a table a player has the option to "Sit Out". To do this simply check the "Sit Out" box. Once selected you will continue sitting at the table but will not be dealt in. You will remain sitting out until you un-check the "Sit Out" box. Once un-checked you will be dealt back in. If you remain in Sit Out mode for longer than 15 minutes you will be removed from the table and returned to the lobby.
Table stakes only - You can only wager chips you have on the table at the beginning of a hand. You can only transfer additional money from your player's account between hands. If you run out of chips during a hand, you are considered 'all-in'.
Minimum Buy-in - The minimum buy-in is 10 times the small bet. This means you need $100 to enter the $10-$20 game, $50 to enter the $5-$10 game.
Re-buy - re-purchase of starting stack of chips in some tournaments in situations when a player loses all their chips or amount of their chips is less than starting stack. Ability to re-buy and the amount of available re-buys depend on the tournament format.
Add-on - in some tournaments, players can buy an extra set of chips during the first break, the cost and amount of chips are usually comparable to starting stack. Ability to addon depends on the tournament format.
Blind - Each player is required to post the small blind and the big blind once per round. If a player misses posting a blind, he/she is required to post its equivalent upon re-entry to the game. Players who attempt to avoid posting their blinds by jumping in and out of a game may lose their playing privileges.
Buying chips - A facility to purchase chips will be offered automatically when a seat is selected at any table.The minimum or maximum buy in for any ring game will be shown when purchasing your chips. Buy-in amounts are based on the size of the game or the blinds for that table.Chips purchased, while seated at a table, will be subject to any limits for the table, and any top ups will have to bring your balance up to at least the minimum amount, but will not be allowed to take your balance over the maximum should there be one. At the completion of any hand if your table balance is less than the big blind you will need to purchase more chips to continue playing.
Playing Multiple Tables - Players may play more than one table at once. Any combination of ring games and tournaments may be used.
Inactive Accounts - If the player has an account that remains inactive for a period of 1 year and the account balance is less than 10 dollars, their account shall be closed and the balance shall be forfeited.
Taxes and Duties– All taxes, duties and fees applicable in connection with any prize or prizes awarded to a player are their sole responsibility.
The Pari-Match Poker offers you next types of poker:
- Texas Hold’em
- Omaha
- Omaha Hi/Low
- 5 Card Stud
- 7 Card Stud
Texas Hold’em
How to Play
In Hold'em each player is dealt two pocket cards face down with five community cards dealt face up. Your strategy is to obtain the best hand using any five of the seven dealt cards, whether the combination is your two pocket cards and three community cards, one pocket card and four table cards, or all five table cards. Any five-card combination of the seven cards makes a hand.
Order of Play
- The dealer gives each player two cards face down.
- The first betting round takes place.
- Three community cards (the Flop) are dealt face-up to the center of the table.
- The second betting round takes place.
- A forth card is dealt to the community cards (the Turn card).
- The third betting round takes place.
- A fifth card (the River) is dealt to the community cards.
- The last betting round takes place.
- Showdown.
Omaha
How to Play
The action in Omaha plays out very much like Texas Hold'em. Four cards are dealt face down to each player. Then five community cards are dealt to the table. The game proceeds identically to Texas Hold'em. The final hands must include exactly two of the player's four cards and exactly three of the table's five cards. The cards speak for themselves. High hand takes the pot.
There are a total of four betting rounds in Omaha. The first and second rounds are set at the low limit of the tables' stakes structure and the final two rounds are set at the high limit of the structure.
A maximum of four bets is permitted per player. Betting rounds consist of a bet and three raises. The final raise is capped and a player has only the option to call or fold once capped.
Order of Play
- The dealer for the current game is chosen
- The blinds are placed
- The dealer gives each player four cards face down
- The first betting round takes place
- Three community cards (the Flop) are dealt face-up to the center of the table
- The second betting round takes place
- A forth card is dealt to the community cards (the Turn card)
- The third betting round takes place
- A fifth card (the River) is dealt to the community cards
- The fourth betting round takes place
- Showdown. The best five-card hand is determined
- The winner takes the Pot
Omaha Hi/Low
How to Play
Like Omaha High, you receive 4 cards face down. You use these cards in combination with the 5 table cards. At showdown, you must use exactly two of your down cards and three table cards to make up a high hand and a low hand. It's possible for you to win both the high and the low pot with two different pocket cards. Of the five cards used in a low hand, an 8 is the highest-ranking card you can use. The lowest high card determines the best low hand. If two or more players have the same high card, then the next lowest high card is used.
A Straight or a Flush is not considered a low hand even if it contains all cards with an individual rank of 8 or lower. The one exception to this is considered the best low hand - Ace, 2, 3, 4, 5. This is also considered as a straight for high, and both pots may be won with this hand. The action for Omaha Hi-Lo is very much like Hold'em and Omaha High.
Order of Play
- The dealer for the current game is chosen
- The blinds are placed
- The dealer gives each player four cards face down
- The first betting round takes place
- Three community cards (the Flop) are dealt face-up to the center of the table
- The second betting round takes place
- A forth card is dealt to the community cards (the Turn card)
- The third betting round takes place
- A fifth card (the River) is dealt to the community cards
- The fourth betting round takes place
- Showdown. The best five-card hand is determined
- The winner takes the Pot
7 Card Stud
How to Play
Players must fix the ante before any cards are dealt. The amount of the ante reflects the limits set at each particular table - the lower the limit, the lower the ante. There are five rounds of betting in 7 Card Stud. You are dealt two down cards (pocket cards) and one up card. Other players can't see your pocket cards. The player showing the lowest up card by suit must bring-in the first round of betting with a forced bet of half the lower limit. The suits are ranked in the following order, from highest to lowest: spades, hearts, diamonds, clubs. Don't worry too much about who goes first as the software will prompt the player who is to begin the betting. After the initial betting round, three more up cards are delivered, with a round of betting after each card. Then the final card is dealt face down after which the final round of betting starts.
Order of Play
- All participating players must ante.
- The dealer deals each player two cards face down (pocket card) and one card face up.
- The first betting round takes place.
- The dealer deals the second face up card to each player.
- The second betting round takes place.
- The dealer deals the third face up card to each player.
- The third betting round takes place.
- The dealer deals the fourth face up card to each player.
- The fourth betting round takes place.
- The dealer deals the fifth face up card to each player.
- The fifth betting round takes place.
- Showdown.The best five-card hand is determined.
- The winner takes the Pot.
5 Card Stud
How to Play
Players must fix the ante before any cards are dealt. The amount of the ante reflects the limits set at each particular table - the lower the limit, the lower the ante. There are four rounds of betting in 5 Card Stud. You are dealt one down card, pocket card, and one up card. Other players can't see your pocket card. The player showing the lowest up card by suit must bring-in the first round of betting with a forced bet of half the lower limit. The suits are ranked in the following order, from highest to lowest: spades, hearts, diamonds, clubs. Don't worry too much about who goes first as the software will prompt the player who is to begin the betting. After the initial betting round, three more up cards are delivered, with a round of betting after each card. The winner is declared from the showdown.
Order of Play
- All participating players must ante.
- The dealer deals each player one card face down (pocket card) and one card face up.
- The first betting round takes place.
- The dealer deals the second face up card to each player.
- The second betting round takes place.
- The dealer deals the third face up card to each player.
- The third betting round takes place.
- The dealer deals the fourth face up card to each player.
- The fourth betting round takes place.
- Showdown.The best five-card hand is determined.
- The winner takes the Pot.
The list of player’s prohibited acts
Age restrictions - to be eligible to play poker in Pari-Match Poker according to the iPoker network rules player must be at least 18 years old and player should be considered an adult according to the norms of existing legislation.
A limited number of game accounts - in order to avoid fraud or misconduct from the players’ side, the rule "one IP-address - one player" is used. In the case of playing in Pari-Match Poker from the places with mass Internet access, they are not only risking their data privacy, but automatically enters into conflict with the above rule. As a result their betting account can be blocked, and the player may be deprived of all payments, prizes and bonuses.
Restriction on the nickname - signing up for Pari-Match Poker player must choose a nickname which will be seen by other players during the game. If the nickname would be contrary to the ethical, political, religious and other feelings of other players, contain obscene or abusive language, or violate generally accepted moral, and religious or other symbols Pari-Match Poker reserves the right to change this nickname to another, more neutral.
Dumping chips - intentionally loosing chips (money) by one or more players to another player (s) for reasons contrary to the game situation. Dumping is not permitted. All cases of dumping are investigated by the organizer of game for the presence of collusion with the use of sanctions to the game account (s) of player (s) involved in it.
Procedure for determining the winners and payment of prizes (winnings)
- Tournaments will begin at the time designated in the tournament details.
- Players are assigned seats randomly and are not allowed to choose or change their seats.
- Late registration will be allowed up until 1 minute after the start of the tournament, unless the tournament fills up.
- Registered players may unregister from a tournament up to 1 minute before the start of the event.
- The button moves in the conventional clockwise manner so that no player receives the button twice in a row. Occasionally a player will become the button without having played in the blinds due to other players being eliminated. This occurs commonly in online tournaments and is due to technical software reasons. This may happen to any player during the course of a tournament, and therefore creates no long term advantage.
- If two players should be eliminated simultaneously, then the player with the largest stack size at the beginning of the hand will be designated as having finished higher.
- The tournament finishes when one player has won all the tournament chips and is declared the winner.
- Internet Connection Issues and disconnections are a reality of online poker. We shall do its utmost to limit any kind of interruptions during a tournament, but does not assume responsibility for any problems unrelated to the performance of the game server. We acknowledge that certain Internet issues may be unavoidable and allows extra time for disconnected players to reconnect in the later rounds of a tournament. If players choose to sit out or are unable to reconnect, they will still have cards dealt to them and will automatically post blinds and antes. Players that are unable to reconnect during the allotted time will have their hands automatically folded.
- As players are eliminated over the course of the tournament, tables will be consolidated to keep a full complement of players. Players may be forced to post the blinds when arriving at a new table.
- Players and observers are asked to use the chat function in a friendly and considerate way. At no time are players and observers allowed to discuss or comment on live hands. In the case of breaking rules of conduct in a chat an organizer abandons after itself a right to deprive the player of possibility of the use of chat in the future.
- All prizes will be distributed according to the specific details of each individual tournament. All details concerning a tournament may be found in the Tournament Lobby.
- Organizers decisions made by regarding any aspects of a tournament are regarded as final.
Exceptions to the above rules
- The rules pertaining to the dealer button or button movements apply only to Texas Holdem and Omaha.
- Sit and Go tournaments do not begin at a specified time, but rather when there are enough players to fill a table. In addition in this kind of tournaments the blinds increase according to the number of hands played, while in multi-table tournament the blinds increase after a certain period of time.
Jackpot details or ability to get a bonus game
Jackpot Sit 'n' Go Tournaments
Pari-Match Poker presents exclusive Jackpot Sit 'n' Go Tournaments. Each winner of a certain number of consecutive tournaments wins the growing Jackpot! In addition, we offer a consolation prize the players who took the first and second places in a certain number of tournaments, but who were not lucky to win the Jackpot. The prizes grow until they are won!
To get the jackpot or consolation prize you should write a letter to the Pari-Match Poker's support service within 48 hours after the win in the last tournament. you should specify the dates and details of the tournaments in your letter
Fort Knox Jackpot Sit’n’Go
The winner who has conclusively won six tournaments in a row will receive the money prize, if there is one.
The player who finished in either 1st or 2nd place in six consecutive tournaments will receive money prize.
Rio Jackpot Sit’n’Go
The winner who has conclusively won six tournaments in a row will receive the money prize, if there is one.
The player who finished in either 1st or 2nd place in six consecutive tournaments will receive money prize.
Maui Jackpot Sit’n’Go
The winner who has conclusively won five tournaments in a row will receive the money prize, if there is one.
The player who finished in either 1st or 2nd place in five consecutive tournaments will receive money prize.
Dirty Dozen Jackpot Sit’n’Go
The winner who has conclusively won four tournaments in a row will receive the money prize.
Powers of Pari-Match Poker in the event of unforeseen situations
Interrupted Tournaments Payout Policy
Heads-Up Tournaments
1. Both players receive a refund of Buy-in + Fee.
All Sit’N’Go Tournaments
- Eliminated players do not receive a refund
- Remaining players receive refund made up as follows:
- Buy-in and Fee is returned.
- Each player receives and equal share of the buy-ins from the eliminated players.
Multi Table Tournaments (with Guaranteed Prize)
These payments depend upon when the tournament was interrupted:
If the prize money stage was not reached (if the tournament was at the re-buy stage then the prize money consists of all buy-ins + add-ons. If the re-buy stage was already closed then the prize money consists of the guaranteed prize:
- Eliminated players do not receive a refund
- Remaining players receive refund made up as follows:
- Buy-in and Fee is returned.
- The prize money is paid according to the following rules:
- 50% of the fund is shared equally among the remaining players
- 50% is distributed proportionally in relation to each player's chip count.
If the prize money stage has been reached:
- Eliminated players do not receive a refund
- Remaining players receive refund made up as follows:
- Buy-in and Fee is returned.
- Each player is also given an amount equal to the prize that the next eliminated player would have received if the tournament was not interrupted.
- 50% of the remaining prize money is distributed equally among the remaining players and 50% is shared in relation to each player's chip count.
Multi Table Tournament (No Guaranteed Prize)
If the prize money stage was not reached:
- Eliminated players do not receive a refund
- Remaining players receive refund made up as follows:
- Buy-in and Fee is returned.
- The prize money is paid according to the following rules:
- 50% of the fund is shared equally among the remaining players
- 50% is distributed proportionally in relation to each player's chip count.
If the prize money stage was reached:
- Eliminated players do not receive a refund
- Remaining players receive refund made up as follows:
- Buy-in and Fee is returned.
- Each player is also given an amount equal to the prize that the next eliminated player would have received if the tournament was not interrupted.
- 50% of the remaining prize money is distributed equally among the remaining players and 50% is shared in relation to each player's chip count.
Freerolls
If the prize money stage was not reached:
- Eliminated players do not receive a refund
- 50% of the fund is shared equally among the remaining players
- 50% is distributed proportionally in relation to each player's chip count.
If the prize money stage was reached:
- Each player is also given an amount equal to the prize that the next eliminated player would have received if the tournament was not interrupted.
- 50% of the remaining prize money is distributed equally among the remaining players and 50% is shared in relation to each player's chip count.
The poker room reserves the right to make manual adjustments to any payments in order to ensure that all players have received a fair settlement.
Fact of registration, and also use of the playing account a player in the system Pari-Match Poker testifies to the presence of consent between a player and organizer of playing a poker.
Beginning playing a poker in the system Bet-Match Poker, a player confirms the consent with the rules of organizer of game.