League Rules

Late arrivals

  1. Chips for players that if are know to be unable to attend and do not have a substitute player, will be removed from the table prior to the first hand. They will be scored in last place for the season standings (or a tie for last place if multiple players are absent).

  2. Chips for players that are absent from the table will be subject the payment of the current blind and their hands will be mucked when the action reaches them.

  3. If a player is late arriving, their chips will managed as follows:

    • During the first blind level, their blinds will be paid normally

    • At the end of the first blind level, their stack will be removed from the table and reduced by $1000.

    • At the end of the second blind level, an additional $2000 will be removed from their stack.

    • At the end of the third blind level, an additional $3000 will be removed from their stack.

    • At the end of the fourth blind level, an additional $5000 will be removed from their stack.

    • At the end of the fitth blind level, their stack is retired from play. They will be scored in last place for the season standings (or a tie for last place if multiple players are absent).


Chips and Blinds

Each player starts with 15,000 in chips. For the final tourney, stacks are increased by 500 for each position achieved in the final season standings. Last place starts with 15,000 chips; second to last place starts with 15,500 chips, etc.

Chips denominations and starting quantities are 100 (10), 500 (10), 1000 (4) and 5000 (1). It is each player’s responsibility to make sure their starting stack is correct.

Blind levels increase every 25 minutes. Levels are (small blind, big blind):

    • $100/$100

    • $100/$200

    • $200/$400

    • $300/$600

    • BREAK

    • $400/$800 (rebuys are allowed to the end of the break if you have no chips) (chips for players that have not arrived are removed from play)

    • $500/$1000

    • $700/$1400

    • $800/$1600

    • BREAK ($100 chips are colored up and removed from play. Chips will be rounded up to the nearest $500 amount.)

    • $1000/$2000

    • $1500/$3000

    • $2500/$5000

    • $5000/$10000 ($500 chips and $1000 chips are colored up and removed from play. Chips will be rounded up to the nearest $5000 amount.)

    • $10000/$20000

    • $20000/$40000