• The only money that "plays" in a hand must be on the table prior to the start of the hand, i.e. a player may not make a wager in excess of the value of his chips on the table at the start of a hand.

• Taking money out of the game and continuing to play is not allowed in a table stakes format.

• You may add money to your stack at any time (except during a hand in which you are involved), i.e. you may only acquire additional chips between hands.

• If you run out of chips after a hand any added money you requested during the hand will have to be at least in the amount of the minimum buy-in.

Minimum Buy-In

• The Minimum Buy-in requirement for all limit poker games is 10 times the Big Blind/Lower Stake in the Game. This means you would need $30 to enter the $3/$6 game, $50 to enter the $5/$10 game and $100 to enter the $10/$20 game.

• For Pot Limit and No Limit games there is a predetermined minimum and maximum buy-in.

All-In and Side Pots

• When a player puts the last of his chips into a pot, that player is said to be all-in. An all-in player is not eligible to win any money bet above his/her last bet. The excess part of the bet is either returned to the lone bettor, or is used to form a side pot with another player or players still remaining. There is no limitation on the number of side pots. The all-in player(s) will be eligible for the pot they are involved in and cannot be forced from the hand.

• Sometimes a player has enough chips to continue betting or calling but has been disconnected and unable to respond. In this case the player is also deemed to be "all-in" (if he or she has disconnect protection available) for all the amount of chips he or she has bet on that particular hand.