Glossary of Tournament Terms

List of common terms used while playing in our online poker tournaments.

Real Money Action/Demo Play For Free - Play all your favorite games for real or demo money.

Holdem - One of our most popular poker games. Choose from other games in More Poker and Pan.

Tournaments - Here you will find access areas to all tournaments. View upcoming tournament events in the announced section, or jump in and start playing with any of our registering tournaments available by clicking on the registering tournaments button.

Plrs (Players) - This column shows the number of registered players currently waiting for the tournament to begin.

Table Name - Displays the name of each available table.

Type - Shows what kind of game you will be playing.

Buy-in - This column tells how much a player will have to pay in order to enter into the tournament. You will notice most entry fees come in a specific format. For example $2.00 + $.50. What this means is the tournament entry fee is $2.00. The remaining $.50 is the house take. The house fee replaces standard rake in tournament play. So, the total Buy-In would be $2.50 with $2 going to the tournament prize pool.

Treasure - When there is a mult-stage tournament in progress you will often see tournaments that have a treasure listed in this column. For instance, if a gold bar was listed in this column, that would mean you could Buy-In with a gold bar instead of cash.

State - Gives the current state of the table in question. All tournaments in the Registering category will be in a Registering state.

Game ID - Is used to identify the game that is being played or registered for. In the event your tournament has a problem, remember this Game ID number for verification.