The poker tournament lobby provides the blind structure, the number of players who may play and the payout structure.
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In the poker tournament lobby, players will have access to information regarding the blind structure for the tournament, the number of players who may play in the tournament, and the payout structure for the tournament.
You are knocked out when you lose all your chips. The tournament ends when one player holds all the chips.
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The tournament concludes when one (1) player has accumulated all of the chips. A player is eliminated from the tournament (“knocked out of the tournament”) when they lose all their chips.
Account & Service Control · Restriction or exception
Leaving your entry state disconnects you
You are disconnected if you leave the state where you were physically located when entering the tournament. If you cannot rejoin and act within the action timer or time bank, you are set to auto fold while play continues. You can return through My tables while the tournament is running and you still have chips, and must take an action on your next turn to leave the Sat Out state. Remaining Sat Out does not remove eligibility for prizes based on finishing position.
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In the event you leave the state you were physically located in when entering the poker tournament, you will be disconnected from the poker tournament.
In the event that a player is disconnected from the tournament, including without limitation, the player leaving the state they are physically located in when starting the tournament, DraftKings being unable to verify the player’s physical location, or the player becoming disconnected from the Internet, and the player is unable to rejoin and take their next action within the allotted time given to the player to take their next action in the tournament via the tournament’s action timer and/or time bank, such player will be set to auto fold for every required action of the player (“Sat Out”), and gameplay will continue for other active players.
A disconnected player will be Sat Out until they rejoin the game and take an action during their next turn. Players will be able to rejoin the game via the “My tables” tab, located in the lobby, and return to action in the event the tournament is still in progress and they have chips remaining.
Players who remain in a Sat Out state and are then either knocked out of the tournament or win the tournament while in a Sat Out state are eligible for any prizes based on their finishing position in the tournament.
Qualifications & exceptions
Auto folding follows failure to return and act within the allotted time.
Rejoining requires an ongoing tournament and remaining chips; finishing-position prize eligibility remains.
When DraftKings pauses a tournament, the tournament timer, action timer and time bank all pause. They resume when the tournament is unpaused.
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In the event we pause a tournament, the tournament timer, action timer, and time bank will all be paused and will resume upon unpausing.
Account & Service Control · Procedure
A disconnection can put you on automatic folding
Disconnections include leaving the starting state, failed physical-location verification and loss of Internet. If you cannot rejoin and act before the action timer or time bank expires, every required action auto folds while other players continue. You can rejoin through My tables while play continues and you have chips, then act on your next turn to stop sitting out. Otherwise you remain Sat Out until elimination or the end, but remain eligible for finishing-position prizes, including a win while Sat Out.
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In the event that a player is disconnected from the tournament, including without limitation, the player leaving the state they are physically located in when starting the tournament, DraftKings being unable to verify the player’s physical location, or the player becoming disconnected from the Internet, and the player is unable to rejoin and take their next action within the allotted time given to the player to take their next action in the tournament via the tournament’s action timer and/or time bank, such player will be set to auto fold for every required action of the player (“Sat Out”), and gameplay will continue for other active players. A disconnected player will be Sat Out until they rejoin the game and take an action during their next turn. Players will be able to rejoin the game via the “My tables” tab, located in the lobby, and return to action in the event the tournament is still in progress and they have chips remaining. In the event a player does not rejoin a tournament they were disconnected from, that player will be Sat Out until they are either knocked out of the tournament or the tournament concludes. Players who remain in a Sat Out state and are then either knocked out of the tournament or win the tournament while in a Sat Out state are eligible for any prizes based on their finishing position in the tournament.
Qualifications & exceptions
Auto folding starts only if you cannot rejoin and act within the allotted time.
Returning requires chips and an ongoing tournament; sitting out does not itself remove prize eligibility.
Your time bank belongs only to the individual tournament. Entering a new tournament gives you a new, separate time bank.
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A player’s time bank in a tournament is associated only with that individual tournament. A player will receive a new and separate time bank for each new tournament the player enters.
Account & Service Control · User right or choice
You can unregister from Electric Poker until all seats fill
An Electric Poker tournament may start as soon as the required players have registered. You may unregister only while seats remain unfilled.
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An Electric Poker tournament may commence as soon as the required number of players have all been registered for that Electric Poker tournament.
Players will be allowed to unregister from an Electric Poker tournament as long as all the seats in the Electric Poker tournament have not been filled.
Account & Service Control · Procedure
Electric Poker randomly assigns seats and initial table positions
Before the first hand of an Electric Poker tournament, player seats, small blind, big blind and dealer button are randomly assigned.
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In Electric Poker tournaments, player seating and assignment of the small blind, big blind, and dealer button are randomly assigned before the start of the first hand.
Missing the action deadline puts an Electric Poker player Sat Out
If you fail to act within the allowed time, including your time bank, you are Sat Out and blinds and antes continue to post. If you have not been eliminated, you may use REJOIN PLAY during the tournament. Returning restarts your action timer but does not replenish the time bank.
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Players who do not act on their hand in time (including the player’s time bank allowance) will be Sat Out, and blinds and antes will be automatically posted.
In the event a player is Sat Out and has not been knocked out of the Electric Poker tournament, that player may rejoin play by clicking the “REJOIN PLAY” button on the table at any time during the Electric Poker tournament. In the event a player rejoins an Electric Poker tournament, the player’s action timer will recommence; however, the player’s time bank will not be replenished.
Qualifications & exceptions
The deadline includes the time bank allowance.
Rejoining is available before elimination; the time bank is not refilled.
REJOIN PLAY restarts your action timer but not your time bank
A player who is Sat Out in Electric Poker may click REJOIN PLAY at the table at any time during the tournament, provided they have not been knocked out. The action timer resumes, but the time bank is not replenished. Blinds and antes continue to be posted while a player is Sat Out after missing the action deadline.
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In the event a player is Sat Out and has not been knocked out of the Electric Poker tournament, that player may rejoin play by clicking the “REJOIN PLAY” button on the table at any time during the Electric Poker tournament. In the event a player rejoins an Electric Poker tournament, the player’s action timer will recommence; however, the player’s time bank will not be replenished.
Players who do not act on their hand in time (including the player’s time bank allowance) will be Sat Out, and blinds and antes will be automatically posted.
Qualifications & exceptions
Available during the tournament only if the player has not been eliminated.
Sitting out does not stop automatic blinds and antes.
Electric Poker rotates the dealer button clockwise each hand
After the random initial assignment, the dealer button moves clockwise to the next player at each new hand. Its holder is called the dealer. With three players, the player to the dealer’s left posts the small blind. With two players remaining after an elimination, the button moves to the next available player and the dealer instead posts the small blind and acts first before the flop.
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In Electric Poker tournaments, player seating and assignment of the small blind, big blind, and dealer button are randomly assigned before the start of the first hand.
In Electric Poker tournaments, the dealer button moves to the next player, clockwise, at the start of every new hand. When a player has the dealer button, they are referred to as “the dealer.” When three (3) players are in an Electric Poker tournament, the dealer button indicates that the person sitting to the left of the player with the dealer button will post the small blind.
When a player is eliminated from an Electric Poker tournament and only two (2) players remain (“Heads Up”), the dealer button will move forward to the next available player. When Heads Up, the player on the dealer button will post the small blind and act first before the flop.
Qualifications & exceptions
Initial positions are random.
The small blind moves from the player to the dealer’s left in three-player play to the dealer in Heads Up play.
With two players left, the dealer posts the small blind and acts first pre-flop
When an elimination leaves two players in Electric Poker, play is Heads Up and the dealer button advances to the next available player. The button holder posts the small blind and acts first before the flop.
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When a player is eliminated from an Electric Poker tournament and only two (2) players remain (“Heads Up”), the dealer button will move forward to the next available player. When Heads Up, the player on the dealer button will post the small blind and act first before the flop.