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NPT No Buy In Series: Tournament Rules

1) National Poker Tour™ plays No Limit Texas Hold'em.

2) All players start with the same number and value of chips equivalent to 1000 play dollars.

3) Blinds will be increased consistently throughout the tournament (every 20 mins).

4) When players lose all of their chips they are eliminated and must leave their table and may enter NPT fun tables for prizes and NPT bonus points as there is no re-entry to official NPT™ Tournament once eliminated.

5) Play continues until there is only one player left.

6) Lower valued chips will be "colored up" when they are no longer needed due to increased blinds. Any amounts not equal to the "colored up" chip denomination will be rounded up.

7) Late arriving players will be allowed to start if they arrive before the 4th level of blinds. The late arriving players starting chip total will be less the amount equal to double big blind at the time they start (i.e. if they start when the big blind is 100 they will start with 800 in chips).

8) One player per hand. A player may not ask for advice when it his/her turn to act.

9) Players draw to see who will start the game as the Dealer. Dealer responsibility rotates clockwise one player after each hand.

10) Dealer must shuffle cards a minimum of 3 times and then cut cards for each hand.

11) Players must take their blinds (a mandatory amount put into the pot before each hand is dealt). The Small Blind is the player seated to the left of the Dealer. The Big Blind is the player seated to the left of the Small Blind.

12) Raises must be equal to or greater than the previous bet.

13) All participating hands will be turned face-up whenever a player is "all in" and betting action is complete.

14) If 2 or more players tie, the pot will be split between the players who tied. If there is an odd chip, it will left in the middle and become a part of the next hand's pot.

15) If more than 1 player is eliminated on the same hand the player with the highest chip total at the beginning of the hand will be awarded the higher finishing points.

16) Should Small Blind be eliminated player to the right of missing player will deal and blinds are posted as usual. Should Big Blind be eliminated Small Blind is dead and only the Big Blind is posted (the hand following that hand would be dealt by player to right of missing player and blinds posted as usual).

17) As players are eliminated remaining players are moved to consolidate tables.

18) Players new to a table play are dealt in to next hand unless seated in the Small Blind or Dealer position.

19) Absent players will be dealt a hand and held responsible for blinds. If player is absent when it is his/her turn to act the hand will be folded.

20) When only 2 players remain the player due to act as the Big Blind will do so and the other player will assume the dealer position. The dealer will act first prior to the flop and second after the flop.

21) If a card is dealt face-up by accident the Dealer continues to deal all of the hole cards as usual. The Dealer then replaces the improperly dealt card with a new one and the improperly dealt card becomes the first burn card.

22) Players are not allowed to turn over cards in the muck pile. When each hand is completed the Dealer will collect all cards and pass them to the next Dealer.

23) Any player whose cards touch the muck pile will lose all action on that hand.

24) Players' chips and cards must remain on or above the table at all times.

25) Dealer is only player allowed to touch chips in the pot. Players should make change with other players between hands. If necessary, the player may state his intended action (call, raise) and dealer may make change for the player from the pot.

26) No string bets.

27) Players who win a non-called pot are not required to show their cards.

28) National Poker Tour reserves the right ask for photo ID for verification.

29) National Poker Tour reserves the right to revoke player membership.

30) National Poker Tour strictly enforces our code of conduct.