How it works
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♠️ Game Style
- Texas Hold'em style tournament
- Players compete using tournament chips (no cash value)
- Blinds increase each level to keep play moving
- Dealers manage gameplay and betting
⭐ Celebrity Jersey Knockout
- Each table includes a celebrity player wearing their jersey
- Knock out the celebrity and you win their signed jersey
- The tournament continues after the jersey is awarded
🃏 How a Hand Works
- Each player receives two private cards
- Five community cards are revealed in stages
- Betting rounds happen as cards are revealed
- On your turn: Call, Raise, or Fold
- Best five-card hand wins the pot
🎯 Blinds
- Small Blind: player left of the dealer
- Big Blind: next seat to the left
- Blinds rotate and increase each level
- Your dealer will advise amounts
🏆 Winning Hands, High to Low
- Royal Flush
- Straight Flush
- Four of a Kind
- Full House
- Flush
- Straight
- Three of a Kind
- Two Pair
- One Pair
- High Card
Ties are decided by highest card.
💥 Re-Buys & Add-Ons
- Re-Buy: $50. Available through the end of Level 5, once you're out of chips.
- Add-On: $100. One time at the end of Level 5, for any player still in the game.
- No re-buys or add-ons after Level 5.
🏁 Elimination & Final Winner
- After Level 5, losing all your chips means elimination
- Play continues until one winner remains
- Prizes are awarded at the end
📚 Quick Terms
- Chip Stack: your current chips
- All-In: betting all your chips
- Felted: out of chips
- Hand: one full round of play
- Pot: chips bet during a hand
✔️ Event Etiquette
- Dealers guide play, so follow their lead
- Friendly, charity-style competition
- Chips are for gameplay only
- Most important rule: have fun!
Hosted by Stephen Vogt · Emceed by Mark Ibanez