Texas Hold’em Charity Tournament Guide

Texas Hold’em Tournament

Full Rules & Guest Guide

♠️ 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

Celebrities at Every Table — Jersey Knockout Rule

  • Each table includes a celebrity player wearing their jersey
  • If you knock out the celebrity, you win their signed jersey
  • Tournament continues after jersey is awarded

🃏 How a Hand Works

  • Each player gets two private cards
  • Five community cards are revealed in stages
  • Betting rounds occur as cards are revealed
  • On your turn, you can: 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
  • Dealer will advise amounts requested

🏆 Winning Hands (High to Low)

  1. Royal Flush
  2. Straight Flush
  3. Four of a Kind
  4. Full House
  5. Flush
  6. Straight
  7. Three of a Kind
  8. Two Pair
  9. One Pair
  10. High Card

(Ties decided by highest card.)

💥 Re-Buys & Add-Ons

  • Re-Buy — $50
    Available until end of Level 5, only after player is out of chips.
  • Add-On — $100
    One time at 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 chips = elimination
  • Tournament continues until one winner remains
  • Prizes awarded at the end

📚 Quick Terms

  • Chip Stack — your current chips
  • All-In — betting all chips
  • Felted — out of chips
  • Hand — one full round of play
  • Pot — chips bet during a hand

✔️ Event Etiquette

  • Dealers guide play — follow their direction
  • Friendly, charity-style competition
  • Chips are for gameplay only
  • Most important rule: Have Fun!