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)
- Royal Flush
- Straight Flush
- Four of a Kind
- Full House
- Flush
- Straight
- Three of a Kind
- Two Pair
- One Pair
- 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!