Virgin Poker

Tournaments

Playing tournaments

There are two types of tournament:

Multi-table tournaments

You'll find a range of different Multitable tournaments in our tournament schedule (link) at Virgin Poker and it's a great way play for big pots and prizes for a relatively small stake. In the lobby you'll find the tournaments by clicking on the 'Multi Tourney' button.

Players are allowed to register for Multitable tournaments during a predetermined period prior to the start of the tournament. Registration continues until the registration period ends or the maximum number of players for the tournament is reached. In order to register, players normally pay an entrance fee, however some tournaments may be free to enter (free rolls).

Breaking tables

There are never more than the minimum number of tables required to seat all players so you'll always have somewhere to sit! As the number of players reduces, the number of tables is also reduced. A table is removed as soon as the remaining players can all be seated around the remaining tables.

Example: When there are 41 players there are five tables, four with 8 players and one with 9. When a player is eliminated and there are 40 players remaining, one table is closed and the players are moved to the remaining four tables which are then full (10 players).

The table that is closed is the one with the least number of players seated. If more than one table has the smallest number of players, the table to be closed is randomly chosen from the two. Players from the closed table are randomly seated in the available seats at the remaining tables.

Hand for Hand Play Mode

In hand for hand play mode, all hands are dealt at the same time at all tables. This occurs whenever there is more than one table, and there is a significant change in prize money between two places. For example, in a 350 player tournament, the tournament changes to hand for hand play when there are 41 players, 31 players, 21 players and 11 players remaining. It stays hand for hand until one player has been knocked out in each situation.

Enter a Tournament

To enter the Multi Table Tournament screen, click the Multi Tourney tab.

From the Multi Tournament screen, players can register to play or click to watch a tournament (if one is in progress), as well as see all the important aspects of a tournament in real time. Here's a description of all the different information that is displayed in the Single Tourney list of tournaments:

TID

The TID column shows the Tournament ID. It is possible to filter tournament types by clicking one of the five filter buttons labelled All, Regular, Satellites, Special, or Freeroll.

All: All tables.
Regular: Tournaments with no special requirements to enter.
Special: Tournaments where e.g. special conditions for registration apply.
Heads Up: Tournament which is organised into mulitple rounds with two players per table in each round.
Freeroll: Tournaments with no buy in or entry fee.
Satellites: Tournaments that are qualifiers for other tournaments.

Start time (GMT) Shows the start time for each tournament.

Tournament The name of the tournament.

Type Shows if the tournament has a fixed limit, no limit, or a pot limit. See section Limits for further information.

Buy-in Shows the buy in cost + the entry fee for the selected tournament.

Status Shows tournament status.

Players Shows how many players are registered for an upcoming tournament or the number of starting competitors in an ongoing tournament.

Click the column headings to change the sorting order in the different columns.

View Tournament Information

Select a tournament by clicking a tournament row. Some information about the tournament is displayed in the pane to the right of the tournament list. For more information, click the Tournament Info button. General tournament information is presented to the left in the screen and more specific information can be found under the two tabs Tabel Info and Tournament Info. The information differs slightly depending on the status of the tournament

Table Info

Information for each table in the tournament is shown together with a complete list of all players participating in the tournament.

Select a table and click Observe Table. This opens a live view of the selected table.

Select a player and click Player Info to show information about the player.

Tournament Info

Shows tournament specific information such as blind level schedule and distribution of the prize pot as well as start and stop levels of hand for hand play mode.

Click the Back button to return to the Multi Table Tournament screen.

Join the Game

If the game state is Register, a player can join the game by clicking the Register button on the tournament registration screen. A pop-up box asks the player to pay the buy in and entrance fee.

By clicking OK, the player receives a notification that he/she is registered for the tournament.

Unregister

During the registration period the player may unregister from the tournament by clicking the Unregister button on the tournament information screen.

The player will get a notification that he/she is un-registered from the tournament and that the buy in and registration fee are refunded to his/her account.