What's a tournament ticket?

A ticket represents the starting fee of a tournament. Instead of paying the fee when playing the tournaments you can, if you have one, enter using a ticket. Tickets are often awarded as part of promotions or to the winners of satellite or qualifier tournaments.

How long does a tournament ticket last?

All tickets will have an expiration time, defining how long it is valid. This will vary and will be displayed in the information regarding the tournaments.

Can I sell or give my tournament tickets to someone else?

Tournament tickets are assigned to your account so, won tickets are non-transferable. Cash prizes are not awarded as an alternative to tickets.

How do I register for a Tournament?

To register for any tournament: select the tournament game format at the top of the Poker Game Lobby. Once in the Tournament section of the Poker Lobby you will see all the available Tournament formats and a list of the upcoming Tournaments. Click on the tournament you are interested in playing, you can then click on register. Please note that tournaments appear in the lobby at staggered times (for example, 3 hours before it starts, or 1 hour.), so check the Tournament Calendar for more details on upcoming tournaments.

What does it cost to play a tournament?

Every tournament has a specific buy-in. In a $10+1 tournament for example the cost to play would be $11. $10 goes to the prize pool and $1 is the fee for entering the tournament.

What type of poker tournaments can I play?

You can play single table Sit & Go tournaments and multi table tournaments in Texas Hold'em, 7-card Stud and Omaha . You can play Limit, Pot Limit and No Limit variations.

When are the Big Multi-Table Tournaments?

You'll find a list of current tournaments just by going to our Poker Tournament Calendar Page.

How is it decided who is moved to a new table?

In multi-table tournaments we try to keep tables as full as possible by redistributing players. If needed the player to be moved to a new table is always the player not currently in either the Dealer, Small Blind or Big Blind positions that has been moved the fewest number of times so far. If there is more than one candidate, the player sitting the furthest clockwise distance away from the Big Blind gets moved.

In multi-table tournaments, how can I find which table I'm seated at?

If you are in the game lobby for a multi-table prior to the start time you will be taken automatically to the table. If this does not occur, or if you are not in the lobby at start time please highlight the tournament name in the lobby then click on the "go to tournament" tab followed by the "tourney info" tab. Here you will see a list of all players in the tournament. You can find the table you are seated at from this list and click on the relevant table to join the game.

Why and how often do the levels increase?

The blinds in tournaments are increased as the tournaments progress to ensure that players get eliminated. The levels in single-table tournaments increase every 10 hands. In multi-table tournaments, they are increased approximately every 15 minutes.

Do you offer Freerolls?

We do offer a wide selection of Freerolls at Tower Gaming. Our Door Crasher Freeroll tournaments are offered on Wednesdays, Fridays and Sundays at 5:30pm CET and can be entered by first time depositors and level 1 players who have a ticket; this tournament offers a flat $25 pay-out prize pool. We also offer the Daily $10 Freeroll at 7:30pm CET. There are the weekly Loyalty Freerolls for level 1 and level 2 players which have a $1000 prizepool each, these run every Sunday at 6:30pm CET. And last but not least, the monthly Tower of Freeroll series, players need to qualify to get tickets to these freerolls with a combined prizepool of $5000.

For more information please visit or Freeroll section:
http://www.towergaming.com/online-poker/tournaments/freeroll-poker.html.

What is the Tower of Freerolls? How do I qualify?

The Tower of Freerolls is a monthly reward for all our loyal players. Each month, Tower gives away $5,000 in Freeroll Prize Money. You can earn a ticket to one or all four tournaments based on how many Player Points you earned in the previous month. For detailed information, please visit the Tower of Freerolls Section, or Contact Us.

What is a Sit & Go tournament?

This is a non-scheduled tournament for a small number of players. Sit & Go tournaments are available 24/7. They start as soon as all available seats are filled.

How do I register for a Sit & Go tournament?

Sit & Go tournaments are available 24/7 in the tournament lobby. You register by clicking on the table listed in the lobby and then choosing a chair to sit at. The tournament will begin as soon as all available seats are filled.

What is the prize structure for a single table Sit & Go tourney?

The prize structure for Sit & Go tourneys varies dependent upon the number of entrants. As a standard in a 10 player tournament 1st place will receive 50% of the prize pool, 2nd place will receive 30% and third place 20%.

Please check each individual tournament for details on the prize structure.

All prizes are also minus your initial buy-in, e.g. for a $10+1 buy-in tourney 2nd place prize is $30 - $11 = $19.

Will I be charged the fee if I leave a Sit-&-Go tournament before it begins?

No. The money returns to your account automatically when you click on leave.

What should I do if I registered for a tournament in the past but the tournament had already started when logged on?

Until you log on, your hands shall be check/folded, while you pay any blind charges that pass. As soon as you log into your account, you shall be sent to the table where your player is sat. If you are not placed automatically, please highlight the tournament name in the lobby then click on the "go to tournament" tab followed by the "tourney info" tab.

Here you will see a list of all players in the tournament. Press "control" "f" over the player list in the bottom right corner and enter your nick name. You will then be shown the table you are at. Simply go to the game lobby and click on the relevant table to join the game.

What is a Re-buy Tournament?

For certain tournaments, players are allowed to boost their stack size by re-buying in. This option is called a "re-buy" and tournaments that allow re-buys are called "re-buy tournaments".

When a player re-buys, he pays the buy-in (without the fee), and his stack size increases by the amount of starting chips. Re-buys are done in the tourney specific lobby or in a dialogue box when the player has run out of chips

What is an "Add-on"?

An Add-on is an additional re-buy at the end of the re-buy period. At the end of the re-buy period, which is usually at the first hour break, all players will be given the option to pay the buy-in again, and boost their stack size. This option is available to all players who are still in the tournament, regardless of their stack size.

When is a player allowed to re-buy?

You can re-buy when your chips are less than or equal to the starting stack size, within the re-buy period. Re-buys are done in the tourney specific lobby or in a dialogue box when the player has run out of chips.

The re-buy period is usually from the beginning of the tournament to the first break, typically one hour. At the end of the re-buy period, you will be given a choice to "add-on". When the period is over, no re-buys will be allowed and players who run out of chips will be out of the tournament. The re-buy period will end immediately if a player reaches prize position within the original period.

How do I re-buy in a tournament?

Re-buys can be done in the tourney specific lobby, or when you have run out of chips, you will be given the option in a dialogue box to re-buy into the tournament. You can re-buy and increase your stack size when your chips are less than, or equal to the original stack size, within the re-buy period.

How many times can you re-buy in a tournament?

The number of allowed re-buys differs between tournaments. Some have fixed limits (one or two) whereas others allow unlimited re-buys.

Tournament Connection Issues

For help with Tournament Connection issues, please look to the Technical & Software help section.

Where can I see what position I am in?

While playing in a tournament, a new tournament detail tab opens for you. If at any time you would like to see how you are doing, or how your opponents are doing, just click on that tab and you will see what position you are. Additionally, this tab also shows the prize pool, the blind levels, and how much time there is left on the current blind level.

Where can I see how much time is left for this blind level?

While playing a tournament, a new tournament detail tab opens for you; this tab shows the prize pool, the blind levels, and how much time there is left on the current blind level.

How can I rebuy/add on at the table?

It is very easy to rebuy or to add on. These features are right on the table, click on the poker chip stack to make a rebuy.

What is an Ante and why have Antes been added?

An Ante is a forced bet in which each player places an equal amount of chips into the pot before the deal begins. This amount is usually a small bet or a percentage of the blinds.

The ante was another item about which we received many suggestions. Antes have been added to tournaments to increase the pot size. Players stated they wanted to be able to play for bigger pots, and now you can.

How can I see the details of a running or not started tournament?

There is a great addition for tournament details in the software. With it, you can see details like blind structure, time between blinds, prize pool, number of registered players, number of players left with their remaining chips and more. You can see all of this by clicking on the tournament you would like to see the details of.

If you want to check details before you register, click on the tournament of your interest then click on 'tournament details' on the right hand side.

Any tournament you play in will get have a separate tab in your lobby. Up to 4 tournaments will be tabbed this way; any additional tournaments will be added to a drop down list.

How do I know if the tournament is running?

In the lobby, the status of each tournament is displayed in the very last column in the tournament lobby. A tournament can be announced, open, running, finished or canceled.