Legal | House Rules

In order to promote integrity, fairness, and security, these House Rules will govern game play on the www.wsop.com website and mobile application ("WSOP.com"), and all players will be required to adhere to the provisions contained herein. General WSOP.com rules can be found here: https://www.wsop.com/legal/general-rules/ . Players must at all times comply with the WSOP Terms of Service . In the event of any conflict between these House Rules and the Terms of Service, the Terms of Service shall take precedence.

Age Limit and Physical Location Eligibility

In order to play for real money on WSOP.com, players must be at least 21 years of age, and physically located in the State of Nevada. Players may be required to upload verification documents to confirm their eligibility. For more information, please see the WSOP.com End-User License Agreement .

Wagering Limits

Cash games

The wagering limits for each cash game table, including the size of the blinds (forced initial bets), appear in the WSOP.com poker client lobby. When players join a cash game, they may sit down with any amount that is between the minimum and maximum buy-in designated for that table, with the funds being deducted from their cashier balance. Players may leave cash game tables at any time, with their remaining funds being transferred back to their cashier balance. In Fixed-Limit games, players may only bet designated amounts in each betting round. In No-Limit games, players can bet as many of their chips as they wish during any betting round. In Pot-Limit games, player may bet any amount up to the size of the current pot. During game play, players may only wager the chips they have in front of them at the beginning of a hand. For example, if a player starts a hand with $15 in chips, while each of his/her opponents have $100, the player may only wager up to the $15 with which he/she began the hand. Accordingly, he/she is only eligible to win $15 from each of his/her opponents during the hand.

Tournaments

In tournament poker, players pay a designated entry fee and receive tournament chips, which have no cash value and cannot be removed from play. The structure of each tournament - including the maximum number of entrants, the rate of blind escalation, and the payout structure - is shown in the tournament lobby. The tournament ends when one player has accumulated all of the chips in play. When a player loses all of his/her chips, he/she is knocked out of the tournament (unless the structure of the tournament allows eliminated players to re-enter). If two or more players are eliminated in the same hand, the player(s) who began the hand with fewer chips will be deemed to have been eliminated first, for the purpose of calculating payouts. Depending on the type of tournament, players may be allowed to re-enter, re-buy or add-on. In the case of a re-entry, you will enter the tournament as a new player and may not have the same table or seat. In the case of a re-buy and add-on, you will keep your existing seat and table and also have the option to add chips for an additional fee. In the event of any conflict between the House Rules and terms of the Tournament, the terms of the Tournament shall prevail.

Fees: Rake and Tournament Entry Fees

There are fees associated with participating in real-money poker games on WSOP.com. The fee for participating in cash games is known as the "rake", and consists of a small percentage of each pot that is retained by the house. The rake is determined by many factors including the game stakes, the size of the pot, and the number of players who are dealt into a hand. No rake is taken from a hand that ends during the first round of betting (before the flop). For a full list of rake limits please refer to https://www.wsop.com/online-poker/limits-rake/ .

The fees for participating in tournaments on WSOP.com are fixed amounts shown in the tournament lobby and buy-in screen of each tournament. The total cost to enter a tournament is typically presented in the form of "$A + $B", where $A is the entry fee that goes into the prize pool, and $B is the fee that is retained by the house.

Tournament Play

In order to ensure that all players continuously participate in tournament play and do not sit by while other players knock each other out of the tournament, blinds and antes will be deducted from players who do not play their hand, which may result in a player being "blinded out".

Split Pots

In the event of a tie between two or more players, the pot will be split evenly among the winning players. In instances when the pot does not split evenly, the odd chip amount will go to the winning player seated closest to the dealer (clockwise). For example, if a pot of $50.25 is split between two winning players, the player closest to the dealer will receive $25.13, with the other player receiving $25.12.

Tournament Cancellation Policy

We reserve the right to cancel any tournament that is announced, registering, or in a pending state.

Tournaments that are in progress that require cancellation due to a variety of possible factors (server issues, widespread connection problems, power outage, ISP network issues etc.) will be cancelled, and a player who has been eliminated prior to the cancellation of such tournament will not be refunded any amounts in relation to such tournament.

Players who were not eliminated at time of cancellation will: (i) be refunded any Buy-in, knock out fees, rebuys and add-ons which they have purchased in relation to the cancelled tournament; and (ii) share equally (regardless of a player's chip count) the higher of (a) the Buy-ins, applicable knock out fees, rebuys and add-ons purchased by those who have been eliminated prior to the cancellation of the tournament; or (b) the guaranteed prize pool less the amounts distributed in (i).

Multi-Tabling

When playing on a Personal Computer, a player will be limited to playing a maximum of ten (10) cash game tables at any time. There is no limit on the number of tournaments in which a player can play concurrently.

When playing on a mobile device, a player will be limited to playing at one table (cash game or tournament).

Please note that a player will only be able to occupy one seat on any table (cash game or tournament).

Playing on multi tables is subject to your Personal Computer's and mobile device's capabilities. In addition, playing on multi tables may affect your Personal Computer and mobile device’s performance.

"Sit Out" Feature

The "Sit Out" feature is only intended for use in order to take short breaks between extended periods of play during "cash" games. It is not intended for use while no play is taking place at the table, or for waiting on players to join or leave the table. We reserve the right, at our discretion, to take action against players using the "Sit Out" feature for more than 15 minutes at a time. Players who repeatedly use the "Sit Out" feature for longer than 15 minutes may have their accounts terminated and we may withhold any funds that are present in such account subject to approval by the Nevada Gaming Control Board.

Log Off Features

If no keyboard key or touch screen is pressed by the player or the mouse is not moved or clicked by the player for a period of 10 minutes, the WSOP.com client will attempt to log-off such player and prompt such player to enter their username and password. In such case, a warning pop-up with a 60 seconds countdown will be displayed after 9 minutes to allow the player to click the “I’m Back” button and avoid being logged off by the WSOP.com client.

A player may also manually log off the WSOP.com client by accessing the ‘Log Off’ option which can be found under ‘My Profile’ in the WSOP.com desktop application or under the dropdown menu in the WSOP.com mobile application. If a player manually logs off of the WSOP.com client this will close all of the player's active tables and such player will automatically sit out any table game and will not be able to play whilst the WSOP.com client is manually logged off.

Time Limits

To keep the pace of play at an enjoyable level, a time limit applies to every player action.A warning will be given as the player's time runs down - if no action is taken before time expires, his/her hand will be automatically folded, and he/she will forfeit any amount that he/she has contributed to the pot. Certain tables may be designated as "turbo" or "hyper-turbo" tables, and will operate on shorter time limits to accommodate players who enjoy a faster pace of play.

Time Bank

A "time bank" is an additional limited reservoir of time that can be activated by the player for difficult decisions by clicking on the "Time Bank" button. Players also have the option to have their time bank automatically activated when their normal time to act expires via the game settings. If a player has configured the time bank to be automatically activated, it will only be used in hands where the player has voluntarily invested money in the pot (this includes posting blinds out of turn). Posting blinds when it is the player's turn to post them will not be considered a voluntary investment of money in the pot. Players who fail to act before their time bank expires will have their hand automatically folded.

All-In Players

A player who wagers all of his/her available chips is considered "all-in." An all-in player is always eligible to win the "main pot," which consists of the amount wagered by the all-in player plus the amount of his/her contribution that was matched by other players in a hand.

A "side pot" will be created for the players that continue to wager in the hand after the all-in player is no longer able to make or match further bets. Depending on the respective chip stacks of the players, a number of side pots may be created in a single poker hand each time a subsequent player is all-in.

For example, assume there are three players: A, B, and C, who have $100, $120, and $200, respectively, at the beginning of the hand. Player A makes an all-in bet for $100, Player B moves all-in as well for $120, and Player C calls. The "main pot" will be $300 (consisting of $100 from each player), and will be contested between all 3 players. A "side pot" of $40 ($20 from Player B and $20 from Player C) will also be formed, but will only be contested between Players B and C, because Player A was all-in for $100 and did not contribute to the side pot. In other words, even if Player A has the best hand among the three of them, only players B and C are eligible to win the $40 side pot. If Player B or C has the best hand among the three players, he/she would win both the main pot and the side pot (because, unlike Player A, he/she had contributed to each).

Player Disconnection Policy

If a player is disconnected due to a reason specific to that player (for example, server issues affecting only that player or some of the players, disconnection resulting from the player's hardware or telecommunication services used by the player, or if the location verification service we employ identifies the player as being located outside of the State of Nevada), the server may automatically attempt to reestablish connection to the player.

If the connection cannot be reestablished in a suitable amount of time, for cash games:

(i) if the player has not made a bet when it is such player's turn to act, he/she will automatically check;

(ii) if another playerhas made a bet, and a call is required when it is the player's turn to act, his/her hand will be automatically folded. A player's hand will not be treated as 'all-in' due to a player connection problem. Before any automatic action is taken, the player's time bank (if any) will be activated.

In tournament play, if the connection cannot be reestablished in a suitable amount of time, the player will continue to play the blinds, and such blinds will be deducted from the player until the player is "blinded out." In the event that the server resumes connection before the player is "blinded out," the player will automatically be reconnected to the tournament and can continue to play in such tournament.

Server Outage Policy

In the unlikely scenario that a WSOP.com server experiences an unexpected outage and such outage affects all players playing a cash game or tournament:

· Cash games will roll back to their status before the hand then in progress (interrupted due to the outage) as though it was never dealt;

· Players who are disconnected in the middle of a cash game will be automatically refunded the funds they contributed to the pot in the interrupted hand, and their balance at the table will be returned to their Cashier balance;

Tournaments that are in progress will be cancelled and the prize pool will be divided evenly among all the players that are still in the tournament. Players who "busted" from the tournament prior to the connectivity issue would remain unaffected and be ineligible for any prize.

Auto - Muck Losing Hand

If a player is participating in a showdown, and his/her hand is ranked lower than an already revealed hand, the player can opt to not show his/her losing hand to the other participants at the table. To enable this feature, the player must check the "Auto-Muck Losing Hand" box. In a multi-way pot at showdown, any player's hand that wins any portion of the pot will automatically be revealed to the other participants at the table. If a player wins a hand by virtue of everyone else folding, he/she will have the option to choose "Show Hand" or "Muck."

Collusion

Collusion occurs when two or more players at a poker table attempt to gain an unfair advantage by sharing knowledge of their cards or other information. Collusion is prohibited and we use a variety of methods to detect play that appears questionable or suspicious. More information can be found in WSOP.com's Terms of Service: https://www.wsop.com/legal/terms-conditions-nv/.

Restrictions on Playing in the Same Location as Another Player

A player must not play from the same Physical Location as another player in the same Multi Table tournament, Sit and Go tournament, or cash game. If you are found to be playing from the same Physical Location as another player in the same Multi Table tournament, Sit and Go tournament, or cash game, we reserve the right to withhold any and all monies used and/or gained from play in violation of the Terms of Service. Additionally, any violation of the WSOP.COM Terms of Service may result in account suspension or immediate termination of the account. When a patron does not agree with WSOP.com’s decision regarding funds withheld due to the violation of terms of service WSOP.com will inform the patron of their right to request that the Nevada Gaming Control Board conduct an investigation.

"Physical Location" is defined as a player being within 30 feet of another person.

Exceptions to a player playing in the same Physical Location are at Caesars Entertainment owned properties poker rooms or designated WSOP tournament areas.

Restrictions on Sharing Devices

A player must not share a device with another player who has registered in the same Multi Table tournament, Sit and Go tournament, or cash game. If you are found to be using a device that is also used by another player in the same Multi Table tournament, Sit and Go tournament or cash game, we reserve the right to withhold any and all monies used and/or gained from play in violation of the Terms of Service. Additionally, any violation of the WSOP.COM Terms of Service may result in account suspension or immediate termination of the account. When a patron does not agree with WSOP.com’s decision regarding funds withheld due to the violation of terms of service WSOP.com will inform the patron of their right to request that the Nevada Gaming Control Board conduct an investigation.

Fair Play

WSOP.com reserves the right to terminate the account of any player it deems to be violating these House Rules, the Terms of Service, Nevada gaming regulations, or any State or Federal law, and to take any action, as specified in the Terms of Service and as permitted by law or regulation, to address incidents requiring intervention.

Rat-Holing

WSOP.com considers it unethical for a player to leave a cash game table, only to return to the table shortly thereafter with less than the amount he/she had left with (known as "rat-holing"). If a player attempts to join a table that he/she vacated less than 30 minutes prior, he/she will be required to bring to the table an amount equal to or greater than what he/she left with.

Table Etiquette

Slow Play

Maintaining a reasonable pace of play is the responsibility of all players. Players should aim to play at the same pace as other players at the table.

In-turn Checkboxes

Players can expedite game play by using the in-turn checkboxes to choose their action (e.g. check, fold, etc) before it is their turn to act. The selected action will be automatically taken when it is the player's turn.

Chat

We strive to create an enjoyable experience for all players and may censor language we deem inappropriate in our discretion. Players may not use offensive, abusive, defamatory, insulting, harassing, inflammatory, sexually explicit, or derogatory language, or language that includes expressions of bigotry, racism, hatred or profanity. Use of such language may result in a player having his/her chat privileges revoked.

In-Game Commentary

Players must refrain from using the chat feature to comment on hands, either concluded or then-in-progress. This includes, but is not limited to, providing strategy advice, sharing cards, or identifying potential bluffs.

Responsible Gaming

You can request to adjust your limits at any time online on the My Account page accessible from the My Profile menu within the client. You can also request a self exclusion or a cooling off period, for more information please see our Responsible Gaming Policy or contact our customer support team for any assistance.

If you think you or someone you care about may have a gambling problem, call 1-800-GAMBLER (426-2537).

Prize Award Policy

Players will not receive fractions of a cent. In all instances where a player's winnings include a fraction of a cent, WSOP.com will round down such player's winnings to the nearest cent. So, for example if you win $4.096, you will receive $4.09.

Last updated: March 18, 2024