GAME STRUCTURE:

Each player will begin a nightly tournament with 2,500 chips.  Extra chips can be earned for food or drink purchases at the venues, or by wearing Big Stacks Poker clothing.  See below for the extra chip structure.

Standard No Limit Texas Hold 'Em Rules apply.

**MUST BE 21 YEARS OF AGE TO PLAY IN ANY OF OUR TOURNAMENTS.
**Gambling, side bets, or discussion of home games will not be allowed at the table.  We will always allow you to tell your bad beat stories from a legal casino. 
**Cheating of any kind will not be tolerated.  Anyone caught gambling or cheating will not be allowed to play in the league
**Verbalize all actions (call, raise, fold, check, all-in).
**Please take all cell phone calls away from the table.
**If you wish to wear any kind of Ipod or music device, please use one earbud/headphone only.
**If a venue permits smoking, smoking must be done 5 feet away from the table.
**Excessive language will not be tolerated, especially the F-bomb.  A player will receive a warning for the first F-bomb.  A second F-bomb will earn a player a 5-minute rail penalty.  If a player continues such language, he or she may be asked to leave the table and/or the venue.  Also, anyone deemed to be too intoxicated to continue playing to the point they become a distraction to the game may be asked to leave for the night.
**The dealer will have the final say on any decision that is made, whether during a game or at a venue.

The Blind structure for each nightly game will be:
100/200                1000/2000                10000/20000
200/400                2000/4000                20000/40000
400/800                4000/8000                40000/80000
500/1000              5000/10000               50000/100000

**The list for game 1 will be closed to any new players arriving at the venue when the blinds reach 200/400.  Anyone arriving at this point will sign up for game 2. 
**Players must be at the venue to sign up on the list.
**The first 2 sets of blinds will be 15-20 minutes, depending on the number of players to get into a game.  After that, the blinds will run 10-15 minutes per level, at the dealer's discretion, depending again on the number of players for the next game. 
**Once the blinds reach 400/800, the list for any game is closed.  When the blinds reach 400/800, players from a game currently running will have the option to be put on the list for that game and can still get in if they choose, or they may go to the next new game.  Anyone on the list that has not yet been seated may choose to go to the next game or continue to wait for an open seat.  Even though the blinds have gone up, the game is not closed, only the list. 

Each tournament will be played until one player has all of the chips.  

EXTRA CHIPS:

As our way of saying thank you for supporting our venues and our company, we will be awarding extra chips for each tournament you play in.

Food:  500 chips per game

Drink:  Maximum 1,000 chips per game
**Soda/Tea:  500 chips, maximum 2 per game
If a venue offers free refills, only 1 chip will be given for the purchase of 1 drink.  If a venue does not offer free refills, you will receive a second chip if you purchase a refill.
**Beer/Liquor/Wine:  500 chips, maximum 2 per game
**Pitcher or Bucket of Beer, Bottle of wine:  1,000 chips per game, maximum 1 per game

Venue Receipt:  If you have lunch or dinner at one of our venues on a day other than a poker night, and you bring the receipt to the same venue on poker night, you will get 500 chips for one game when you turn that receipt in.

Sponsor Venue Receipt:  If you make a purchase from one of our sponsors, and bring the receipt to a venue, you will get 500 chips for one game when you turn that receipt in (maximum 1 sponsor chip per game)

New Player or Bring a New Player:  500 chips per game (we appreciate you bringing new players, but a max of 1 chip per game please)

Big Stacks Poker League Clothing:  500 chips per game, maximum 2 per game
**All clothing must be worn in order to receive chips.  Shirts that are draped over the body or held in a lap WILL NOT BE AWARDED CHIPS.  While the league prefers that you wear your hat during nightly play, a hat may be worn on a belt loop or a purse string.  There will be NO OTHER EXCEPTIONS.

**Please remember that the purchase of food and drink(s) at a venue is done on the honor system.  If any player says that they have had or are going to order food or drink to get extra chips but does not, that player will be asked not to play in the league.

RECEIPTS FOR PURCHASES:

POINT STRUCTURE:

Regular Nightly Tournament

Everyone who makes a final table at our nightly venues will receive points!  The top 10 places will be awarded to any multi-table tournament (with 20 players) or a single table tournament that has 20 players or more sit down at the table during the tournament.  The top 5 places will be awarded to any single or multi-table tournament that has 10  to 19 players.  The top 3 places will be awarded to any tournament that has less than 10 players.

1st - 100 pts and chips towards the year-end Main Event
(1st win gets 20,000 chips; each additional win is worth 1,000 more)

2nd - 75 pts

3rd - 50 pts

4th - 25 pts

5th - 20 pts

6th/7th/8th - 15 pts

9th/10th - 10 pts

In the event of a tie, add the points of the two places together, divide by two, then round up (if necessary) to the next 5.
*ex. - If 2 players tie for 3rd, add the points together for 3rd and 4th places (50+25=75), divide by 2 (37.5), then round up to the next 5.  Each player would get 40 points.  The same rule applies for Big Stack Dollar Points. 

Lightning Round Tournament

In the event that there is not enough time at the end of the night for a full tournament, the dealers may run a "Lightning Round" tournament.  This will be a game with 5-7 minutes blinds, depending on the time of the night.  Each player will start with 2,500 chips, and the blinds will begin at 100/200.  No additional chips will be awarded in a Lightning Round tournament. 
**A Lightning Round win does not count towards the Main Event.

Bounties

Any time a dealer, employee or representative of Big Stacks Poker League sits in on a nightly tournament, he or she will not be eligible to earn points.  He or she will be considered a bounty.  If you knock the bounty out of a tournament, you will receive 25 points towards the Bi-Monthly tournaments.  Bounties do not count as double on double point nights. 

BIG STACK DOLLARS POINTS:

Everyone who makes the final three of a tournament at our nightly venues will receive Big Stack Dollar Points!

1st - 50 Big Stack Dollar Points
2nd - 25 Big Stack Dollar Points
3rd - 15 Big Stack Dollar Points

You may also earn Big Stack Dollar Points by hitting a Royal Flush! 
On the board - 50 to anyone still in the hand
Using 1 hole card - 250
Using both hole cards - 500

Big Stack Dollar Points can be redeemed for Big Stacks Poker apparel or sponsorships to the Hard Rock Casino in Tampa, Club 52 in Melbourne, or the Daytona Beach Poker Room.

You can check your Big Stack Dollar Account by clicking here