Poker Hands section describes the poker hand ranking hierarchy.
If a player wants to take a break, he/she go into sit out mode. In sit out mode the player will continue sitting at the table, but will not be dealt cards and won’t pay any blinds. The player will remain in sit out mode until he/she decides to get back into the action.
If the player remains in sit out mode for longer than 10 minutes, he/she will be removed from the table and returned to the lobby.
If you leave a cash game table and then try to rejoin the game you'll be seated at a table randomly, favouring tables you have played before and tables with the least number of players.
Players leaving a cash game table who are then seated at the same table when they return within 30 minute will be subject to the following buy-in rules:
Sat on the exact same table within last 30min | Left table with stack in Big Blinds | Ratholing counter value | Min buy-in | Max buy-in |
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NO | - | - | 50 Big Blinds | 100 Big Blinds |
YES | <= 50 Big Blinds | - | 50 Big Blinds | 100 Big Blinds |
YES | 50 Big Blinds < X < 100 Big Blinds | - | last stack at that table | 100 Big Blinds |
YES | >= 100 Big Blinds | 0-4 (incl.) | 100 Big Blinds | last stack at that table |
YES | >= 100 Big Blinds | 5 or higher | last stack at that table | last stack at that table |
”-“ no control needed.
“Ratholing counter”: How many times a player has left a cash game table with 100 Big Blinds or more and then sat back down within a 30 minutes period at the exact same table. The counter will reset every day at 00:00 UTC and will count across all stakes and formats.
No ratholing (leaving the table and rejoining with smaller stack) is allowed in Texas Deepstack.
If a player loses connection to the game server when action reaches them, the server will first wait until the normal time allowed for decisions is over and then gives 20 seconds extra time for player to reconnect. If the player hasn’t reconnected by that time, the decision is made automatically for them. The automatic decision will be check if possible, otherwise fold. The player is also set as sitting out at the end of the hand.
In the unlikely case of server error preventing the hand from finishing, the hand will be cancelled and all bets returned to players. Every undecided and unresolved bet in incomplete games will become void after 90 days and will be forfeited to charity.