Tournament Types and Features

Unleashed Poker offers exciting tournament in various formats including Hold’em, Omaha, 7 Card Stud. Such Tournaments can be Fixed Limit, Pot Limit or No Limit. You can join satellite tournaments to work your way up into much bigger events or simply look for freerolls that give you an opportunity to build up your bank roll for free. Please see the tournament lobby for the exact details and rules for each tournament.

The beauty of tournaments is that they allow you to control your finances better than real money ring games. Once you paid your buy-in to buy your seat in the tournament you are given a stack of chips. All payers start in the tournament with the same amount of chips. All you need to do now is to get other players chips and eliminate them from the game. When one player has won all the chips the tournament is over.

Unleashed Poker offers different types of tournaments. 

Multi-table

If more than one table is needed to accommodate the number of registered players in a tournament, it is known as a multi-table tournament.

In a Multi-table tournaments have a lot of players spread across many tables as players are eliminated, players will be combined until only one table remains. Although we try to be fair and move players in relation to their position with the dealer button, a player may end up moving from their blinds and move to a blind position again.

Sit & Go

Sit & Go tournaments unscheduled tournaments that start continuously throughout the day. They start when the needed number of players is sitting at the table and each participant is then notified that the tournament is about to begin. You will find a range of Sit & Go tournaments in the tournament section of Unleashed Poker software just click on Sit & Go tab.

Heads-up

When a contest is between 2 players only, it is referred to as Heads-up. The rules are the same as Multi-Table play with the exception that the player with the “dealer button” posts the small blind and will act first pre-flop then last for the remainder of the hand. The player who posts the big blind is dealt first.

Re-buy & Add-on

A Re-buy & Add-on tournaments encourage players to Re-buy and/or Add-on additional chips during a limited period in the game. Players can usually replenish the chips at the first hour of play up until the end of the first break. During the Re-buy period each player is allowed either a fixed number or unlimited number of Re-buys depending the tournament set up.

In a Re-buy tournament you can buy more chips during the Re-buy period only if a player’s chip amount is equal to or less than the original amount you had at the start of the tournament. Re-buy tournaments if a player loses all of their chips in any hand during the Re-buy period this player can remain active in the tournament by purchasing a Re-buy of additional chips. The cost of a Re-buy and the number of chips provided is generally the same as the cost of the original buy-in and number of chips provided when the tournament begins. Check the tournament information for details.

Add-on chips are available during the first five minute break of a Re-buy & Add-on tournament. All active players in the tournament will have a chance to purchase an Add-on of more chips. When a player wants to buy an Add-on it does not matter how many chips he or she has at the time. The cost of an Add-on is usually the same as the cost of the original buy-in. The number of chips provided with an Add-on is the same or more than the original buy-in. You will get the details of Add-ons at the tournament information tab.

You can purchase Re-buys and Add-ons by clicking on their respective buttons located at the Dealer chip tray or by clicking on the Dealer chip tray itself and then clicking the Add Chips button. There is no additional fee paid by the player when Re-buys and Add-ons are purchased which means that all Re-buys and Add-ons are added to the tournament prize pool. The total prize pool and the payout structure will not be finalized until both the Re-buy and Add-on periods have closed.

Freeze-out

Freeze-out tournaments are the opposite to Buy-In and Add-on tournaments. In a Freeze-out tournament players can make only one single Buy-in and will be out of the game when they lose all their chips until there is only one player left with all the chips.

Shoot-out

A Shoot-out tournament consists of many tables. In a shoot-out tournament players continue to play at each table until there is only one player at each table remains. Such tournaments can have many rounds where the winners of a previous round are combined at a new table and play until the winner of the new table is established. The tournament goes on until there is only one table left with only one player holding the chips. A Shoot-out tournament can have between two (Heads-up) to ten players on each table competing over 1 or more rounds. The number of rounds and players per table varies and can be found in the tournament lobby.

Kamikaze

In kamikaze tournaments each player is forced to go all in every hand.

Satellites

Satellite tournaments are events where prizes are entries into other larger more expensive tournaments. A satellite could award the winner(s) entries into other satellites. All satellite tournaments end when all players have won or qualified for their prizes. Players who enter large exclusive tournaments mostly enter them by winning through a series of satellites then paying a buy-in fee directly.

Freeroll

Freerolls are the tournaments that does not require a Buy-in or registration fee, no risks or conditions. Freeroll tournament often offer substantial prizes to the winners and they are our way to welcome the new players and say thank you to the existing loyal ones.

With Unleashed Poker players can now register for some tournaments after the tournament has started. For Freeze-out tournaments a player can register 10 minutes after the tournament has started. For Re-Buy &Add-on tournaments a player can register in the first hour.

For complete details regarding on any tournament open the tournament Lobby and click the Tournament Information button.