Pirates Of Poker!

How To Play

Tournaments
Poker Tournaments Overview | Single-Table Poker Tournaments | Multi-Table Poker Tournaments

Rules
General Cardroom Rules | Hand Rankings

No matter what game you decide to play, you will always be playing against real people. Your fellow players may live down the street or halfway around the world, but they are playing on their own behalf. That ’s what makes our site so unique.

We only allow one account per player. Management reserves the right to close multiple accounts that we believe belong to the same player.

Game Limits
We are proud to offer real-money poker at limits from $0.50/$1 to $20/$40. In addition, Pirates Of Poker has play-money games which are absolutely free to play and make great practice.

Minimum Buy-In
The minimum buy-in is ten times the amount of the bet on the lower betting rounds in fixed games, and twenty times the big blind in Pot Limit and No Limit games. For example, the minimum buy-in for a $10/$20 fixed game is $100, and the minimum buy-in in $0.10/$.25 Pot Limit game is $5.

All-In
When a player puts the last of their chips into a pot, that player is said to be all-in. An all-in player is not eligible to win any money bet above their final bet. The excess part of the bet is either returned to the bettor, or used to form a side pot with another player or players who matched the amount bet. There is no limitation on the number of side pots. However, the all-in player will be eligible for the main pot, and therefore cannot be forced from the hand.

Sometimes a player has enough chips to continue betting or calling but has been disconnected and unable to respond. In this case the player is also deemed to be "all-in" for all the amount of chips he has bet on this particular hand. If this happens repeatedly, it probably means your Internet connection is poor. We therefore recommend that you stop playing for a while, and wait until your Internet connection improves.

A player is allotted 25 seconds to act in games. You will hear a tone advising you when your decision time is running out. If there was a disconnect and a player returned before the timeout he or she receives at least 10 seconds to act.

If a player failed to act within the allotted time while being connected, the hand is folded by the system.

Server Crash
In the rare event of a server crash, all transactions will be posted to the players’ accounts at the completion of each hand. When a hand cannot be completed, for any reason, all of the players accounts will be restored to the way they where at the beginning of the hand. All bets are considered off and a new hand will be dealt. If a tournament is interrupted by a server crash, the tournament will resume play from the beginning of the current hand.

Rake
Pirates Of Poker receives compensation for hosting poker games by taking a small commission of each pot. This commission is called a rake and equals 5% to a maximum of $3 of the money in the pot. For detailed information about the rake see our Rake page.