Rules & Guidelines

When you register you will be asked to review our Player Service Agreement. Please confirm that you are at least 21 years of age and playing from a location in which on-line gaming is legal.

To ensure a fair and honest playing environment, StraightFlush has established rules governing player behavior, lost connectivity, betting, chatting, etc.

We do not permit players to change their screen name, except under rare circumstances.

If you experience a disconnection our software is designed to quickly attempt to reconnect you. The game will wait a reasonable amount of time for your connection to be re-established. If you cannot or do not respond, the software will treat you as all-in, check you, or fold your hand. You will be marked sitting-out as well.

We will not tolerate cheating.

Sitting Out

In games where the position relative to the dealer can bring advantage, we prevent players from entering and leaving (sitting out)) games without having to post the equivalent of the blind. This ensures that there is no financial advantage gained by missing the rotation of the blind.

Reducing

If a player wins and has more chips than at the start of play it can be tempting to leave the table, and then immediately return with fewer chips. This is called reducing and is not permitted in our poker room. If a player leaves a table they must wait 30 minutes before returning with fewer chips. If they wish to return within the 30 minutes they must sit down with the same amount of chips they left with.

Disconnects

There are times when players may lose their connection to the server. This may occur for any number of reasons including:

  • Dropped connection.
  • Routing problems at the local Internet Service Provider (ISP).
  • Network congestion
  • Home computer hangs, freezes, or crashes.

When this occurs, we do not want to penalize a player holding a strong hand. We therefore grant each player one all-in in every 24-hour period. An all-in is the same as when a player has too few chips at the table to cover a bet. A side pot is created in which the all-in player participates. If a player has used his allocated number of all-ins for the day and loses connectivity or times out, the hand is folded.

Due to the potential to abuse our all-in policy, we do not grant any all-in protection for pot-limit and no-limit games. Regardless of the reason, if you fail to act in the required time, your hand will be folded.

To prevent players from pretending to have lost their connection with the server when it might be advantageous financially, we limit the number of all-in events any player has in a 24-hour period. This will prevent abuse by pretending to have lost connectivity. Our software can detect lost connections as opposed to non-responding but still connected players.

Collusion

Collusion is when two or more players attempt to bet in a way that allows added gains. Collusion is cheating and StraightFlush does not tolerate any form of cheating.

Our software is designed to detect collusive behavior. We employ a fraud team who monitors various patterns including who plays together, types of hands and how they are played, and flag unusual betting patterns.

If you feel you have been the victim of collusion, please notify one of our hosts by email or by clicking on the Manager Button. Please note the hand number at the top of the screen. Our hosts will be able to use the information you supply to check into the situation.

Cheaters will be permanently banned from playing at our poker room!

Etiquette

This is a community and there are rules about behavior. These rules are intended to maximize the enjoyment and comfort of all players and visitors. Please follow these rules. Violators will be contacted and risk suspension or banishment.

  • Polite chat: Under no circumstances may you use vulgar or profane language while using our chat facility. You may also not abuse or harass another player. Violators risk loss of chat privilege, suspension, or banishment from the poker room.
  • Timely play: Please make every effort to not slow the progress of the game. Where possible, use the advance action options.
  • All-in and purchasing additional chips: You may not buy additional chips for use in a game once the deal has begun. If the game has started, newly purchased chips will be delivered at the conclusion of that game.
  • Chatting: Only players who are remaining in a hand should make comments on the current hand. Observers, including those who have folded, must not comment about the play, the style of any player, or how the game is being played.

Betting Rules

  • Minimum buy-in: we require you to bring at least ten times (10X) the upper value of the stakes to sit down at a table.
  • Pot Limit and No Limit Buy-in Rules: You must bring at least 10 times the Big Blind to the table and no more than 50 times the Big Blind in these games.
  • Minimum Re-buy: You must re-buy at least 5 times the Big Blind. If you don't have sufficient funds in your account, you must deposit additional funds to your account.

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