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At the Radisson Resort-At-The-Port a Texas Hold'em Poker Tournament will be conducted there or at a private Poker facility permitting. All table positions for each of the 48 Registered Participants from each group will be selected at random. Two recognized Poker professionals shall assist to complete the tournament, congratulate the winners and provide a group lesson for all players at the final table. On each groups first night six starting tables, consisting of eight players each, will play down to eighteen players. This will make up the players on two tables that will compete, on their second night, down to the surviving three players. These three from each of the three groups, totaling nine players, will complete the tournament on April 17th at our final table. Now down to our final nine, which makes up the final table, they will be competing for the prizes (see below) and recognition of becoming Space Cruise Week's First Poker champions.
The final table playoff, at approximately 2 PM on Sunday April 17th, will be subject to a time limit of 3 hours, so as to permit all players to attend the one hour group poker lesson with the pro's and our gala evening event at NASA which is the finale of Space Cruise Week. If no player has won and there are still two or more players remaining when the time limit is reached, then the player with the most remaining chips will be declared the winner and the players with the largest remaining chips still in the game will then be declared in their respective finishing positions. If our champion chooses not to accept their reward a cash out replacement of $9,000 will be provided.
NOTE: Should any player who made the final table not be able to attend the playoffs, then the three positions last to be eliminated on each cruise segment shall be considered our three alternates. They will then each draw a card on the final table, if they are present, with high card (A highest), to take any missing participants place and then take their place at the final table.
List of Prizes
Winner
A $10,000 Entry into this years Annual World Series of Poker
One Hour of Group Poker lessons with our Poker Pro's
V I P Pass for celebrity
photos with Astronauts, Stars, our Poker Pro's
Runner Up
$2500
One Hour of Group Poker lessons with our Poker Pro's
V I P Pass for celebrity
photos with Astronauts, Stars, our Poker Pro's
All Seven remaining Final Table Participants......
One Hour of Group Poker lessons with our Poker Pro's
V I P Pass for celebrity
photos with Astronauts, Stars, our Poker Pro's and the following payouts:
3rd place..$1000
4th place..$ 750
5th place...$ 500
6th place...$ 250
7th place...$ 250
8th place...$ 250
9th place...$ 250
Note: All Poker Final Table Participants will be recognized with a plaque as well as will be our
first Poker Champion and Runner up.
Texas Hold'em Rules
Texas Hold'em has fast become the most popular poker game in the world. It is a type of community poker, which features a number of cards that are dealt face up in front of the dealer. These cards are visible to all players, and all players share the cards. Players can then use their own cards and the community cards to form a winning hand.
There are three variations of Texas Hold'em.
Limit Texas Hold'em (there is a specified betting limit in each game and on each round of betting)
Pot Limit Texas Hold'em (a player can bet what is in the pot)
No Limit Texas Hold'em (a player can bet all of their chips at any time)
Our game is NO LIMIT with all players starting with $3000 in chips. On the second night all remaining players will pick up with their chips from the first night. All players making the final table will again begin with $3000 chips. Our one hour group Poker lesson with the pro's will begin 15 minutes after the tournament completes.
Basic Play
- Blind Bets
- Deal - each player is dealt 2 cards
- First betting round
- The Flop - the first three community cards are dealt
- Second betting round
- The Turn - the fourth community card is dealt
- Third betting round
- The River - the final community card is dealt
- Final betting round
- Showdown
The Dealer Button
Texas Hold'em uses a small disc called the "dealer button" to indicate the dealer of each hand. Once a hand is completed, the dealer button moves clockwise to the next player. This ensures that each player has the chance of playing early or late and that every player gets a chance to post the "blind bets".
Note: During Single Table Tournaments the first player to get the dealer button is determined through a high card draw (each player is dealt one card; the player with the highest value card goes first. If two or more players have the same value card then they are ranked according to suit - high to low - spades, hearts, diamonds, clubs).
The Blind Bets
The player to the left of the dealer button is required to place the "small blind" (usually equal to half the lower stake) and the next player to the left is required to place the "big blind" (equal to the lower stake limit). Once the blind bets have been made, the cards are dealt and the next player to the left starts the first betting round. Our blinds will start at $50 and $100 and progress every 20 minutes.
Both the small and the big blinds are considered live bets and therefore the player has the option of checking, calling, raising or folding when the betting action comes back around to their position. After the flop and after each subsequent betting round, the first active player left of the button is first to act.
The mandatory posting of the blind is in place to ensure fairness to all players.
First Betting Round
Starting with the player to the left of the "big blind", they have the option to bet, raise or fold. All remaining players can then call, raise or fold. To "call" is to bet the same as the previous player. If the first player folds, then the next player will have the option to bet while the remaining players can call.
The bets in the first betting round are set at the lower limit of the stakes structure, so in a $50/$100 game the value of a bet is $100 while a minimum raise is $200 (a raise is a call plus an additional bet).
The Second Betting Round
After the flop (when the first 3 community cards have been dealt), the second betting round begins.
The first player to the left of the dealer button is the first to act (bet, raise, check or fold). Checking is to refrain from betting and is only available if no bet has yet been made in the betting round. Once a bet has been made, remaining players will only have the option to call, raise or fold. Like the first round, the second also limits the bets and raises to the lower limit of the stakes structure.
The Third Betting Round
The third betting round starts after the Turn (when the fourth community card has been dealt).
Once again, the player to the left of the dealer button begins the betting (bet, check or fold). However, this time the bets and raises are limited to the upper limit of the stakes structure. Each subsequent player can then call, check, raise or fold (a player can only check if no bet has been made).
The Final Betting Round
The final betting round happens after the River card (the final community card) has been dealt.
The player to the left of the dealer button can bet, check, raise or fold. Bets and raises are limited to the upper limit of the stakes structure. Remaining players can then call, check, raise or fold (a player can only check if no bet has been made).
The Showdown
Any remaining players will now display their two cards and the player who has the best hand wins.
Players can use a combination of their own cards and the community cards (2 player cards + 3 community cards or 1 player card + 4 community cards) or all 5 community cards.
If two or more players have the same hand then the pot is split equally between them.
Betting Exceptions
In No Limit and Pot Limit Texas Hold'em the number of times a player can raise is not limited. However, a player can not raise themselves (if a player raises and then all the remaining players call or fold, then the player who raised would not get an option to raise because they were the last to raise).
A player is declared All-In if they do not have enough chips to call. This player is eligible for the portion of the pot to the point of their final bet.
All further bets by other players go to a "side pot" which any All-In players are excluded from.
Good Luck to All Players.............
May all your hands be big ones and
May all your pots be large!
From all of us at XtraOrdinary Adventures
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