Game Rules

Players must be 21 years old or older to use the Poker Piazza software.

We cannot accept real money players from Costa Rica. You are welcome to play at our Fun Poker tables.

Poker Piazza will not tolerate ANY form of cheating, chip dumping or soft playing. All reports or evidence of cheating will be investigated immediately and thoroughly, if investigation proves a player was cheating, chip dumping or soft playing the player/players will be permanently banned from the site.

Players are allowed a management-defined number of all-ins per day. Once they have used their allotted all-ins for that day, their hands will no longer be protected against disconnects or time-outs and they will be playing at their own risk. We suggest not playing with 0 all-ins remaining. If you have questions, please contact the HOST on duty.

All-in abuse will not be tolerated. This is considered cheating and will result in being banned from the cardroom. Requests for all-in resets (real money) will be investigated before being granted to ensure they are not being abused.

In the event of a server crash in the middle of a game, the game in progress will be considered void, and all chip counts will be reinstated as before the game started. If you felt you had a winning hand on that game, we apologize, but the game is considered void. No exceptions.

If collusion is suspected, please report immediately to the cardroom manager, who will conduct a full investigation. If investigation confirms collusion, colluding players will be banned permanently from site.  

Disputes should be brought to the attention of the HOST. Please do not instigate a dispute in room chat as it can often cause more harm/dispute. Click the HOST button and bring to management's attention. Management decisions are final.

Player abuse will not be tolerated. Clean chat only. Offensive words not allowed. A warning will be issued and, if abuse recurs, offending player will be suspended or banned from cardroom.

English is the only language allowed at the tables. Later, we may add more approved languages as our ability to monitor other languages increases.

There is a maximum of three raises allowed per betting round. When the action is down to two players (heads up) at the start of the betting round, there is a maximum of six raises allowed. Six raises per round are allowed on all heads-up tables.

Players are given 30 seconds maximum to act when it's their turn. Not acting in those 30 seconds will result in the player being timed out and the hand folded. As a courtesy to fellow players, please act promptly when it's your turn to keep the game fun for everyone.

Blind straddle is optional to player on immediate left of big blind in flop games. Straddle is equal to double the big blind and is not considered a raise. Straddles are considered "live" and player that straddles will have option to raise after all other players have acted before the flop.

Some of our flop games are labelled "kill" or "half-kill" games. For Hold'em and Omaha High, when two consecutive games (with minimum pots that vary depending on the game limits) are won by the same player, the next pot becomes a kill pot (also called killer pot) and the betting limits for that game are doubled from published limits of that table. The small and big blind stay the same, but the player who won two pots in a row must put in a live kill blind (double the big blind) regardless of where he is in relation to the button. Action occurs in same sequence as normal, and when it is the killer's turn, he has the option to raise. On half-kill games, if the pot is killed, the next game is 50% higher stakes (for example, a $4-$8 becomes $6-$12 if the pot is killed) than original published limit for that table. On Omaha Hi-Lo, the criteria of when a pot is killed are different. In this game, if a pot is scooped (same player takes high and low portions or takes high portion when no low is possible) by one player and over a minimum amount, then the next pot is killed. When playing on a Kill table you MUST kill the pot if you win the option.

We also allow chopping of blinds when a game has more than 5 players. Both players must agree in advance by clicking on the CHOP BLINDS checkbox in poker room. (A "c" will appear on your name plate) When the game is short-handed (defined as five players or less in), chopping of blinds is not permitted.

Poker Piazza uses a modified blind system similar to other internet cardrooms. There is always a big blind and small blind, and the button always moves.

New players are required to post a live bet equal to the big blind.

Poker Piazza runs many promotions awarding promo bucks. Promotions awarding promo bucks require playing a certain number of games before cashing out the award amount (200 raked hands for every $25 won). Restrictions are posted on every promotion, so please be aware of this or ask a HOST for details

Accounts with Poker Piazza are individual accounts and under NO circumstances are accounts to be shared or used by any person other then the name of the account holder. If it is found through our security measures that multiple people have played/logged into an individual account that account and all accounts found to be associated will be permanently banned from the cardroom.

Players are allowed ONE account only and under NO circumstances should you open another If it is found that a player has more then one active account that account and all associated accounts will be immediately and permanently barred from the cardroom.

Poker Piazza allows only ONE account per computer to be opened/played. If it is found that there are multiple accounts opened or played from a unique computer all associated accounts will be immediately and permanently barred from the cardroom.

Whilst we pride ourselves on running many Fun, Fair and attainable promotions and incentives it is important to note that these can be cancelled or altered any time at management's discretion.

In all matters above and any not mentioned, management's decision is both fair and final.

Players play at Poker Piazza at their own risk.