PKR HOUSE RULES

Underage gaming

By agreeing to
our terms and conditions prior to registration, you confirm that you
are over 18 and that online gambling is legal in your location. PKR is
intended as an entertainment service for adults only and we may request
paper proof of your identity in order to verify your age

Password

Keeping
your login details secure is your responsibility. Please, do not
neglect it. Do not share your login information with anybody or leave
it where it can be easily accessed by other people. It is very
important that you guard your login details carefully, as we will not
refund your funds if somebody gets into your account because of your
negligence.



There are two situations when you may be asked by us for your password:
when logging on and when confirming a deposit or withdrawal request. We
will never ask you to send your password to us, and you should never
send it to us or to anyone else.



Some advice on how to best protect your password

• Do not write down your password where somebody can find it.
• Chose a password that cannot be easily guessed. Do not select passwords such as your first name or your date of birth.
• If others can access your computer, particularly in
  offices or college dorms, do not use the "Remember Password" option in
  the login screen and do not leave your account logged on.
• Watch out for scams from people who may want access to your account.

Your username and avatar

You
may make as many changes to your avatar as you like. Once you have
registered your username with PKR you must use that name for the entire
time you have an account with us.

Multiple accounts

PKR allows only one account per person per household.
If you want more than one real money account from the same household, please contact customer services.

Written documentation for the second player’s account verification may be required.

Reducing

Leaving
a cash table and attempting to re-join with fewer chips than you had
when you left is called ‘reducing’ and it is not allowed. An automatic
restriction will be placed on your account to prevent you from doing
so. You may of course re-join at any time, provided that you bring in
the same amount of chips as you had when you left the table.

Posting

When
joining a table, players must pay a fee equivalent to the table’s lower
limit stake. This is to prevent players from sitting at a table in late
position to avoiding paying blind bets.

Missing blinds

If
you miss your turn to post the small blind while you are sitting out
from a table, you will be required to post an amount equal to the big
blind when you sit back. This will be an ‘active’ bet, which means you
can raise after posting it, even if no other player raises it.
If you miss your turn to post both blinds while you are sitting out
from a table, you will be required to post an amount equal to the big
blind when you sit back. This will be an ‘active’ bet, which means you
can raise after posting it, even if no other player raises it.
Additionally, you will have to contribute to the pot with a
‘non-active’ bet equal to the small blind.

Tied hands

For all games except Hi Lo

When two or more players hold equal ranking hands at a showdown, games
will be decided by the high card (pair of Jacks beats pair of Nines).
The next deciding factor will be the “kicker”, i.e. the higher value
card not held in common. If ties are exact between two or more players,
the pot will be split evenly and if there are extra odd chips, they
will be allocated to the first winning player to the dealer’s left.



For Hi Lo games

When two or more players hold equal ranking hands at a showdown, games
will be decided by the high card (for instance, a pair of Jacks beats a
pair of Nines) or low card (for instance, a 2 card beats a 3 card). If
either the Hi hands remain tied (for instance, two players hold the
same pairs) or the Lo hands remain tied (for instance, two players hold
a 3 card vs. a 3 card), the next deciding factor will be the “kicker”,
i.e. the higher value card not held in common. If ties are exact
between two or more players, the pot will be split evenly and if there
are extra odd chips, they will be allocated to the first winning player
to the dealer’s left.

Decision time limit

You
are allowed 20 seconds of decision time for each action. If you fail to
act during the allocated time your hand will be automatically folded
and you will forfeit any amounts bet until that point in time.

Rake

PKR
takes a small portion of each pot as compensation for hosting the games
of the pot. For detailed information on our rake structure, please
follow this link: PKR Rake Page

Tournament Cancellation Policy

Even
though it is extremely unlikely, a server crash can occur with any
Internet application. In such an event, customers will have their PKR
accounts automatically refunded with the amount of chips they had at
the table, both in play and out of play.



If a tournament is cancelled during its progress, the prize pool is divided between remaining players by the following formula:

• Each player receives the prize payout due to be credited to the next player eliminated.
• Of the remainder of the prize pool, 50% is shared
  equally between all remaining players, and 50% is distributed
  proportionally according to the chip count of each player.
• The tournament fee is refunded to each active player.

In the event of a ‘terminator’ tournament being cancelled while in progress, the payments are calculated by the formula:

• Each player is credited the value of all bounty prizes they have already claimed during the tournament.
• Each player receives the bounty value on their own head at the time of the tournament cancellation.
• If the tournament includes a standard prize pool,
  this portion of the prize pool is divided between the remaining active
  players using the standard cancellation policy as outlined above.
• The tournament fee is refunded to each active player.

Fair play

Neither
collusion nor any other form of cheating will be tolerated at PKR. By
collusion we mean the sharing of information between players in order
to gain unfair advantage on other players. Artificial pot-building,
soft-playing, use of poker bots or shared databases are all forms of
cheating that we will actively monitor and take action against.



Violations of this policy will result in a permanent ban from PKR and funds in these accounts may be confiscated.



If you suspect foul play at one of our tables, you can help us to deal
with the matter as quickly as possible. Just contact our customer
services and provide us with a hand ID and a brief description of what
you observed – we will check it against our monitoring tools and report
back to you.

Buy-in limits and Betting Structure

Buy-in for Limit games



Minimum buy-in In order to join a table you must bring at least
ten-times the higher stake value (for example, in a $2/$4 you must sit
down with a minimum of $40). There is no maximum buy-in other than the
amount of chips in your account.



Minimum re-buy At least five-times the big blind.



Buy-in for Pot Limit and No Limit games



Buy-in limits You must bring at least 20-times the big blind to the table. There is also a maximum buy-in of 100-times the big blind.



Re-buy rules The minimum re-buy is five-times the big blind.
Also, you may not exceed the maximum buy-in/re-buy limit on the table.
Because you can order more chips during a hand and those chips are
delivered at the end of that hand, a win could put you over the re-buy
limit. If that is the case, your re-buy amount will be adjusted to
prevent you from going over the maximum limit and the excess will be
returned to your account.

Betting structure

There
are four possible betting rounds in PKR games. The first two rounds are
at the table’s lower limit stake and the last two rounds are at the
table’s higher limit stake.



Only one bet and three subsequent additional raises are allowed per
betting round. These three additional raises are called raise, re-raise
and cap. Once the cap is reached, players can only call or fold.

All-in protection

If
you are disconnected during a hand when you have money in the pot, your
investment may be protected by the ‘All-in Protection’ feature. Should
this happen, you will be automatically considered all-in and be
eligible to win the portion of the pot that existed at the time of the
disconnection. The hand will be allowed to contest the showdown and any
further betting between active players will go into a side-pot.



All-in protection is limited to two per day per player and is in place
to protect players from genuine disconnections only. Deliberate misuse
of the facility may result in the loss of all-in protection privileges
or the forfeit of money won.



All-in protection is not available for tournament play.

Chat rules

Players
cannot disclose the cards they folded until the hand is completed and
it is strictly forbidden to encourage another player to play in a
cooperative manner to the disadvantage of other players. Commenting on
current hands or the style of any player on how a game is being played
is called kibitzing and it is not allowed – not as a player or an
observer.



It is strictly forbidden to intimidate or harass other players at a
table. Use of profane or insulting language will not be tolerated under
any circumstances. Recurrent violators of this rule risk having their
chat privilege removed or even temporary or permanent account
suspension.



Congratulating a winning player is always seen favorably.



Please try not to unnecessarily slow down game play and please be polite when notifying other players of their own lagging pace.


While we appreciate that PKR has a vast international player base we
are an english language website and require that players use english
only in the chatbox. This rule is in place to ensure there can be no
suspicion of players discussing the game in progress in an unfair
manner.


Failure to observe PKR's chat policy can result in players having their chat privileges removed.

Self-exclusion

You
may apply to our Licensor (The Alderney Gambling Commission) for
temporary or permanent self-exclusion from all play. You may also contact PKR directly to request self-exclusion from our services.



If you request self-exclusion from our services to us, you will be
denied access to our games for at least six months. After that time,
you may request re-activation of your account.



Any funds remaining in your account at the point when you request
self-exclusion will be repaid to you, provided there are no outstanding
issues in your PKR account.



If you have previously requested self-exclusion from all play, you may apply to the Commission for revocation of this exclusion.

Involuntary exclusion

Under
Section 81 of the Gambling (Interactive Gaming) (Alderney) Ordinance,
2001, the Alderney Gambling Commission may issue an order prohibiting
specific persons from participating in interactive gaming in Alderney.



If such an order is issued against you, we will exclude you from our
services and repay your account balance (if any). You will be barred
from registering again with us, unless the exclusion order is revoked.
Should this revocation take place, your account would be immediately
reinstated.