Your Stake

When you sit down at a table, you will contribute some of your chips balance into your "Stake". This represents the amount of chips you set aside for betting. All players who sit down at a table use the same stake. The nice thing about using a stake instead of your total chip balance is that a player with a thousand chips can play a player with a million chips and it's still easy to tell who's ahead in the betting.

If you don't have enough chips left in your stake to cover a bet, you will be asked to leave.

To sit down at a table, you must have enough chips to contribute at least one stake. If you can't afford one stake, then try a lower stakes table.

Different Tables You'll notice when you first choose a room, you'll have several categories to choose from.

The rooms under the Just for Fun tab "play money" are just that, you play for fun, and don't have to worry about losing money. Of course, you don't get to win any money, either.

The rooms under the Low Rollers, Middle Rollers, High Rollers, and Super Rollers all play for real money, AND "play money". The only difference between the rooms is the amount that you're betting. The blind/ante, the betting increments, the maximum bet per hand, and the amount of money required for a stake all increase as you move from Low Rollers up to Super Rollers.

We strongly recommend you stay away from the High Rollers and Super Rollers games until you're more comfortable with the game!