How Tournaments Work

There are four stages to all tournaments :

Pre-Registration
Players can see the tournament Details but are unable to register. At first, tournaments have a status of Reg Starts in xx min where xx is the number of minutes before registration begins. Later, they are flagged Waiting for Reg. This status generally lasts for less than one minute.

Registration
Initially, players are able to Register for the tournament, indicated by the status Registering. This period continues until the last seat at the table is taken. Once registration is complete, the tournament has a status of Waiting to Open, and will generally begin in less than one minute.

Tournament Active
Registered players are able to Play. This is shown as a tournament In Progress.

Tournament Complete
Play stops for registered players. This is shown as a Completed tournament. Player Rankings are confirmed and the Prizes are assigned accordingly.

Key Differences

There are several key differences between regular game play and tournament play.
Some of these differences are identified below :

• Players must sign up and pay an entry fee and house fee prior to playing
• All participants start with the same number of chips
• Tournament account balance is separate from William Hill account balance
• Prizes are awarded according to a player's ranking against other players
• Players are not able to purchase additional chips during a tournament
• All-ins available in tournaments are separate from those in regular games