Glossary
Add On
Some tournaments allow you to buy extra chips after a certain amount of time. The purchase of the extra chips is called an add-on. Add on tournaments typically only allow you to buy one 'add on' once after one hour of play, usually during the first break. An add-on is available in most rebuy tournaments.
Added Cash
In some tournaments Interwetten Poker.com will add extra cash to the prize pool in addition to the buy-ins.
Blinds
Forced bets paid to make sure that there is some action on every hand of poker.
Blinds Increase
A change in the amount of blinds paid. A blinds increase can occur after a predetermined amount of time or hands. Blinds increase according to a predetermined pattern.
Blind Levels
During a tournament the blinds will increase incrementally to ensure that the tournament ends up with a winner.
Buy-In
This is the amount contributed to the prize pool by each player plus the house fee. So in a $5+$0.5 tournament, $5 will go towards the prize pool and $0.5 will be paid to the house for arranging and hosting the tournament.
Flat Prize Structure
A tournament with a flat payout structure awards prizes from the prize pool on a percentage basis to approximately the top 12.5% of entrants.
Freeroll
This is a tournament with a prize pool but no buy-in. Freerolls are a great way for beginners to experience multi-table tournament action without having to pay a buy-in. In most cases Freeroll winnings can only be released with the appropriate Player Points. You will not earn Player Points by participating in Freerolls. In order to release any cash you may have won you will be required to accumulate sufficient Player Points; these are calculated at a rate of 4PP to every $1, meaning if you win $10 in a Freeroll you will require 40PP to be able to release it. If you do not have sufficient PP the cash you win will remain pending until the requirement is met.
Freeze Out
If you lose all your chips in a freeze out tournament you have no way of getting back into the tournament. There are no rebuys or an add-on available in a freeze out tournament.
Full Table
A full table refers to a game in which ten players are able to sit at each of the tables in the tournament. Compare with Short Handed and Heads-up.
HE
In the lobby this indicates that the game is Limit Texas Hold’Em.
Heads Up
A Heads Up tournament is played between just two people.
House fee
On some tournaments a fee is taken to host the event. The amount taken as a fee is always clearly shown in the buy-in. A $5+$0.5 tournament has a $0.5 house fee. The house fee is often also called the rake.
Multi-table or MTT
Any tournament in which the number of entrants requires more than one table to be used.
NL HE
In the lobby this indicates that the game is No Limit Texas Hold’Em.
PL OM
In the lobby this indicates that the game is Pot Limit Omaha.
PL OM8
In the lobby this indicates that the game is Pot Limit Omaha Hi-Lo.
PL 5D
In the lobby this indicates that the game is Pot Limit 5 Card Draw.
Play Money Tournament
Play money tournaments are designed to give players a feel for how real money tournaments are played. A play money tournament however will only ever provide a weak approximation of the excitement of a real poker tournament. This is because players have nothing to lose but pride and time in a play money tournament. The prize pool in a play money tournament consists just of play money. You can only play Sit & Go play money tournaments. Play Money Tournaments are available in a range of buy-ins in the Sit & Go (play) section of the lobby.
Player Points
For every $1 paid in house fees on ring games Interwetten Poker gives you 10 player points. Player points are used to release deposit bonuses and freeroll prizes.
Private Tournament
You can set up a tournament at Interwetten Poker.com by yourself, exactly how you want it, just for you and your friends. Only players with a password are allowed to play in a private tournament. Private tournaments are displayed in the Private section of the Tournament Lobby.
Prize Pool
The prize pool is a thing of beauty that is fought over by all the players in a tournament. The prize pool consists of the buy-ins (minus the house fee) for all players plus anything else that maybe added by the house, such as extra cash, or seats at the WSOP.
Qualifier
Any tournament in which the winners receive tickets for another tournament. Qualifiers can be found in both the Scheduled and Sit & Go real sections of the Tournaments Lobby. Qualifiers are also known as satellites. Some Qualifiers have two stages such as the qualifiers for the Grand Tournaments.
Rake
See House fee
Rebuy
Any tournament in which players are allowed to buy back into a tournament if they have lost all of their chips. Typically rebuys are only available during the first hour of a tournament. The cost of the rebuy is equal to the buy-in minus the house fee. Typically a rebuy tournament either allows only one rebuy during the first hour or unlimited rebuys during the first hour. The funds used to rebuy are added to the prize pool.
Registration
To play in any tournament you must first register for it. Registration for a scheduled tournament is typically available one and a half hours before its scheduled start time. When you register your buy-in is held to reserve you a seat.
Regular
Refers to a scheduled tournament that is not a qualifier or a restricted tournament.
Restricted
A restricted tournament is a scheduled tournament that is open for all players that have a special ticket. You cannot enter a restricted tournament without first getting a ticket. An example of a restricted tournament would be a tournament hosted just for Danish players. Restricted Tournaments are found in the Scheduled Tournaments section under the restricted tab.
Scheduled
Any tournament that has a predetermined start time.
Short Handed
This refers to a game in which less than ten players are able to sit at each of the tables in the tournament. Usually in a short handed game the tables seat five players.
Single Table
Any tournament in which only one table is required, usually this expression refers to a 10 player Sit & Go tournament.
Sit & Go
Any tournament that starts as soon as a predetermined number of players have paid their buy-in.
Starting Stack
This is the amount of chips that each player begins a tournament with. Usually the starting stack is 1500 chips.
Tournament Lobby
This is the place where you can find all of the Tournaments that are currently available and running at InterwettenPoker.com. The tournaments lobby can be accessed using either Java-Poker or Windows-Poker.
Tournament Ticket
A tournament ticket will get you into a tournament without the need for a cash buy-in. Tournament tickets are sometimes awarded as parts of promotions or as prizes in qualifier tournaments.
Turbo
This is any tournament in which the blinds increase more rapidly than normal. Typically the blinds will increase every 3 minutes in a Turbo tournament. The Daily $50 is a turbo
