The Wyoming Poker Tour follows the rules of No Limit Texas Hold 'Em. The host decides the date & the buy-in (minimum of $10). 20% of the money is always set aside for the Main Event to be held at the end of the year. To win a spot at the Main Event, you must win one of the monthly tournaments. Your spot at the Main Event in non-transferable. Each win earns you 5000 chips / player that you defeat.

Your chips must always remain at the table.  You are not allowed to coach a player in the tournament during or after hands. No one can play for you, even if you have to leave.  Tournaments are limited to the first 30 players.

Maximum 6 raises each betting round (7 bet).  Raises must at least equal the previous bet.  If a player raises all-in but his raise does not double the previous raise, it does not count as a raise.

If the dealer exposes your card, it becomes the burn card & you receive the original burn card instead.  If you expose your own card, you do NOT get a new card; and if one person saw it, you have to show the whole table.  If the dealer accidentally exposes card(s) too soon, then this happens:  remaining turn & river (if applicable) are placed face down.  The exposed card(s) are shuffled back into the deck and re-drawn.

String Betting is NOT allowed.

IS THIS LEGAL IN MICHIGAN?
The Michigan Gaming Control and Revenue Act defines "gambling game" as any dice or card game played for money or some other form of value, "but does not include games played with cards in private homes or residences in which no person makes money for operating the game, except as a player." All laws, crimes, and punishments concerning gambling do not apply to home gambling, so long as no minors are present and so long as the House does not collect a rake. An interesting aspect of the law is that "cheating" applies only to true "gambling". Therefore, since home poker games are not classified as "gambling" then it is not illegal to cheat in a home poker game and therefore someone who cheated could not be punished by the law. I assume there are other laws to cover this situation because, after all, stealing is stealing. Home poker games are legal here as long as the gamblers are of legal age and there is no rake.

Any player caught cheating at a WPT Event will be banned for life.

If you check the nuts on the river in last position, you will be suspended from playing the next hand.  This is to prevent teaming-up.

When heads-up, the dealer is the small blind.

High Hand
Optionally, you can play our high hand side game.  Pay $1 at registration to play.  Note that you must actually have a $1 bill (no change will be made).  During the course of the tournament, we will track the highest hand that occurs using both hole cards.  At the end of the tournament, the player with the highest hand will win the pot of $1 bills.






 
GREEN = 25
 RED = 50
BLUE = 100
 ORANGE = 500
BLACK = 1000
YELLOW = 5000
Players can enter tournaments late as long as the blinds are still in the first 3 levels & it doesn't require opening a new table.  They just have to post missed blinds.
Verbal bets are binding.  "You got it","Take it", and "It's yours" mean FOLD.  Throwing in 1 chip (no matter the denomination) is a CALL, not a RAISE.
At showdown, you must reveal both of your hole cards in order to take down the pot.
Everyone begins with 5000
12 GREEN
12 RED
11 BLUE
2 ORANGE
2 BLACK
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What happens if a player acts out of turn?
Say a player makes a raise out of turn while you are still deciding what to do with your hand.  What happens next depends on your action.  3 possibilities can happen:

  1. You CALL:  (Not their raise, but the original bet)  The out of position raise stands.  When the action gets back around to you, you are free to act again.

  2. You FOLD:  The out of position raise stands.  Play continues around normally.

  3. You RAISE:  The out of position raise can pull back their chips and re-act in the proper order.

If the out of position person CALLED instead of RAISED, the same 3 rules above apply.

Wyoming Poker Tour Blind Structure:
30 minutes each
Level Small Blind Big Blind Ante
1 25 50  
2 50 100  
3 100 200  
4 200 400  
5 300 600  
6 400 800  
7 500 1000  
8 1000 2000  
9 1500 3000  
10 2000 4000 500

Main Event Blind Structure:
30 minutes each

Level Small Blind Big Blind Ante
1 500 1000  
2 1000 2000  
3 1500 3000  
4 2000 4000 500
5 2500 5000 500
6 3000 6000 1000
7 4000 8000 1000
8 5000 10,000 1000
9 6000 12,000 2000
10 8000 16,000 2000