Player Overview

Welcome to the Poker Engine platform! This guide will help you get started playing supported cash games, private games, and tournaments online.

Table of Contents

1. Getting Started
2. Account Management
3. The Lobby
4. Supported Games And Rule Scope
5. Joining a Table
6. Playing Poker
7. Tournaments
8. Cashier
9. Profile & Settings
10. Bonuses & Promotions
11. Texas Hold’em Rules
12. Hand Rankings
13. Glossary
14. FAQ
15. Support

Getting Started

Creating an Account

1. Click Register on the homepage
2. Fill in your details:
   • Username (3-20 characters)
   • Email
   • Password (minimum 12 characters, with upper case, lower case, a number and a special character)
   • Confirm Password
3. Click Create Account
4. Check your email and click the verification link

Logging In

1. Go to the login page
2. Enter your email and password
3. Click Sign In
4. If two-factor authentication is on, enter the 6-digit code from your authenticator app, or a backup code

If you’ve forgotten your password:

1. Click Forgot Password
2. Enter your email address and click Send Reset Link
3. Check your email for a reset link
4. Create a new password

Account Management

Your Profile

Access your profile by clicking your username in the top navigation bar.

The profile page has these tabs: Overview, Edit Profile, Change Password, Statistics, Bonuses and Tickets, plus a Play limits and breaks panel.

• Edit Profile: First Name and Last Name
• Change Password: Current Password, New Password and Confirm New Password
• Avatar: use Change Avatar to upload an image

Account Verification

To enable full features, you may need to verify your account:

1. Go to Cashier > Verification
2. Choose a Verification Type (Identity Verification, Address Verification or Email Confirmation)
3. Choose a Document Type (for example Passport, National ID, Utility Bill or Bank Statement)
4. Upload your files (PNG, JPG or PDF, up to 10MB) and click Submit for Verification
5. Wait for your operator to review them

The Lobby

The lobby is your gateway to all games on the platform. It has the tabs All Tables, Cash Games, Tournaments and Private Games. Your operator can turn off the Tournaments and Private Games tabs.

Cash Games Tab

Browse available cash game tables. Each listing shows:

Column	Description
Table Name	Name of the table
Stakes	Small blind / Big blind
Buy-in	Buy-in range
Players	Current players / Max seats
Status	Table status
Action	Join, or Login to Join when signed out

Filtering Tables:

• Game: Filter by game type
• Stakes: All Stakes, Low, Medium or High
• Show empty and Show full: Include empty or full tables

Tournaments Tab

View upcoming and running tournaments:

Column	Description
Tournament	Tournament name
Buy-in	Entry fee + Rake
Players	Registered / Max players
Prize Pool	Total prize pool
Start Time	When the tournament begins, or Starts when full for a Sit & Go
Status	Registering, Running, Paused, Prizes pending, Completed, Canceled
Action	Register, Watch or Details

Private Games

Create or join private tables with friends:

Creating a Private Table:

1. Open the Private Games tab and click Create Table
2. Set table parameters:
   • Table Name
   • Game Mode (Real Money or Virtual Chips) and Game Type
   • Stakes (blinds) and optional ante
   • Buy-in limits
   • Password (minimum 4 characters)
3. Share the invite code or link with friends (Copy Code, Copy Link or Copy Direct Join Link)

Joining a Private Table:

1. Open the Private Games tab and click Join Table, or follow an invite link
2. Enter the Table ID or Invite Code
3. Enter the table password if it has one
4. Select your seat and buy-in amount

Supported Games And Rule Scope

Poker Engine uses server-side rule profiles to describe the procedure used by each table or tournament. Cash/private tables use major-online-poker inspired procedures. Tournaments use casino/TDA-inspired online procedures where the product has implemented the behavior. These are not official TDA or WSOP endorsements.

This is product/gameplay documentation, not jurisdiction-specific legal compliance advice. Operators remain responsible for licensing, KYC/AML, tax, consumer-protection, and local regulatory obligations in every market where they operate.

Where shown, the Rules label on a table or tournament opens the procedure that applies to it.

Supported Variants

Variant	What to expect
Texas Hold’em	Two private cards, shared board, blinds, flop/turn/river streets, and standard high-hand showdown.
Omaha	Four private cards; exactly two hole cards and three board cards play at showdown. Usually pot-limit.
Omaha 5-Card (PLO5)	Five private cards; exactly two hole cards and three board cards play at showdown. Usually pot-limit, up to 8 seats.
Omaha Hi-Lo	Omaha high plus 8-or-better low qualification, with split, scoop, and tied-low handling.
Short Deck	36-card deck with 2s through 5s removed; ante plus button-blind forced posts. A flush beats a full house, and A-6-7-8-9 is the lowest straight.
Seven-Card Stud	No community board; third through seventh street with bring-in and completion betting. Usually fixed-limit.
Stud Hi-Lo	Stud plus 8-or-better low qualification and split/scoop handling.
CUSTOM_MIXED	Product-defined mixed rotation through configured component games at hand boundaries.

CUSTOM_MIXED is the supported product mixed format. Official named formats such as HORSE and 8-Game are not available for player registration or table creation until their missing component games, fixed-limit requirements, button procedures, and certification work are implemented.

If an official mixed format is enabled in a future release, the lobby and tournament details must show its official name and rule profile before you sit or register. Until then, any mixed table or tournament shown to players should be treated as CUSTOM_MIXED, not as exact HORSE or 8-Game.

Joining a Table

Selecting a Seat

1. Click on a table in the lobby to open it
2. Click on an empty seat to select it
3. Enter your Buy-in Amount, within the table’s minimum and maximum
4. Click Join

Buy-in Rules

• You must have sufficient balance to buy in
• Buy-in is transferred from your account to your table stack
• When you leave, your stack is returned to your account

Sitting Out

If you miss your turn repeatedly, or disconnect, the table can mark you as Sitting Out (by default after 3 timeouts in a row). While sitting out you are not dealt into cash game hands.

• Click Sit In to resume playing

Playing Poker

The Table Interface

┌─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┐
│                     Community Cards                      │
│                  [  ] [  ] [  ] [  ] [  ]               │
│                                                          │
│                        POT: $50                          │
│                                                          │
│  Player 3          [D]           Player 4               │
│  $125                               $80                  │
│                                                          │
│  Player 2                         Player 5               │
│  $200                               $150                 │
│                                                          │
│            Player 1 (YOU)                                │
│               $175                                       │
│            [Kh] [Qh]                                    │
│                                                          │
│    [FOLD]      [CHECK/CALL]      [RAISE]                │
│                                                          │
│                    Timer: 0:15                           │
└─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘

Your Cards

• Your hole cards appear face-up in front of you
• Other players’ cards are hidden until showdown
• Community cards appear in the center

Action Buttons

When it’s your turn, you’ll see available actions:

Action	Description
Fold	Give up your hand and forfeit any bets
Check	Pass the action (only when no bet to match)
Call	Match the current bet
Raise	Increase the bet amount
All-In	Bet all your remaining chips

Bet Slider

When raising:

1. Use the slider to select your raise amount
2. Or type a specific amount
3. Quick buttons: Min, ½ Pot, Pot and Max (the available buttons vary by screen size and table layout)
4. Click Raise to confirm

Time Bank

• Each action has a time limit (30 seconds by default; your operator can change it)
• If time runs out, you automatically check if that is free, and otherwise fold
• Use the Time Bank button for extra thinking time when one is available (60 seconds by default at cash tables, 30 seconds in tournaments)

All-In, Showdown, And Muck Behavior

• Going all-in can create side pots. You can only win pots you have contributed to. Chips that nobody called are returned to you, without rake.
• If everyone except one player folds, the last remaining player wins without a showdown and does not show their cards.
• When betting can’t continue because players are all-in, the hands still in play are turned face up, then the remaining cards are dealt automatically.
• At showdown, the server evaluates the cards. Cards speak; chat claims or declared hand names do not decide the winner.
• The last aggressor shows first, then the action moves clockwise. With no aggressor, the earliest seat shows first.
• All-in hands and winners of contested pots are always shown. Other losing hands are mucked automatically by default. Mucked and folded opponent cards stay hidden in ordinary player hand history/replay views.
• If a pot is split and can’t be divided evenly, the odd chip goes to the first winner clockwise from the button. In Hi-Lo games, the odd chip of a high/low split goes to the high hand.
• In Hi-Lo games, if no hand qualifies for the low, the high hand wins the whole pot.
• Winners and required all-in reveals are recorded with the hand result. Authorized admin game-history views may show fuller card history for audit and support review.

Chat

• Type messages in the chat box
• Be respectful to other players
• Abusive language may result in account suspension

Tournaments

Tournament Types

Scheduled Tournaments:

• Have a listed start time and a minimum number of players
• Register before the start time
• May have late registration period

Sit & Go (SnG):

• Start a few seconds after the last seat fills
• Standard fields are 2, 6, 9, or 18 players
• No late registration, rebuys, re-entries, or add-ons

Satellites:

• Award seats or tickets into a target tournament instead of ordinary cash prizes
• The tournament detail page shows the target tournament and expected seat payout rules

CUSTOM_MIXED Tournaments:

• Rotate through configured component variants at hand boundaries
• Show CUSTOM_MIXED in the lobby/details instead of official HORSE or 8-Game labels
• Use the tournament rule profile for entries, breaks, levels, payouts, and table movement

Registering for a Tournament

1. Go to Tournaments tab
2. Click on a tournament
3. Review the details:
   • Buy-in and rake
   • Starting chips
   • Blind structure
   • Prize distribution
4. Click Register
5. The buy-in and rake are taken from your balance

You can usually Unregister before the tournament starts. Your buy-in is refunded, but the rake is not.

Tournament Play

Starting:

• You’ll be seated automatically when the tournament starts
• All players begin with the same chip stack

Blind Increases:

• Blinds and any antes increase level by level, by the percentage set for the tournament
• Check the tournament details for the blind schedule
• Level changes and synchronized breaks apply at the next hand, so a hand in progress keeps its blinds

Table Balancing:

• As players are eliminated, tables are kept within one player of each other where possible
• You may be moved to a different table, but never during a hand
• Table breaking can close a short table and reseat remaining players at active tables
• Reconnect or refresh the table if you are moved; the server remains authoritative for your new seat

Final Table:

• When the remaining players fit on one table, they form the final table
• Play continues until one player remains

Hand-For-Hand:

• At the money bubble, the final-table bubble, big payout jumps, or by floor/admin directive, active tournament tables may play hand-for-hand
• A table that finishes its hand waits until the other active tables in the group complete their current hand
• Players eliminated in the same hand or hand-for-hand round are ranked by the stack they started the hand with, largest first. Equal stacks tie, and tied players share the payouts for those places equally

Sit-Out, Disconnects, And Timeouts:

• Absent tournament players keep their seat, post blinds and antes, and are still dealt cards
• If you time out, the server automatically checks when free or folds when facing a bet
• Three timeouts in a row mark you as sitting out
• Disconnecting during your action does not change the current actor by itself; the server timer and reconnect state decide what happens next
• Reconnect restores your private cards, table, tournament level, hand-for-hand, and action/time-bank state when available

Rebuys, Re-Entries, Add-Ons, And Late Registration

Late Registration:

• Allows new entries after the tournament starts while the configured window remains open
• You must be seated at an active tournament table with an available seat
• The tournament detail page shows availability and unavailable reasons

Rebuy:

• Available while the tournament is running, up to the last level of the rebuy period
• Purchase additional chips at the rebuy cost set for the tournament
• You can only rebuy when your stack is at or below the starting stack, and up to the maximum number of rebuys
• If you bust, you get a short time (60 seconds) to decide on a rebuy or re-entry

Re-entry:

• Register again after being eliminated
• Receive the re-entry stack set for the tournament
• A maximum number of re-entries applies

Add-On:

• Optional extra chips during a configured add-on window
• Usually limited by count and tournament level
• During an active hand, added chips may be queued until the next hand unless the rule profile allows immediate live chips

Prize Distribution

• Prizes are paid to top finishers, as a percentage of the prize pool for each place
• The prize pool is made up of all buy-ins, rebuys, re-entries and add-ons. The rake is not part of it. A guaranteed tournament pays at least its fixed prize
• Winnings are credited automatically to the wallet of the tournament’s currency
• In satellites, the top finishers each receive a ticket worth the target tournament’s buy-in. The next finisher receives any remaining cash
• If a payout is held for floor review, crediting resumes only after an authorized release

Cashier

Viewing Your Balance

Go to Cashier to see:

• Real Money balance
• Virtual Chips balance
• Tournament Tickets

Deposits

1. Go to Cashier > Deposit
2. Select a Payment Method. The list depends on what your operator has enabled, and may include cryptocurrency and e-wallets
3. Enter the Amount
4. Complete the payment
5. Funds appear in your account (timing varies by method)

Withdrawals

1. Go to Cashier > Withdraw
2. Select a Withdrawal Method
3. Enter the amount (must meet minimum) and your payout details
4. Confirm the request
5. Processing time varies by method

You must leave all tables before withdrawing or transferring funds.

Withdrawal Limits:

• Minimum withdrawal amount applies
• Daily/weekly/monthly limits may apply
• Verification required for large withdrawals

Transfers

Send money to other players:

1. Go to Cashier > Transfer
2. Enter the Recipient Username
3. Enter the amount and an optional message
4. Confirm the transfer

Transfer Limits:

• Daily and monthly transfer limits apply

Transaction History

Go to Cashier > History to view your transactions. Use the filter to show All, Deposits, Withdrawals, Transfers, Games or Bonuses.

Profile & Settings

Avatar

Change your table avatar from your profile with Change Avatar.

Game Statistics

The Statistics tab shows your poker performance, for all games or by game variant:

• Hands Played, Hands Won and Win Rate
• Total Winnings and Biggest Pot
• Tournaments Played and Tournaments Won
• VPIP, PFR and AFQ

Play Limits and Breaks

The Play limits and breaks panel on your profile lets you set:

• Daily deposit limit
• Daily and weekly net loss limits (Gold)
• Session limit in minutes
• Cool-off and self-exclusion

Bonuses & Promotions

Types of Bonuses

Your operator sets up the bonuses on offer. A bonus can be triggered by your first login, your first deposit, or a deposit, and can be paid in Gold, Diamond, virtual chips or tournament tickets.

Viewing Bonuses

Go to your profile and open the Bonuses tab. It shows Total Bonuses Received, Available Bonuses with their trigger and expiry date, and your Bonus History.

Texas Hold’em Rules

Overview

Texas Hold’em is a community card poker game where players make the best 5-card hand using any combination of:

• Their 2 private hole cards
• The 5 community cards on the board

The Dealing

1. Blinds: Two players post forced bets
   • Small blind (left of dealer button)
   • Big blind (left of small blind)
   • Heads-up, the button posts the small blind
2. Hole Cards: Each player receives 2 private cards
3. Preflop: First betting round
4. The Flop: 3 community cards dealt, then betting
5. The Turn: 4th community card dealt, then betting
6. The River: 5th community card dealt, then betting
7. Showdown: Remaining players reveal hands

Betting Actions

Action	When Available	Effect
Fold	Any turn	Forfeit hand and bets
Check	No bet to match	Pass without betting
Call	Facing a bet	Match the current bet
Bet	No bet yet	Make a wager
Raise	Facing a bet	Increase the bet

Betting Rules

• Minimum Raise: At least the size of the previous raise
• All-In: Bet all remaining chips
• Side Pots: Created when a player is all-in and others continue betting

Winning

The pot is won by:

1. The player with the best hand at showdown, OR
2. The last player remaining after all others fold

Hand Rankings

From highest to lowest:

1. Royal Flush

A, K, Q, J, 10 all of the same suit

[A♠] [K♠] [Q♠] [J♠] [T♠]

2. Straight Flush

Five consecutive cards of the same suit

[9♥] [8♥] [7♥] [6♥] [5♥]

3. Four of a Kind

Four cards of the same rank

[K♠] [K♥] [K♦] [K♣] [3♠]

4. Full House

Three of a kind plus a pair

[J♠] [J♥] [J♦] [5♣] [5♥]

5. Flush

Five cards of the same suit (not consecutive)

[A♦] [J♦] [8♦] [4♦] [2♦]

6. Straight

Five consecutive cards of mixed suits

[T♠] [9♥] [8♦] [7♣] [6♠]

7. Three of a Kind

Three cards of the same rank

[7♠] [7♥] [7♦] [K♣] [2♠]

8. Two Pair

Two different pairs

[Q♠] [Q♥] [6♦] [6♣] [A♠]

9. One Pair

Two cards of the same rank

[9♠] [9♥] [A♦] [K♣] [J♠]

10. High Card

No matching cards – highest card plays

[A♠] [K♥] [J♦] [7♣] [4♠]

Kickers

When hands are tied, the highest unpaired card (kicker) determines the winner.

Example: Both players have a pair of Kings

• Player A: K-K-A-8-3 (Ace kicker)
• Player B: K-K-Q-J-9 (Queen kicker)
• Player A wins with the higher kicker

Glossary

Term	Definition
All-In	Betting all remaining chips
Ante	Forced bet from all players before the deal
Big Blind	Larger of the two forced bets
Button	Dealer position marker
Buy-In	Amount brought to a table or tournament
Call	Matching the current bet
Check	Passing without betting
Community Cards	Shared cards on the board
Flop	First three community cards
Fold	Surrendering your hand
Heads-Up	Playing against one opponent
Hole Cards	Your private cards
Kicker	Unpaired card used to break ties
Muck	Discard without showing
Nuts	The best possible hand
Pot	Total chips/money in play
Raise	Increasing the current bet
Rake	House fee on pots/entries
River	Fifth and final community card
Showdown	Revealing hands to determine winner
Side Pot	Separate pot when a player is all-in
Small Blind	Smaller of the two forced bets
Stack	Player’s total chips
Turn	Fourth community card

FAQ

Account & Security

Q: How do I change my password? A: Go to your profile and open the Change Password tab

Q: I forgot my password. What do I do? A: Click "Forgot Password" on the login page and follow the email instructions

Gameplay

Q: Why was I folded automatically? A: You ran out of time to act. Watch the timer and make your decision before it expires

Q: What happens if I disconnect during a hand? A: The server keeps the hand state authoritative. If action is on you, the action timer and any available time bank continue; if you do not return, the normal timeout policy applies.

Money & Transactions

Q: How long do deposits take? A: It depends on the payment method. Crypto deposits complete after you send funds to the address shown

Q: Why is my withdrawal pending? A: Withdrawals can be held for review or verification before they are processed

Q: What’s the minimum deposit/withdrawal? A: Check the Cashier section for current limits

Tournaments

Q: What if I miss the tournament start? A: If you registered, you keep your seat, post your blinds and antes, and fold when facing a bet until you return. If you didn’t register, late registration may be available

Q: How are prizes distributed? A: Prizes are paid according to the payout structure shown before registration

Q: Can I unregister from a tournament? A: Usually yes, before the tournament starts. Your buy-in is refunded, but the rake is not

Support

Contact Us

If you need assistance, contact your operator using the support details on their site.

Responsible Gaming

Tools on your profile, under Play limits and breaks:

• Set a daily deposit limit
• Set daily and weekly net loss limits
• Set a session limit
• Start a cool-off or self-exclusion

If you feel gambling is becoming a problem, please seek help from professional organizations.