The Longshot Tour collects frequently asked questions to help users find answers to their questions quickly.
Q:What's the difference between your "Sit-N-Go" format and the way most other pub poker tournaments are run?
A: Our "Sit-N-Go" format allows for quicker play with less time per game. As soon as a table of ten (10) is filled, play will begin. Once that table is finished, a new table will be set up and begin as soon as it is filled -- until the point in the evening that has been decided as the latest time to seat a table (depends on venue closing time, i.e. Sal's Longshot Lounge closes at 2am, so there will be no table started after 11:30pm to allow enough time to finish the game before the bar is closed). No more waiting for a large, multi-table tournament to finish before you can start play or jump back into a game after being knocked out of a previous game.
The players at the table you are playing at are the only players you have to beat. Points are awarded for the top three (3) players at each table (1000-1st, 500-2nd, 250-3rd) as well as 50 points each to all other players for sitting down.
Q:If a player doesn't have enough to cover the blinds when in a big or small blind position, are they in for the full amount of the blinds?
A: No. A player can only win as much as a player has invested into the pot. For a complete list of rules, please click here.
Q:Does anyone at the table have the right to request to see any other player's mucked (folded) hand at the end of play?
A: No. Only the pot winner(s) may request to see a mucked (folded) hand, and only the last muck(s) of played chips. (Hands that were folded without a call are to be considered dead. Only players who called a bet and then mucked can be shown.)This is a privilege, and will be left to the discretion of the dealer.
Q:If the winner of the hand asks to see an opponent's mucked hand (who has called or checked the last action), is this exposed hand a live hand?
A: If a player other than the pot winner asks to see a hand that has been folded, that hand is dead. If the winning player asks to see a losing player's hand, both hands are live, and the best hand wins, regardless of whether the "losing" player mucked (folded) his cards or not (i.e. if the "losing" player misread the hand and mistakenly accepted a loss)
Q:How is the betting structured in No-Limit?
A: No Limit is the most popular betting structure for tournaments, including most televised games and the annual World Series of Poker (WSOP).
As with Pot Limit, there are predetermined blinds and the minimum bet is the size of the big blind. Unlike Pot Limit, the minimum raise is not the size of the big blind. In No Limit, the minimum raise must match the size of the previous bet or raise.
Here's an example of how betting might go in a No-Limit game with blinds set at $10 - $20 (minimum bet of $20).
Player 1: puts in the little blind ($10).
Player 2: puts in the big blind ($20).
Player 3: has the option to fold (resign), call (bet $20), or raise ($40 - No Limit). Player 3 decides to raise $40.
Before moving on to player 4, let's see how the raise range for Player 4 ($40 - No Limit) was calculated:
$40: matches previous bet of $20 plus a raise which (minimally) must match the previous bet of $20.
No Limit: In a No Limit game, the maximum bet/raise is only limited by the amount of money the player has.
Minimum bet to stay in game is now $40.
Player 4: has the option to fold (resign), call (bet $40), or raise ($80 - No limit). Convinced he has a great hand, Player 4 decides to raise $80.
Let's see how the raise range for Player 4 ($80 - No Limit) was calculated:
$80: matches previous bet of $40 plus a raise which (minimally) must match the previous bet of $40.
No Limit: In a No Limit game, the maximum bet/raise is only limited by the amount of money the player has.
Minimum bet to stay in game is now $80.
And so it goes through the last better. As you can see the size of the pot (and the required bet to stay in the game) can escalate fairly quickly -- and in our example, players made the minimum raises.
