First step is to play in and observe a tourney in the game you are interested in hosting to give you a good idea of how it's run. We do not require you to be monitored. However, if you feel you would be more comfortable then feel free to contact Admin or trainer and request someone to be in attendance.

Email the admin team with the game you'll be hosting and let them know you'll be hosting in the particular game and when your first tourney will be as a courtesy. They will probably have some great pointers for you!!

Remember your reputation as a TD is on the line so make sure you can handle the game and understand COMPLETELY how to host it BEFORE you attempt a tourney in it. If in doubt request supervision from the Admin or trainer!!

If you want to host a "special" tournament, make sure you understand how the game works, the correct scoring method to determine the winner and all the special rules that apply. Please see the Special Hosting - Tips/Rules listed below and if in doubt, Contact Admin by email prior to setting up a tourney.

To better understand each of these, it's just a matter of reading the rules for each game which are the same as your Rules MACS for the games.

RULE MACS MUST BE RUN PRIOR TO EVERY TOURNEY AND NOT BE ALTERED BY THE TDS UNLESS ITS TO REFLECT A CHANGE IN THE TIME OF A ROUND OR POINTS TO GAME END!!

As you all know we are a Multi-Game league. All of our games are run one of five ways. I will explain the different types of scoring, then I will go into detail which games use which kind of scoring and the tools you will need to host them. If you require further assistance please feel free to contact Admin or trainer/HTD.

SCORING METHODS:

WINNERS DETERMINED BY SCORES TYPE 1

These types of tournaments are timed rounds and require the players to give their last 5 tokens at the start and the last 5 tokens at the end of each round with the winner being either the player with the most tokens won,or lost if it’s a backwards tour. Backwards variation is only to be played in Roulette, Slots or Vaults.

Score sheet 1 is the Vaults Spreadsheet which is available on the TD Set-Up and Training page.

GAMES USING THIS FORMAT: CASINO ISLAND BJ, KENO, LOST TEMPLE POKER, PANDA PAI GOW, POGO BOWL, POPPIT, QUICK QUACK, RIDE THE TIDE, ROULETTE, SLOTS (Ali Baba, Showbiz), TURBO 21, VAULTS, WORD WHOMP,

WINNERS DETERMINED BY SCORES TYPE 2

These types of tournaments are timed rounds and require the players to give their last 5 digits (and possibly additional tokens noted in rules) of their tokens at the start. The only exception is the ending token reporting. The players are required to report the last 5 digits of their new token count and any additional amount the TD requests (ie. 12345/123) with the winner being determined by the most tokens won in each round. These tours are harder to host as the require more math.

Score sheet 2 is the Tripeaks Spreadsheet. TriPeaks Scoresheet Click to download.

GAMES USING THIS FORMAT: ACES UP, MAHJONG GARDENS, TRI-PEAKS, WORD CRAFT

WINNERS DETERMINED BY BOARD STATS
These types of tournaments are NOT timed rounds. Each round consists of ONE complete game and requires standing and tokens won at the end of the completed game. (ie; 1/2345) Obtained from the game ranking screen before or after jp spin.

GAMES USING THIS FORMAT: BINGO(after), DICE CITY ROLLERS(after),LOTTSO(after), POPPA ZOPPA(before)

WINNERS DETEREMINED BY WINNING THE DESIGNATED AMOUNTS OF HANDS
These types of tournaments are not necessarily timed rounds. Each round consists of a set amount of hands played. The first player to reach the jp spin (wins 3 hands) wins round. Maximum playing time of 20 minutes per round.

GAME USING THIS FORMAT: TEXAS HOLDEM

WINNERS DETERMINED BY REACHING DESIGNATED GAME END/ GAME SCORE
These types of tournaments are timed only to ensure the players don't take to long. The first player to reach the games end OR to achieve the required game score set by the TD wins. Maximum playing time of 20 minutes per round. You must check the table settings prior to issuing start to make sure they match the rules listed in the macs. If they are not set correctly, the table must be reset.

GAMES USING THIS FORMAT: BLOOP, CANASTA, JUNGLE GIN, QWERTY, SHUFFLEBUMP





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FORTUNE BINGO:
Winners Determined By Board Stats.
No timer needed. No score sheet needed. Pen & paper required.

ANNOUNCE WHICH GAME IS THE LIVE ROUND TO START (ONLY START AT THE BEGINNING OF A GAME)

TD GIVES PAIRINGS

AT END OF ROUND PLAYERS REPORT THEIR BOARD RANK AND SCORE (2/145)

IN THE EVENT OF TIES...LEADERBOARD PLACEMENT INCLUDING SPIN WILL DETERMINE THE WINNER

IF OPPONENTS BOTH BINGO, SPIN WILL COUNT TO DETERMINE WINNER

ANNOUNCE IF ALL ROUNDS ARE LIVE OR IF YOU WILL HAVE BREAK ROUNDS. TRY TO KEEP IT CONSISTANT THROUGHOUT THE WHOLE TOURNEY TO AVOID COMPLICATIONS!!!

ANNOUNCE THE WINNERS OF THE ROUND AND ASK IF ANY ERRORS (THIS USUALLY OCCURS WHILE THE NEW GAME IS UNDERWAY)

ANNOUNCE NEXT ROUNDS PAIRINGS (THIS USUALLY OCCURS WHILE THE NEW GAME IS UNDERWAY)

BINGO WINS OVER SCORE/RANK ie. A PLAYER GETS BINGO HOWEVER THE PERSON PLAYING THEM GETS MORE TOKENS DUE TO A SPIN. THE ONE THAT GETS BINGO WINS THE ROUND SO PAY ATTENTION TO WHO IS LISTED ON THE BINGO CALL SCREEN. IF BOTH PARTIES OF A PAIRING GET BINGO, THIS IS CONSIDERED A TIE!

** NOTE: IF POSSIBLE TRY TO CAPTURE AS MANY OF THE RESULTS OF YOUR PLAYERS FROM THE LEADER BOARD AS POSSIBLE. THIS WILL SAVE YOU TIME GATHERING RESULTS.

IF A PLAYER LEAVES THE ROOM, THEY WILL BE PLACED ON A 5 MINUTE TIMER. DQ IF NOT BACK IN TIME.

Tourney operations within Cases are the same.

HOST DIFFICULTY LEVEL: EASY

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DICE CITY & LOTTSO:
Winners Determined By Board Stats.
No timer needed. No score sheet needed. Pen & paper required.

ANNOUNCE WHICH GAME IS THE LIVE ROUND TO START (ONLY START AT THE BEGINNING OF A GAME)

TD GIVES PAIRINGS

AT END OF THE 10TH ROUND(LOTTSO), 4TH ROUND(DICE CITY) PLAYERS REPORT THEIR BOARD RANK AND SCORE (2/145)

IN THE EVENT OF A TIE... PLAYERS WILL PLAY 5 GAME ROUNDS(LOTTSO),2 GAME ROUNDS(DICE CITY) TO DETERMINE WINNER

ANNOUNCE IF ALL ROUNDS ARE LIVE OR IF YOU WILL HAVE BREAK ROUNDS. TRY TO KEEP IT CONSISTANT THROUGHOUT THE WHOLE TOURNEY TO AVOID COMPLICATIONS!!!

ANNOUNCE THE WINNERS OF THE ROUND AND ASK IF ANY ERRORS (THIS USUALLY OCCURS WHILE THE NEW GAME IS UNDERWAY)

ANNOUNCE NEXT ROUNDS PAIRINGS (THIS USUALLY OCCURS WHILE THE NEW GAME IS UNDERWAY)

** NOTE: IF POSSIBLE TRY TO CAPTURE AS MANY OF THE RESULTS OF YOUR PLAYERS FROM THE LEADER BOARD. THIS WILL SAVE YOU TIME GATHERING YOUR RESULTS

IF A PLAYER LEAVES THE ROOM, DQ WILL OCCUR IN THE 5TH ROUND FOR LOTTSO AND AFTER 2ND AUCTION IN DICE CITY.

Tourney operations within Cases are the same.

HOST DIFFICULTY LEVEL: EASY

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POPPA ZOPPA:
Winners Determined By Board Stats.
No timer needed. No score sheet needed. Pen & paper required.

ANNOUNCE WHICH GAME IS THE LIVE ROUND TO START (ONLY START AT THE BEGINNING OF A GAME)

TD GIVES PAIRINGS

AT END OF THE 3RD ROUND PLAYERS REPORT THEIR BOARD RANK AND SCORE (2/145)

IN THE EVENT OF TIES... THE TIED PLAYERS PLAY A 1 GAME ROUND PLAY-OFF TO DETERMINE THE WINNER

ANNOUNCE IF ALL ROUNDS ARE LIVE OR IF YOU WILL HAVE BREAK ROUNDS. TRY TO KEEP IT CONSISTANT THROUGHOUT THE WHOLE TOURNEY TO AVOID COMPLICATIONS!!!

ANNOUNCE THE WINNERS OF THE ROUND AND ASK IF ANY ERRORS (THIS USUALLY OCCURS WHILE THE NEW GAME IS UNDERWAY)

ANNOUNCE NEXT ROUNDS PAIRINGS (THIS USUALLY OCCURS WHILE THE NEW GAME IS UNDERWAY)

** NOTE: IF POSSIBLE TRY TO CAPTURE AS MANY OF THE RESULTS OF YOUR PLAYERS FROM THE LEADER BOARD. THIS WILL SAVE YOU TIME GATHERING YOUR RESULTS

IF A PLAYER LEAVES THE ROOM, THEY WILL BE PLACED ON A 5 MINUTE TIMER. DQ IF NOT BACK IN TIME.

Tourney operations within Cases are the same.

COMMON PROBLEMS:
POPPA rooms only hold 11 people. The backdoors will not allow any extra people in, nor will a POGO mail invitation. Be very careful not to host these during a prime time, as you will need to limit the amount of players entering your tourney.

POSSIBLE SOLUTIONS:
The first 8 players entered can play. This may have to be lowered if there are other people in the room.

HOST DIFFICULTY LEVEL: EASY

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CANASTA:
Winners Determined By Reaching Designated Game End/ Game Score.
Timer needed. No score sheet needed. Pen & paper required.

GAME PLAYS TO EITHER 1000, 2500, OR 5000
***CHANGE YOUR RULE MAC TO REFLECT THE SCORE YOUR PLAYERS ARE GOING TO PLAY TO

TD ASSIGNS THE PAIRS TO A TABLE

ONCE BOTH PLAYERS ARE SITTING THEY CAN START

CHECK THE TABLE OPTIONS TO ENSURE THEY WERE CORRECTLY SET. (TABLE OPTIONS ARE LISTED IN MACROS FOR EACH GAME)

THE MAXIMUM AMOUNT OF TIME PER ROUND IS 20 MINUTES

SET YOUR TIMER FOR 20 MINUTES, 1 MINUTE AFTER ALL PAIRINGS ARE ANNOUNCED. GIVE PLAYERS UPDATES THRU OUT THE ROUND TO LET THEM KNOW HOW MUCH TIME THEY HAVE LEFT.

NOTE: AT THE STOP THEY SHOULD REPORT THE PLAYER WITH THE HIGHEST SCORE, FOUND IN BOTTOM LEFT OF SCREEN, INCLUDING THE MELD SCORE ALREADY ON THE TABLE IT MAY BE NECESSARY TO ENTER THE TABLE IF THEY STILL DO NOT REPORT.

ONCE ALL PLAYERS HAVE REPORTED TD SHOULD ANNOUNCE ALL THE WINNERS AND ASK IF THERE ARE ANY ERRORS.

CONFIRM THAT THERE ARE NO ERRORS.. IF THERE ARE RESOLVE THE ISSUE PRIOR TO ADVANCING ROUND

IF A PLAYER LEAVES THE ROOM, THEY WILL BE PLACED ON A 5 MINUTE TIMER. DQ IF NOT BACK IN TIME.

Tourney operations within Cases for 2 player are the same.

COMMON PROBLEMS:
Players not knowing how to play
Solution: Refer them to the Pogo's How To Play located on each games Lounge listing page

TD/PLAYER cannot enter the PW protected table
Solution: Confirm that they used buccs as the pw, verify that caps are off. If player can't get in have the table reset.

Players taking too long to play
Solution: Enforce the 20 minute max round timer rule, if they haven't reported the winner in main after you've told them to stop. Enter the table and repeat stop and determine winner by highest scoring player including what meld scores have been played on the table.

Players getting booted/game freezing:
Solution: Make sure player does not have MSN messenger or the Buccs main page open. If a player is booted more than twice or missing for 5 minutes they are dq'd.

HOST DIFFICULTY LEVEL: EASY

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JUNGLE GIN:
Winners Determined By Reaching Designated Game End/ Game Score.
Timer needed. No score sheet needed. Pen & paper required.

GAME PLAYS TO 100 PTS

***CHANGE YOUR RULE MAC TO REFLECT THE SCORE YOUR PLAYERS ARE GOING TO PLAY TO IF YOU CHANGE IT FROM 100

TD ASSIGNS THE PAIRS TO A TABLE

ONCE BOTH PLAYERS ARE SITTING THEY CAN START

CHECK THE TABLE OPTIONS TO ENSURE THEY WERE CORRECTLY SET. (TABLE OPTIONS ARE LISTED IN MACROS FOR EACH GAME)

** NOTE RECENTLY ADDED ~ NO KNOCKING~

THE MAXIMUM AMOUNT OF TIME PER ROUND IS 20 MINUTES

SET YOUR TIMER FOR 20 MINUTES, 1 MINUTE AFTER ALL PAIRINGS ARE ANNOUNCED. GIVE PLAYERS UPDATES THRU OUT THE ROUND TO LET THEM KNOW HOW MUCH TIME THEY HAVE LEFT.

NOTE: AT THE STOP THEY SHOULD REPORT THE PLAYER WITH THE HIGHEST SCORE IT MAY BE NECESSARY TO ENTER THE TABLE IF THEY STILL DO NOT REPORT.

ONCE ALL PLAYERS HAVE REPORTED TD SHOULD ANNOUNCE ALL THE WINNERS AND ASK IF THERE ARE ANY ERRORS.

CONFIRM THAT THERE ARE NO ERRORS.. IF THERE ARE RESOLVE THE ISSUE PRIOR TO ADVANCING ROUND

IF A PLAYER LEAVES THE ROOM, THEY WILL BE PLACED ON A 5 MINUTE TIMER. DQ IF NOT BACK IN TIME.

Tourney operations within Cases are the same.

HOST DIFFICULTY LEVEL: EASY

COMMON PROBLEMS:
Players not knowing how to play
Solution: Refer them to the Pogo's How To Play located on each games Lounge listing page

TD/PLAYER cannot enter the PW protected table
Solution: Confirm that they used buccs as the pw, verify that caps are off. If player can't get in have the table reset.

Players taking too long to play
Solution: Enforce the 20 minute max round timer rule, if they haven't reported the winner in main after you've told them to stop. Enter the table and repeat stop and determine winner by highest point total.

Players getting booted/game freezing:
Solution: Make sure player does not have MSN messenger or the Buccs main page open. If a player is booted more than twice or missing for 5 minutes they are dq'd.

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BLOOP, SHUFFLE BUMP & QWERTY:
Winners Determined By Reaching Designated Game End/ Game Score.
Timer needed. No score sheet needed. Pen & paper required.

*BLOOP: GAME PLAYS TO 5 PTS FOR WIN
*SHUFFLEBUMP: GAME PLAYS TO 100 PTS FOR WIN
*QWERTY: GAME PLAYS TO 600 or 1000 PTS FOR WIN

***CHANGE YOUR RULE MAC TO REFLECT THE SCORE YOUR PLAYERS ARE GOING TO PLAY TO IF YOU CHANGE IT FROM 600

TD ASSIGNS THE PAIRS TO A TABLE

CHECK THE TABLE OPTIONS TO ENSURE THEY WERE CORRECTLY SET. (TABLE OPTIONS ARE LISTED IN MACROS FOR EACH GAME)

ONCE BOTH PLAYERS ARE SITTING THEY CAN START

THE MAXIMUM AMOUNT OF TIME PER ROUND IS 20 MINUTES..

SET YOUR TIMER FOR 20 MINUTES, 1 MINUTE AFTER ALL PAIRINGS ARE ANNOUNCED. GIVE PLAYERS UPDATES THRU OUT THE ROUND TO LET THEM KNOW HOW MUCH TIME THEY HAVE LEFT.

NOTE: AT THE STOP THEY SHOULD REPORT THE PLAYER WITH THE HIGHEST SCORE IT MAY BE NECESSARY TO ENTER THE TABLE IF THEY STILL DO NOT REPORT.

ONCE ALL PLAYERS HAVE REPORTED TD SHOULD ANNOUNCE ALL THE WINNERS AND ASK IF THERE ARE ANY ERRORS.

CONFIRM THAT THERE ARE NO ERRORS.. IF THERE ARE RESOLVE THE ISSUE PRIOR TO ADVANCING ROUND

IF A PLAYER LEAVES THE ROOM, THEY WILL BE PLACED ON A 5 MINUTE TIMER. DQ IF NOT BACK IN TIME.

Tourney operations within Cases are the same.

COMMON PROBLEMS:
Players not knowing how to play
Solution: Refer them to the Pogo's How To Play located on each games Lounge listing page.

TD/PLAYER cannot enter the PW protected table
Solution: Confirm that they used buccs as the pw, verify that caps are off. If player can't get in have the table reset.

Players taking too long to play
Solution: Enforce the 20 minute max round timer rule, if they haven't reported the winner in main after you've told them to stop. Enter the table and repeat stop and determine winner by highest scoring player.

Players getting booted/game freezing:
Solution: Make sure player does not have MSN messenger or the Buccs main page open. If a player is booted more than twice or missing for 5 minutes they are dq'd.

HOST DIFFICULTY LEVEL: EASY

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HOLD 'EM:
Winners Determined By Winning The Designated Amount of Hands.
Timer needed. No score sheet needed. Pen & paper required.

PAIRS ARE ASSIGNED TO A TABLE BY THE TD

CHECK THE TABLE OPTIONS TO ENSURE THEY WERE CORRECTLY SET. (TABLE OPTIONS ARE LISTED IN MACROS FOR EACH GAME)

SET YOUR TIMER FOR 20 MINUTES, 1 MINUTE AFTER ALL PAIRINGS ARE ANNOUNCED. GIVE PLAYERS UPDATES THRU OUT THE ROUND TO LET THEM KNOW HOW MUCH TIME THEY HAVE LEFT.

PLAYERS CAN START ONCE BOTH AT TABLE - FIRST ONE TO A JACKPOT SPIN WINS (3 HANDS WON) AND THEY MUST ANNOUNCE WINNER/LOSER IN MAIN CHAT.

ONCE ALL PLAYERS HAVE REPORTED TD SHOULD ANNOUNCE ALL THE WINNERS AND ASK IF THERE ARE ANY ERRORS.

CONFIRM THAT THERE ARE NO ERRORS.. IF THERE ARE RESOLVE THE ISSUE PRIOR TO ADVANCING ROUND

IF A PLAYER LEAVES THE ROOM, THEY WILL BE PLACED ON A 5 MINUTE TIMER. DQ IF NOT BACK IN TIME.

Tourney operations within Cases are the same.

HOST DIFFICULTY LEVEL: EASY

COMMON PROBLEMS:
Players not knowing how to play
Solution: Refer them to the Pogo's How To Play located on each games Lounge listing page.

TD/PLAYER cannot enter the PW protected table
Solution: Confirm that they used buccs as the pw, verify that caps are off. If player can't get in have the table reset.

Players taking too long to play
Solution: Enforce the 20 minute max round timer rule, if they haven't reported the winner in main after you've told them to stop. Enter the table and repeat stop and determine winner by player with most wins.

Players getting booted/game freezing:
Solution: Make sure player does not have MSN messenger or the Buccs main page open. If a player is booted more than twice or missing for 5 minutes they are dq'd.

Player not betting/ Player folding:
Solution: If this occurs it is a violation of the game rules and the player needs to be dq'd.

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CASINO BLACKJACK:
Winners Determined By Score type 1.
Requires: timer, score sheet 1, pen & paper.

10 MIN ROUNDS ~ BET MAX

TD WILL ASSIGN PAIRINGS TO A TABLE

CHECK THE TABLE OPTIONS TO ENSURE THEY WERE CORRECTLY SET. (TABLE OPTIONS ARE LISTED IN MACROS FOR EACH GAME)

ENTER FIRST TABLE ASK FOR LAST 5 OF THE TOKEN COUNT AND TELL THEM TO START ...*** START YOUR 10 MINUTE TIMER NOW*** GO TO EACH TABLE AND COLLECT TOKENS.

AT END OF ROUND GO TO TABLES IN SAME ORDER - ISSUE STOP AND REQUEST LAST 5 OF THEIR TOKEN COUNTS AND TELL PLAYERS TO RETURN TO MAIN CHAT REPEAT FOR EACH TABLE

WINNER IS THE PLAYER THAT WINS THE MOST TOKENS

IN CASE OF A TIE, THERE WILL BE A THREE MINUTE PLAYOFF TO DETERMINE THE WINNER

REPORT THE ROUND RESULTS AS FOLLOWS "PLAYER B" OVER "PLAYER A" OR WINNERS ARE ....

CONFIRM THAT THERE ARE NO ERRORS.. IF THERE ARE RESOLVE THE ISSUE PRIOR TO ADVANCING ROUND

IF A PLAYER LEAVES THE ROOM, THEY WILL BE PLACED ON A 5 MINUTE TIMER. DQ IF NOT BACK IN TIME.

Tourney operations within Cases are the same.

COMMON PROBLEMS:
TD/PLAYER cannot enter the PW protected table
Solution: Confirm that they used buccs as the pw, verify that caps are off. If player can't get in have the table reset.

Players getting booted/game freezing:
Solution: Make sure player does not have MSN messenger or the Buccs main page open. If a player is booted more than twice or missing for 5 minutes they are dq'd.

HOST DIFFICULTY LEVEL: MEDIUM

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SQUELCHIES, TURBO 21, WORD WHOMP:
Winners Determined By Score type 1.
Requires: timer, score sheet 1, pen & paper.

10 MIN ROUNDS ~ EASY DIFFICULTY (UNLESS NOTED BY TD MAKE SURE YOUR RULE MAC'S REFLECT THE CHANGE)

AT START OF ROUND PLAYERS WILL HIT NEW GAME AND GIVE LAST 5 OF THEIR TOKEN COUNT

AT END OF ROUND PLAYERS NEED TO HIT NEW GAME THEN GIVE LAST 5 OF THEIR TOKEN COUNT

*PLAYERS MUST ANNOUNCE IF THEY ARE IN A SPIN AFTER STOP AND PRIOR TO TOKEN LINE FOR TOKEN COUNTS TO BE ACCEPTED

WINNER IS THE PLAYER THAT WINS THE MOST TOKENS

IN THE EVENT OF A TIE A 3 MINUTE ROUND WILL DETERMINE WINNER

REPORT THE ROUND RESULTS AS FOLLOWS "PLAYER B" OVER "PLAYER A" OR WINNERS ARE ....

CONFIRM THAT THERE ARE NO ERRORS.. IF THERE ARE RESOLVE THE ISSUE PRIOR TO ADVANCING ROUND

IF A PLAYER LEAVES THE ROOM, THEY WILL BE PLACED ON A 5 MINUTE TIMER. DQ IF NOT BACK IN TIME.

Tourney operations within Cases are the same.

HOST DIFFICULTY LEVEL: MEDIUM

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LOST TEMPLE POKER, PANDA PAI GOW, RIDE THE TIDE:
Winners Determined By Score type 1.
Requires: timer, score sheet 1, pen & paper.

10 MIN ROUNDS ~ BET MAX

AT START OF ROUND PLAYERS WILL GIVE LAST 5 OF THEIR TOKEN COUNT

AT END OF ROUND PLAYERS ARE TO GIVE LAST 5 OF THEIR TOKEN COUNT

*PLAYERS MUST ANNOUNCE IF THEY ARE IN A SPIN AFTER STOP AND PRIOR TO TOKEN LINE FOR TOKEN COUNTS TO BE ACCEPTED

WINNER IS THE PLAYER THAT WINS THE MOST TOKENS

IN THE EVENT OF A TIE A 3 MINUTE ROUND WILL DETERMINE WINNER

REPORT THE ROUND RESULTS AS FOLLOWS "PLAYER B" OVER "PLAYER A" OR WINNERS ARE ....

CONFIRM THAT THERE ARE NO ERRORS.. IF THERE ARE RESOLVE THE ISSUE PRIOR TO ADVANCING ROUND

IF A PLAYER LEAVES THE ROOM, THEY WILL BE PLACED ON A 2 MINUTE TIMER. DQ IF NOT BACK IN TIME.

Tourney operations within Cases are the same.

HOST DIFFICULTY: MEDIUM

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POPPIT, QUICK QUACK :
Winners Determined By Score type 1.
Requires: timer, score sheet 1, pen & paper.

10 MIN ROUNDS

**IN POPPIT PLAY ON EASY DIFFICULTY (UNLESS NOTED BY TD - MAKE SURE YOUR RULE MAC'S REFLECT THE CHANGE)

AT START OF ROUND PLAYERS WILL HIT NEW GAME AND GIVE LAST 5 OF THEIR TOKEN COUNT

AT END OF ROUND PLAYERS ARE TO GIVE LAST 5 OF THEIR TOKEN COUNT - THEY DO NOT NEED HIT NEW GAME

*PLAYERS MUST ANNOUNCE IF THEY ARE IN A SPIN AFTER STOP AND PRIOR TO TOKEN LINE FOR TOKEN COUNTS TO BE ACCEPTED

WINNER IS THE PLAYER THAT WINS THE MOST TOKENS

IN THE EVENT OF A TIE A 3 MINUTE ROUND WILL DETERMINE WINNER

REPORT THE ROUND RESULTS AS FOLLOWS "PLAYER B" OVER "PLAYER A" OR WINNERS ARE ....

CONFIRM THAT THERE ARE NO ERRORS.. IF THERE ARE RESOLVE THE ISSUE PRIOR TO ADVANCING ROUND

IF A PLAYER LEAVES THE ROOM, THEY WILL BE PLACED ON A 5 MINUTE TIMER. DQ IF NOT BACK IN TIME.

Tourney operations within Cases are the same.

COMMON PROBLEMS:
Ties in Quick Quack: If after 1st tie-break, neither player still gets spin or advances tokens - have a 3 minute round where they report their ticket count in Quick Quack. With players learning the games and not getting spins, this is a possibility but hopefully not too often

HOST DIFFICULTY: MEDIUM

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VAULTS, ALI BABA SLOTS, SHOWBIZ II SLOTS:
Winners Determined By Score type 1.
Requires: timer, score sheet 1, pen & paper.

10 MIN ROUNDS ~ BET MAX

IF RUNNING A SPECIAL TOURNEY- BACKWARDS, ETC - IT MUST BE ON YOUR TOURNEY PAGE AND ALL PLAYERS ADVISED BEFORE CLOSING THE TOURNEY

TD ANNOUNCES PAIRS AND COLLECTS START TOKENS (LAST 5 DIGITS OF PLAYERS TOKEN COUNTS)

DETERMINE TOKENS WON/LOST BY SUBTRACTING THE END TOKENS FROM THE START

REPORT THE ROUND RESULTS AS FOLLOWS "PLAYER B" OVER "PLAYER A" OR WINNERS ARE ....

CONFIRM THAT THERE ARE NO ERRORS.. IF THERE ARE RESOLVE THE ISSUE PRIOR TO ADVANCING ROUND

IN THE EVENT OF A TIE A 3 MINUTE ROUND WILL DETERMINE WINNER

IF A PLAYER LEAVES THE ROOM, THEY WILL BE PLACED ON A 2 MINUTE TIMER. DQ IF NOT BACK IN TIME.

COMMON PROBLEMS:
Player misses token line OR puts score in before the STOP

Solution: The player is dq'd... no exceptions!!

Player(s) repeatedly ignores the "hold chat" order.

Solution: player(s) should be dq'd

Player gives TYPO corrected score before/after the token line

Solution: As long as the player is correcting a score that is obviously a typo the score can be accepted... if it is NOT a typo correction it can NOT be used.

Player claims that another player wasn't spinning or their token count hasn't changed yet

Solution: Explain that pogo only updates the players tokens every 3-5 minutes however, you will see your own tokens updated real time. Inform them that you'll watch the player closely and direct them to send an email to the Admins by clicking on Contact Admins from the left side of the main page.

Player accuses another player of cheating in MAIN chat or gets abusive in main chat.

Solution: Attempt to resolve the issue in PC if the player continues in MAIN chat let them know that they can be boxed from playing if they continue and again attempt to take them to pc.

Tourney operations within Cases are the same.

HOST DIFFICULTY LEVEL: MEDIUM

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ACES UP
Winners Determined By Score type 2.
Requires: timer, score sheet 2, pen & paper.

10 MIN ROUNDS

AT START OF ROUND PLAYERS WILL HIT NEW GAME AND GIVE LAST 5 OF THEIR TOKEN COUNT AND THE AMOUNT ABOVE THE ACES OR BELOW THE HEART - ADD THOSE TOGETHER TO GET YOUR START TOTAL

AT THE END OF THE ROUND PLAYERS SHOULD REPORT LAST 5 OF TOKEN COUNT AND THE AMOUNT ABOVE THE ACES OR BELOW THE HEART (54215 / 123) ADD THOSE TOGETHER TO GET YOUR END TOTAL AND SUBTRACT FROM START TOTAL

*PLAYERS MUST ANNOUNCE IF THEY ARE IN A SPIN AFTER STOP AND PRIOR TO TOKEN LINE FOR TOKEN COUNTS TO BE ACCEPTED

WINNER IS THE PLAYER THAT WINS THE MOST TOKENS

IN THE EVENT OF A TIE A 3 MINUTE ROUND WILL DETERMINE WINNER

REPORT THE ROUND RESULTS AS FOLLOWS "PLAYER B" OVER "PLAYER A" OR WINNERS ARE ....

CONFIRM THAT THERE ARE NO ERRORS.. IF THERE ARE RESOLVE THE ISSUE PRIOR TO ADVANCING ROUND

IF A PLAYER LEAVES THE ROOM, THEY WILL BE PLACED ON A 5 MINUTE TIMER. DQ IF NOT BACK IN TIME.

Tourney operations within Cases are the same.

HOST DIFFICULTY LEVEL: HARD

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MAHJONG:
Winners Determined By Score type 2.
Requires: timer, score sheet 2, pen & paper.

10 MIN ROUNDS

PLAYS ON MEDIUM DIFFICULTY (UNLESS OTHERWISE NOTED BY HOST - MAKE SURE YOU HAVE ANNOUNCED WHAT LEVEL THEY ARE TO PLAY ON)

PLAYERS WILL HIT NEW GAME BEFORE GIVING YOU THE LAST 5 OF THEIR START SCORE

AT END OF ROUND PLAYERS WILL REPORT THEIR LAST 5 TOKEN COUNT ALONG WITH THE CURRENT GAME SCORE LOCATED IN YELLOW NEXT TO THE TIMER (54785/123) THEIR END TOKENS ARE THE TOTAL OF BOTH

*PLAYERS MUST ANNOUNCE IF THEY ARE IN A SPIN AFTER STOP AND PRIOR TO TOKEN LINE FOR TOKEN COUNTS TO BE ACCEPTED

WINNER IS DETERMINED BY THE PLAYER THAT WON THE MOST TOKENS.

IN THE EVENT OF A TIE A 3 MINUTE ROUND WILL DETERMINE WINNER

REPORT THE ROUND RESULTS AS FOLLOWS "PLAYER B" OVER "PLAYER A" OR WINNERS ARE ....

CONFIRM THAT THERE ARE NO ERRORS.. IF THERE ARE RESOLVE THE ISSUE PRIOR TO ADVANCING ROUND

IF A PLAYER LEAVES THE ROOM, THEY WILL BE PLACED ON A 5 MINUTE TIMER. DQ IF NOT BACK IN TIME.

Tourney operations within Cases are the same.

HOST DIFFICULTY LEVEL: HARD

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ROULETTE:
Winners Determined By Score type 1.
Requires: timer, score sheet 1, pen & paper.

10 SPINS OF THE WHEEL = 1 ROUND, BET 100 HOWEVER THEY CHOSE

AT START OF ROUND PLAYERS WILL GIVE LAST 5 OF THEIR TOKEN COUNT

AT END OF ROUND PLAYERS ARE TO GIVE LAST 5 OF THEIR TOKEN COUNT

WINNER IS THE PLAYER THAT WINS THE MOST TOKENS

IN CASE OF A TIE, PLAYERS BET 10 ON 10 DIFFERENT SPOTS, NO DOUBLING UP, FOR 5 ROUNDS, IF STILL TIED, SUDDEN DEATH TILL ONE PLAYER WINS MORE THAN THEIR OPPONENT

REPORT THE ROUND RESULTS AS FOLLOWS "PLAYER B" OVER "PLAYER A" OR WINNERS ARE ....

CONFIRM THAT THERE ARE NO ERRORS.. IF THERE ARE RESOLVE THE ISSUE PRIOR TO ADVANCING ROUND

IF A PLAYER LEAVES THE ROOM, THEY WILL BE PLACED ON A 2 MINUTE TIMER. DQ IF NOT BACK IN TIME.

Tourney operations within Cases are the same.

**Do not use your normal start mac - announce to players after tokens gathered which spin will be their first of 10 spins and tell them to GO GO GO!
**Notify players of 9th spin and final/10th spin - do not use 1 min - use the 45 sec stop only mac

COMMON PROBLEMS:
Player advises they have already placed bet after stop - tell player to hit the clear bet button. No bets are to be placed after stop - if a player does and results show = automatic DQ!

HOST DIFFICULTY: HARD

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TRI PEAKS:
Winners Determined By Score type 2.
Requires: timer, score sheet 2, pen & paper.

10 MIN ROUNDS

AT START OF ROUND PLAYERS WILL HIT NEW GAME AND GIVE LAST 5 OF THEIR TOKEN COUNT AND THE AMOUNT IN THE INCAS MOUTH ADD THOSE TOGETHER TO GET YOUR START TOTAL

AT THE END OF THE ROUND PLAYERS SHOULD REPORT LAST 5 OF TOKEN COUNT AND THE AMOUNT IN THE INCAS MOUTH (54215 / 123) ADD THOSE TOGETHER TO GET YOUR END TOTAL AND SUBTRACT FROM START TOTAL

*PLAYERS MUST ANNOUNCE IF THEY ARE IN A SPIN AFTER STOP AND PRIOR TO TOKEN LINE FOR TOKEN COUNTS TO BE ACCEPTED

WINNER IS THE PLAYER THAT WINS THE MOST TOKENS

IN THE EVENT OF A TIE A 3 MINUTE ROUND WILL DETERMINE WINNER

REPORT THE ROUND RESULTS AS FOLLOWS "PLAYER B" OVER "PLAYER A" OR WINNERS ARE ....

CONFIRM THAT THERE ARE NO ERRORS.. IF THERE ARE RESOLVE THE ISSUE PRIOR TO ADVANCING ROUND

IF A PLAYER LEAVES THE ROOM, THEY WILL BE PLACED ON A 5 MINUTE TIMER. DQ IF NOT BACK IN TIME.

Tourney operations within Cases are the same.

HOST DIFFICULTY LEVEL: HARD



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MONTHLY SPECIALS
Hosted by Game Admins (HeadTD’s) Unless otherwise stated

Tournament Of Champions (TOC): By Invitation only. Win a tournament the month before gets you qualified for invitation. Cases tracks this so we do not have to. This tournament is held in Vaults (for now) once a month. (Vaults is the only game that we have enough room for all the players.) This will be rotated between the Head TD's that have signed up to host in alpha order, if they can’t host their turn, they will miss their turn until next rotation.

Battle of the Buccaneers Tourney (BOB): For players that did not win the month before to qualify for the TOC. This tournament will be hosted in the same room as TOC either at same time or staggered time. Tourney will start half hour after the TOC. That will allow first round defeated players from the TOC to enter this tourney also. This will be rotated between the Head Td's that have signed up to host in alpha order, if they can’t host their turn they will miss their turn until next rotation.

Battle of the Sexes: Two tourneys side by side Mens Only/Womens Only. Winner of each play each other in a 10 minute ladder battle monitored by host to determine ultimate winner. Loser reports match results via Report Loss on main page. Currently being done in Vaults only. Head Td's hosted.

Hosts vs Players: TDs in one tour. Players in another at same time. Player winner and TD winner will play 1 round via laddering to determine ultimate winner. Loser reports match results via Report Loss on main page. Hosted same as Battle of Sexes. Head TD/s hosted.

TD Masquerade: Hosts create guest pogo nics based on the theme. All players can dress up their mini's. The hosts registered in the tourney will give tidbits, facts, stories, etc about themselves to help the players guess. One guess per question will be allowed. Bonus Bux thru out the tourney. Seasonal tours will also include a decorating your mini contest. ADMIN hosted

Players Masquerade: Buccaneers will be notified in advance if players to masquerade. This allows players to get a temp club pogo nickname to match whatever theme we're doing and to mail the Admin with that screen name. ADMIN hosted

Advance notice will be given. Masquerades are very difficult to organize & host and are currently only hosted by Aggs or Allie, if you feel you may be up to the challenge let us know via Contact Admin for consideration.

Decathlon: True Swiss Format 4-6 rounds. Host schedules one tourney. Each round is scheduled in a DIFFERENT game marked under custom rules. Follow rules for each game. Host will advise players in the tourney to add them to their pogo friends list. TD must be able to host all the games chosen. Variation: card games only. There can be multiple winners in a true swiss and any bonus bux to be awarded will be split evenly among the winners by Cases system! Any HTD or capable TD

Mixer Tourney: Similar to the Decathlon in True Swiss Format with 4-6 rounds. Involves multiple TDs hosting in any given game. All players & TDs meet in the first game room. Round 1 is played and winners announced. Before the round end the TD hosting game 2 goes to their room and awaits the arriving players. Players go to Game 2 for Round 2, winners are announced and the players are sent to Game 3 for Round 3 and so on and so on. The tournament is over when all determined rounds/games have been completed. Use of Yahoo Messenger or PC to coordinate amongst the TDs to give winners to hosting TD, when players are leaving for next room, etc. There can be multiple winners in a true swiss and any bonus bux to be awarded will be split evenly among the winners by Cases system!

TD Tidbits: Following the start of the round the TD will give an interesting fact or tidbit about a TD. Can be real, funny, life experience etc. At the end the players put in their results along with their guess ie. winner/loser (token count) Issues . This was a huge success and we've received many requests for it. First one to guess right wins the bonus buxs. ** Please continue to send emails to aggsandallie@msn.com (Subject: Interesting Tidbits) with interesting tidbits so that we can build a database for these tours. ** Due to information coming to us, these will be hosted only by Aggs or Allie

Brain Buster: Same as Td Tidbits only the TD asks trivia questions. Can be a theme related ...ie. Halloween, Christmas, sports, music etc. At the end the players put in their results along with their guess ie. winner/loser (token count)

Fact or Fiction/True or False: Same as TD Tidbits and Brain Buster except the TD picks facts/fiction(myths) or true/false questions. Players present their answers when reporting results. Bonus bux to first player with right guess. Additional bonus bux for true/false if the player can tell what the true fact is, ie. Friday the 13th had 4 different actors play Jason. marylou/joeblow .... false it had 3

Identity Crisis: Players will be playing as someone else. Players register as usual. The TD then reassigns their identities. Then that player plays for that player the whole game, ie whatever they score it becomes their new identities score. I have my own way of reassigning players. (Currently Hosted by Aggs)

ANYTIME VARIATION TOURNEYS:

**Open to all hosts. You must include the rules on the tourney page for the special you are hosting as well as announcing it in the room with the correct rules. These have been hosted in slots effectively. If you would like to host these in another game, please contact Admin first to determine if it is feasible.

Players Choice: Winner of the finishing tourney gets to pick the next game played. Vaults/Slots Variation: Winner of the round gets to decide if the next round is a backwards or forwards (winner wins the round or loser wins the round)

Open Spaces: Host collects scores as usual. Player furthest away from their original score wins. (Forward or Backwards does not matter) ie. Player 1 begins 53000 ends 52500 = - 500. Player 2 begins 53000 ends 53200 = +200. Player one wins because their total tokens won/lost is furthest from their beginning score. ***This tourney can only be done in Vaults or slots game.

Twister: First round (Forward) the winner wins the round. Second round (Backwards) the loser wins the round etc. The TD MUST announce prior to each round if it’s Backwards or Forwards. ***This tourney can only be done in Vaults or slots game.

Backwards: All rounds the "winner" is the player who wins the fewest tokens or loses the most. ***This tourney can only be done in Vaults or slots game.

Roulette: Not to be confused with the game "Roulette" TD announces a number (example: 500) the player whose results are CLOSEST to that number wins the round. Can be a positive or negative number if in vaults/slots. If in vaults/slots, please note: if player 1 is up 2500 tokens and the player 2 is down -100 tokens .. the loser would actually win since they are the closest to the +500.

Trivia Tourneys: Pick a topic. Let the winners in each round guess what the answer to your questions are for bonus buxs.

Truth or Dare: Real easy! The TD starts by picking a player, asks a question, etc. That player then picks the next one. Players really have a blast with this. LMAO best hosted at night since it gets kinda outta hand!

Birthday Bash: Players submit their birthday via the Birthday link. Head td's will be notified and set up a "Birthday Party" for these plasers.Best if the Head TD contact player to schedule the tourney the player would like and time convenient for both. Bonus Birthday Bux can be offered! As well, birthday person gets bux refunded for tourney entry fee!

Big Bux Tourneys : (Anything over 1500) Name says it all. Hosted by any host that is capable of gifting or donating the stated amount. Please Contact Admin so tour can be posted on the main page. All hosts can donate even non premium. Premium members are allowed to gift according to their membership. See training pages for further details.

Broken Clock: First round will be a full 10 minute round, each round after will reduce in time ~ Host will announce playing minutes for each round. If a round is under 5 minutes and tokens can be lost, the DQ timer will change from 2 minutes to 1 minute.

Badge Day Tourneys: All host can participate!! The Administrators will make sure that there are tours posted on Weds, Thurs and Tuesday for the Weekly Badges. Bonus buxs offered for those obtaining their badge during tour. IF you'd like to be a part of the rotation please Contact Admin.

Rank Day Tourneys: All host can participate!! The Administrators will make sure that there are tours posted in the weekly Game chosen to advance Ranks in. At the beginning of their current game players will list their rank. If players go up a rank they will win bonus buxs!! This day can be held more than one day and on various days of the week. If you'd like to be a part of the rotation please Contact Admin.

Jumpers Jazz: Winner gets 50 bonus buxs plus extra 10 bux per jumper Runner up get 25 extra buxs plus 10 per jumper

Twisted Tokies: The player with the highest amount of combined tokens won for all rounds wins 100 bux.

GAME SPECIFIC
If you come up with another variation or for any other games please submit via Contact Admin Link.


You must be able to gift bux in order to host these tourneys, or have gifters available so players get their bux!


~~~~~~~~~~ Bingo ~~~~~~~~~~

Jumper's Jackpot: 50 bux entry

Offered twice a day. Sunday - Friday There will be an AM (4 am - 3 pm) and a PM (4 pm - 3 am) Jumper tourney. Times will vary.

Swiss.

Jackpot starts at 50 buxs. Maximum pot 500 buxs.

Jackpot will grow 5 bux for each jumper in the tourney.

Each player will pick a ball/number 1 - 75. Your registration number will determine when you pick your ball. That will be your ball/number the entire tourney.

TD will announce the amount of the pot prior to the start of the tourney.

If your ball/number is the 1st number called, you win and the jackpot doubles. Maximum 1000 buxs.

If your ball/number is called from the 2nd through the 5th ball, you win the amount of the pot.

One winner per tournament. Only live games in each tourney qualify to win the pot. Once pot is won, new pot of 50 buxs will be started next Jumper tourney.

Lucky Number Races

Offered Once a week days/ times vary

Swiss

Each Jumper for this tour picks a number 1-75

During each live game or round, bonus bux will be paid if your number is in the first 5 balls called.

• 1st ball --- you win 50 bux
• 2nd ball --- you win 40 bux
• 3rd ball --- you win 30 bux
• 4th ball --- you win 20 bux
• 5th ball --- you win 10 bux

~~~~~~~~~~ Lottso ~~~~~~~~~~

Lottso Races: 50 bux entry

Offered once a week- day/time varies weekly

Swiss

All registered members in this tourney race to call Lottso each live game.

Bux are awarded each live game to first 3 registered members to call lottso. Winners will be determined by the results board.

• First player to call lottso receives 100 bux
• Second player to call lottso receives 75 bux
• Third player to call lottso receives 50 bux.

Paw to Paw

Swiss

This is great for any Leader Board Games

If your standing at end of game is only one number from opponent, you each win 50 bux. Example: Your standing is 5 and opp is 6 or 4 u both win 50 bux.

Team Taboo (TEAMS 40's LUCKY BINGO ROOM ONLY)

Swiss

In this tourney all registered members must wait until 6th round of live game to *Go Team*

If results board shows that you activated team card during rounds 1-5, you automatically lose the round to your opponent.


~~~~~~~~~~ Gin ~~~~~~~~~~

Seven Scamper Knock

100 points Knock. NO Gin allowed.

All melds and runs must be 7 or higher.

If Gin is called or if you go out with runs under 7 on your board, your opponent automatically wins the round.


Double Jepoardy

100 points Knocking allowed.

3 hands played. Winner reports after each hand.

First player in pairing to win 2 out of 3 hands wins the round.


~~~~~~~~~~ Canasta ~~~~~~~~~~

Freeze Taboo

In this game wilds may be used in melds and canasta but not to freeze pile.

If you freeze the pile, your opponent automatically wins the round.

Royals Night Out

You must have 2 Royal Canastas in either Ace, King, Queen or Jack to go out.

If you go out without 2 Royal Canastas, your opponent automatically wins the round.



If you have any ideas for any specials, please submit them via the Contact Admin Link. These will be forwarded to the appropriate person.