Getting Started - Tournament Blackjack Rules

To ensure fair and honest play, at Doyles Casino we have established rules governing Tournament Blackjack player behaviour, handling loss of connectivity, how specific situations are addressed, and policies against illegal funds and unlawful activities...

Your User Name is the identity by which other players can get to know you. Part of the game is to understand how other players bet under different conditions. Therefore, we do not permit players to change their user name, except under extraordinary circumstances.

Rest assured that we actively guards against unfair behaviour. Hence, we will not tolerate cheating. The following, although not limited to the following, will be considered forms of cheating / unfair play and are subject to removal of privileges and/or confiscation of all or partial funds:

The following, although not limited to the following, will be considered forms of cheating / unfair play and are subject to removal of privileges and/or confiscation of all or partial funds:

• Collusion (playing in joint effort with others in order to gain advantage over the rest of the players).
• A single person using multiple accounts for the aforementioned purpose.
• Using software to gain advantage over other players are including, but not limited to…
  • card-counting software
  • probability-calculating software
  • artificial intelligence / robot software
  • losing on purpose as a form of transferring fund to another account (chip-dumping)
  • and / or any other method that may give a player an unfair advantage over other players

As a result, Doyles Casino is entitled to…

• Remove privileges
• Close or block the account of any player
• Withhold partial or full funds of any player that the Company suspects of committing any of the acts previously mentioned

Using the Internet, there are times when players may lose their connection to the server. This may occur for any number of reasons including:

• Dropped modem connection
• Routing problems at the local Internet Service Provider (ISP)
• Network congestion somewhere on the Internet
• Home computer hangs
• PC Freezes
• PC Crashes

When this occurs, or if you experience a broken connection due to another cause, the game will wait 20 seconds for your connection to be re-established. It will also alert you and wait 20 seconds should you experience a slow connection or a distraction at home.

When a loss of connection is experienced, the player may re-enter by going back to the lobby and reconnecting to the game. The player will pick up the game in progress when he/she re-enters. If you cannot or do not respond, the software will automatically continue to make the minimum bet for you and will always hit on 11 or under and will always stand on 12 or over. The player will be marked as offline at the table as well.

It is poor etiquette to deliberately slow a game down and Doyles Casino may take action against a player doing so based on its own discretion.

If a Player had chips at a table during a server crash, the Game will be cancelled and all entries at the table and in play will be returned to the Player's account.

In those and all other circumstances; its affiliates, agents and licensors shall not be liable for any loss resulting from...

• Delays or interruptions to play due to failure breakdown malfunction
• Interruption of electronic or mechanical equipment
• Telephone internet connection
• Other communications facilities
• Storms
• Strikes
• Walkouts
• Other causes over which they have no direct control
• Loss resulting from erroneous statements
• Errors in transmission ("force majeure")

We will at all time use reasonable endeavours to overcome any event of such force majeure so far as it can, but does not guarantee its ability to do so.

Single-table Tournaments:

In a Single-table Tournament, if two or more players fall below minimum bet amount before the last hand of the tournament, then a draw / tie will be called between them and winnings will be shared accordingly. Even if the remaining chip balances of the players are not equal.

Once the countdown time ends in a Single-Table Tournament, the player’s money will be committed to that tournament and no reimbursements will be issued.
If two or more players tie in a Single-Tournament, and one or more has a paying rank in the table, then the prizes that each of them won will be summed together and divided evenly between the tied players.

Multi-Tournament Rules:

We reserve the right to deny and/or disconnect any player from participating in a Multi-Table Tournament when the player's internet connection or style of play slows down the game to unacceptable levels. Unacceptable levels will be defined and decided at our own discretion. We also reserve the right to disqualify a player for any reason that we deem necessary.
If you have registered for a multi-tournament, you are expected to play in that multi-tournament.