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Bad Beat Jackpots
Nothing can be bigger or better than winning a jackpot! And it becomes double the fun and rewards when you can hit the big jackpot at PartyPoker.com.

We are launching our Beta Testing of Bad Beat Jackpot tables and to thank you for helping to test these jackpots PartyPoker.com is seeding the jackpot at $5,000! The Bad Beat Jackpot tables are available under the Bad Beat Jackpot Tab in the lobby. Each time the jackpot is hit the house will reset the Jackpot value back to $5000.


Sit & Go Multi-Table Tournaments
We are adding more to our Single –Table tournaments, but firstly ‘Single Table Tournaments’ are being renamed as ‘Sit & Go Tournaments’ as we have also added 2-table and 3-table Sit & Go Tournaments.



Late Registration
The Late registration feature allows a player to join in a Tournament even after it has started. Late registration will be offered in all our regular tournaments. Late registration in a tournament will close when one of the following events occur:

* One (1) Player gets eliminated from the tournament.
* 1st level in the tournament is completed.
* All tables are filled up and no empty seats left.

A Registered player can un-register from the tournament only 15 minutes before the tournament start time.


Life lines
The feature of waiting for additional time for an invested player to make a selection if he is disconnected is termed as a “Life Line”.

On certain types of tables (All tournaments and some specifically marked ring game tables) normal “Disconnection Protection” feature will not be available.

On these tables, when a player who is invested in the current pot and gets disconnected, the system will wait for additional time for the player to reconnect and make a selection. The amount of time for the additional wait depends on current pot size:

* No time added if Pot size is up to 5*X
* 30 seconds if the pot is more than 5*X and upto 20*X
* 60 seconds if the pot is more than 20*X and upto 40*X
* 120 seconds if the pot is more than 40*X and upto 80*X
* 240 seconds if the pot is more than 80*X

‘X’ is the big blind Amount if it’s a Flop game or lower limit of the stakes for 7 Card Stud games.

For tournaments, this big blind amount or lower limit of the stakes would be based on the level of the tournament at the time of the disconnection.

System will wait for additional time only if the current player who gets disconnected is

a) Invested in the pot and
b) His current options does not contain “Check” option.

If the current player who gets disconnected does have the “Check” option available in the option set, then system will automatically invoke the “Check” option for him without waiting for the “additional” time.





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