Chicago Poker
WindyCityPoker - Feb 12h 13th, & 14th @ Velocity Mokena
Chicago Poker Tournaments
WCPC will host on Friday, Saturday, & Sunday Feb 12th, 13th, & 14th @ Velocity Sports 9120 w 191st Street Mokena. Join us on for events benefiting Queen of Martyrs Holy Name & The AMERICAN Legion RLP (CG-02915,CG-02628).
The events are now in Phase 4 which allows groups of 50 per room restrictions. This means we will be slightly adjusting the tournament formats with more play. With the new metrics allowing groups of 50 we will go 7 handed at tables when needed but still look to default to 6 players per table as much as possible.
How to play Chicago Poker? By Manthra Koliyer Posted on 06 Feb, 2021. Poker players, we are back to make you familiar with yet another poker variant. High Chicago and Low Chicago are two variants of poker which are similar to stud poker and other card games such as Caribbean Stud. After learning 5-Card Draw Poker, players can enjoy High Low Chicago Poker. If you already know the rules for 7-Card Stud poker, you can pick up the High Low Chicago Poker Rules much faster. The main difference between Seven Card and High Low Chicago Poker Rules is towards the end. Instead of just one player winning the whole pot, it can split. Poker is a deep and complicated game of mathematics and psychology. To the untrained eye, a professional poker player may look like nothing but a lucky son-of-a-gun. Luck may have a little to do with success in poker, but experience and knowledge are the real driving forces behind winning. Chicago Poker News provides free Chicago poker tournament schedules for Chicago Poker Players. The best Chicago casino texas holdem and poker card games, poker tournaments, and charity poker tournaments for Chicago Illinois charities.
MTT's are still first come first served. Pre Reg only for SNG's or Cash Games prior to event start times.
NO GAMES
FRIDAY Feb 12th
$1/$2 cash @ 5p - $50 min to $500 max
430pm - $50 ENTRY SNG - 10k chips - 12 min blinds - Top 2 paid - 6 players - (2 tables) - pre reg via 708-935-2861
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630p - $110 UBER Stack - 60k chips - $50 Re-buy - $20 Add-On - New Deeper Tournament Structure$1/$2 Cash with $50 min $500 max @ 12p Start
12p - $110 Entry - $80 Re-Buy (Bad Beat Eligible) - 30k chips - 20/15 min blinds - New Deeper Tournament Structure
630p - $80 Entry - 20k chips - 20/15 min blinds - $40 re-buys - $15 add on end of entry - New Deeper Tournament Structure
12p - $60 Uber Stack - 60k chips - $30 Re-buys - $15 Add-On - New Deeper Tournament Structure
6p - $60 Winner Take All SIT-N-GO - 12k chips - 12 min blinds - pre reg via 708-935-2861
All players and volunteers/staff will be required to wear a mask while participating in the event. Players/Volunteers/Staff temperature will be taken during registration and must be below 99.0 degrees F to participate. Players must also sign participation release form prior to playing.
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For the tournament bad beat when it exceeds $1,500 there will be a portion of the Bad Beat that will be a room share (approx $10 per room share player) with the remainder going to the table share with the goal of losing hand and winning hand. Quad's on the board with a Kicker does not count as a bad beat hand! All WINDY CITY POKER charity gaming tournaments unless otherwise stated have a rake of 20% for the host charity, and have small % held for our free-roll tournament(s) or added tournament seats or cash to the prize pool and or for the bad beat jackpot. See tournament director for full transparent details. All decisions final!
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These two poker games are closely related to Seven Card Stud and are so similar to each other that they have been combined into one article. Both forms of Chicago play just like Seven Card Stud except for one difference.
In Chicago High, the game is played normally until the very end when the pot is awarded to the winner. The player with the best hand wins half the pot while the player with the highest Spade hole card wins the other half of the pot.
It’s important to note that this only applies to hole cards, which are the face down cards in a player’s hand. If a player is showing the Ace of Spades, that doesn’t help anything. The highest spade has to come from one of the hidden cards.
Chicago Low is the opposite of Chicago High. At the end of the hand, the player with the best hand wins half the pot and the player with the lowest Spade for a hole card wins the other half of the pot. If nobody has a Spade for a hole card in either version, the player with the best hand wins the entire pot.
Antes
At the beginning of each hand, each player pays an ante to get the game started. The ante is a small, mandatory bet equal to 10% the size of the lower betting limit. Antes are used to force people to contribute to each pot so that players can’t wait for the perfect hand every time.
Third Street
Each player is dealt three cards, two of them face down and one of them face up.
The player with the lowest card showing begins the first betting round by paying the bring-in. The bring-in is a forced bet equal to half of the lower betting limit. The player who pays the bring-in may leave the current bet at that amount or raise it up to the lower betting limit.
The betting then continues clockwise around the table. Each player must call the bring-in or minimum bet to continue in the hand. If any player makes a raise, all the other players at the table must either call that raise, re-raise, or fold.
Fourth Street
The dealer gives each player one card face up. The betting in this round begins with the player who has the best hand showing. This player has the option to check, bet, or fold. The betting then continues to the left around the table.
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Fifth Street
The dealer gives each player one card face up. There is another round of betting just like the last round. From this street on, the betting amounts move up to the upper betting limit.
Sixth Street
Each player gets one card face up. There is another round of betting just like the last round.
Seventh Street
The dealer gives each player one card face down. There is a final round of betting just like the last round.
Showdown
The players still in the hand now reveal their cards. The player with the best poker hand, using any five of his seven cards, wins half the pot. The player showing the highest spade hole card wins the other half of the pot.
There are two ways to deal with a situation in which the player with the highest hand also has the highest spade. One option is to give that player the entire pot. The other option is to give that player half the pot and give the other half to the player with the second best spade.
Note – These showdown rules assume you are playing Chicago High. If playing Chicago Low, you would use the lowest spade instead of the highest spade to determine the winner.