1.GAME RULES

The purpose of R Live Hold'em is to create the best five card poker hand using a Combination of Hole and Community cards. Each player in the R Live Hold'em game is dealt 2 hole cards and dealt 5 community cards face up to build the board.

All players in the game use these shared community cards along with their own hole Cards To make their best possible five-card poker hands.

In addition, players can enjoy the game more excitingly with Progressive Jackpot betting, which is operated by each game table.

• · The "A New Game Begins" announcement will be displayed for three seconds when the Dealer starts the game.
• · After that, "5 seconds" of JACKPOT betting time is given.
• · Total of 52 cards for 1 deck are used for the game and the cards are shuffled for each game.
• · Before the cards are dealt, forced bets, called the "Big Blind (BB)" and the "Small Blind (SB)" (or Little Blind) are made. The Small Blind position is always the seat to the left of the Dealer, and the Big Blind is the seat to the left of the Small Blind. The amounts of the blinds are predetermined, and the Small Blind is usually half the Big Blind.
• · The deck is shuffled and the dealer deals two cards face down to each player, one card at a time, starting with the player on the left (Small Blind position, then continues in a clockwise manner).

※ During the Dealer's Hand Card Dealing, 2 Hand Cards will be Dealed even if the Player leaves the table.

· First Betting Round: Pre-flop

• - Once the cards are dealt, each player looks at their cards
• - In Hold'em, as with other forms of poker, the available actions are ‘fold’, ‘check’, ‘bet’, ‘call’. ‘raise’ or ’all-in’ .
• - FOLD: to discard your hand and forfeit the current pot
• - CHECK: betting zero. Players may not check on the opening round because they must either match (or raise) the big blind or fold.
• - CALL: to match a bet.
• - BET: the opening bet of a betting round.
• - RAISE: to increase the size of the current bet.
• - ALL-IN: put all chips into the pot

· Second Betting Round: The Flop

• - The dealer burns the first card and places 3 cards face up on the 'flop' area. This is called a “flop”.
• - These are the first three of the five community cards that all players can use, along with their pocket cards, to make the best possible poker hand.
• - Starting with flop betting, all bets are made from SB. However, if SB is in the Fold state or out of the table, the bet will proceed in the next player order. If the next player is also unable to proceed with the bet, the first bet will be made from the player who can bet.

  1) CHECK without betting anything, 2) BET, 3) FOLD, or 4) ALL-IN

· Third Betting Round: The Turn

• - The dealer burns the first card and places 1 card face up in the 'Turn' area, this is called a “Turn”.
• - A “Turn” betting round occurs when the Turn card is opened.
• - Again players have the options to check, bet, call, fold, raise or All-in.

· Final Betting Round: The River

• - The dealer deals the first card burn. And deal one card face up. This is called a “river”.
• - When the River card is opened, the final “River” betting round takes place.
• - Once more the remaining players have the options to check, bet, call, fold, raise or All-in.
• - After all betting operations have been completed, the remaining players with hole cards now reveal their cards to determine the winner.

2. HOW TO JOIN THE GAME

· Sign-in

- Change Password

Players can change password with a combination of English characters. Combination must be created between 8 to 12 characters (digits and letters) (Special characters are not allowed)

• Sign in Fail

For each failed password input, a prompt pop-up will appear. (Up to 5 times) When the password input is incorrect 5 times, the player will be blocked from game access for 12 hours.

• Select the desired blind game table in the game channel lobby.

• · There are game tables where entry is blocked.
  • 1) A table full of people: Only 14 people can enter the game table and no more than that. This is the sum of the players in the game and the players in the watching mode.
  • 2) A situation in which the player's balance is less than the minimum buy-in amount
  • 3) Game table preparing for operation
• · When a player selects a game table from a channel, he enters the watching mode.
• · The player selects TAKE SEAT at the desired table seat.

  - The "TAKE SEAT" button does not appear when there are no empty seats.

• · A Buy-in window will appear, decide the desired amount and join the game. When player buys-in, the player's game balance is displayed.
• · Players can adjust the buy-in amount with the bar or arrow icon at the bottom. The minimum buy-in for each channel game table entry is BBX20 and the maximum buy-in is BBX100.
• · The buy-in must be completed for up to 30 seconds, and the player's status will be changed to Watch mode after a count time of 30 seconds has elapsed or the cancel button is pressed.
• · Seats in the process of buying-in will be marked as Reserved and other players will be blocked from selecting them.
• · Once the player has completed the buy-in, player can sit at the game table and play the next game.

3. PLACE BETS

The NO-LIMITS game is an unlimited betting game in which players can play all-in according to the betting order.

• · Based on the amount of blind and buy-in depending on the operational situation.

  Blinds	Buy-in(BBX20~X100)	Minimum entry amount (BBX20)
  $100~$200	$4,000~$20,000	$4,000
  $25~$50	$1,000~$5,000	$1,000
  $5~$10	$200~$1,000	$200
  $1~$2	$40~$200	$40

• · The player must select one of the betting options within the betting time given to him/her, and if the betting time ends without selection, it will be automatically processed as follows.
  • - Player betting time is 10 seconds.
  • - If your previous player does not have a bet, it will be automatically processed as CHECK. (after SB ‘Check’ or ‘Fold’)
  • - If your previous player has a bet, it will be automatically processed as FOLD. (after SB ‘Bet’ or Raise’)
• · Rules for handling exceptions in game progress
  • - If the connection is lost during the game, it will be treated as Fold regardless of the previous bet.
  • - A warning notification is sent when the player has timed out the bet twice in a row.
  • - When a player exceeds the betting time 3 times in a row, they are automatically moved to the game channel lobby, and a notification that the player has been moved for exceeding the betting time 3 times in a row is delivered.
• · When a bet exceeds the amount that another player can CALL, the excess bet is returned at the end of the betting turn.

· How to use the betting UI

• 1) When the player's turn comes, a betting guide ("Place Your Bets") and a betting button are provided.
• 2) The player may select one of Fold, Check, Call, Bet and Raise.
  • - The "Betting Button" will change depending on the given betting situation and the player's holding amount.
  • - The player may use the BET or Raise button to add a bet.
• 3) After pressing the BET or Raise button, an additional function appears at the top.
  • - the amount will be added by select and press the desired chip amount.
  • - If the same chips are pressed consecutively, the betting amount is added as much as it is pressed.
  • - When the All in chip is selected, all the money held is added at once.
  • - Add the desired amount and press the BET or Raise button to complete the bet.

  * Once the bet is completed, the bet amount cannot be canceled.

• 4) Even if BET or Raise is selected, it can be canceled or reset.
  • - Fold, Check, and Call buttons are not available when BET or Raise buttons are selected.
  • - Press the Close button to cancel BET or Raise and use Fold, Check, and Call.
  • - The Reset button may initialize the generated betting amount.

4. GAME OUTCOMES

Total of 52 cards for 1 deck are used for the game as a standard.

The ranking of the cards goes down to Ace, King, Queen, Jack, 10,9,8,7,6,5,4,3,2. In Straight, you can also use Ace card with a ranking lower than 2.

• · Players construct their hands by choosing the five best cards from the seven available. (their two hole cards and the five community cards).
• · Poker Hands Rankings.

  Hand	Description	Ranking
  Royal Flush	This hand is the rarest in poker. It’s when you make a ten-to-ace straight all in the same suit such as A♦K♦Q♦J♦10♦	High
  Straight Flush	Five consecutive cards of same suits like 9♥8♥7♥6♥5♥, then you have a straight flush.
  Four of a kind	Four of a kind consists of four cards of the same value, such as A♠A♦A♣A♥5♦ then you have quads!
  Full House	Also known as a “boat,” it’s when you have three of a kind along with a pair - for example: K♦K♥ K♣6♠6♦ (three of one, two of the other)
  Flush	There are four suits in poker (diamonds, hearts, spades, and clubs). When you have five cards all in the same suit and not in a sequence, you have a flush. An example might be Q♣10♣9♣6♣3♣.
  Straight	Five consecutive cards of differing suits, like 9♣8♥7♠6♦5♥ is a straight. An A-2-3-4-5 straight is known as a “wheel,” while 10-J-Q-K-A is called “Broadway”.
  Three of a kind	Whenever you have three of the same cards (i.e. A♣A♦A♥9♣7♣) you have three-of-a-kind. If the combination is made with a pocket pair and one community card, it is called a "set". If the player only uses one hole card and two community cards, the hand is known as "trips".
  Two Pair	Is when you have not one, but two pairs. The fifth card is your kicker. For instance, if you have A♣A♦K♥K♣7♣ you have Aces and Kings with a 7 kicker.
  One Pair	When you have two cards of the same rank and the remaining three cards of different ranks, it's called a pair. (i.e K♣K♦Q♦9♣8♥)
  High Card	If none of the other mentioned hands can be formed, it comes down to your high card(s).(i.e. Q♥9♣7♠4♥2♦)	Low

• · It's possible that the best hand at the table will be held by more than one player. If two or more poker hands are the same, the winner is decided by a kicker, which is the next highest card in the hand. A kicker is the highest value card outside of the pair, two pair, three of a kind or four of a kind. For example, a pair of 8s with a K kicker beats a pair of 8s with a 10 kicker.
• · A poker Tie or Chop is a situation where two or more players have the same winning hand at showdown. The pot amount is divided equally among the winners and If the division results in a remainder the remainder will be paid to the final betting user.
• · When side-pot occurs, the winning process is carried out one by one in the order of occurrence.
• · At this time, if Tie or Chop occurs, the winning prize will be divided by the number of winners.
• · Rake

  In R Live Hold’em, 4% of the amount paid after the winner of the game is determined, Rake is taken as the proceeds. RAKE is not taken from Jackpots and bonuses.

5. JACKPOT BONUS BET

When a new game starts, Jackpot bets are held for 5 seconds.

After the start of the game, before the preflop, the player can select a jackpot bonus bet.

Only players with jackpot bonus bets receive jackpot bonus prize money.

• · The jackpot bonus bet is $5 regardless of the table limit.
• · The accumulated jackpot bonus amount is limited to only the table.
• · The jackpot bonus winning result is only used with a total of 5 cards including 2 hole cards and 3 flop community cards.
• · The jackpot bonus prize is as follows.

  Winning Hand	$5 Jackpot Wager
  Royal Flush Jackpot Prize	100% of the $5 Jackpot Display Amount
  Straight Flush Jackpot Prize	10% of the $5 Jackpot Display Amount
  Four of a Kind Bonus Prize	$700.00
  Full House Bonus Prize	$120.00
  Flush Bonus Prize	$80.00
  Straight Bonus Prize	$40.00

• · If the winner of the JACKPOT PRIZE (Royal Flush, Straight Flush) is determined, the game will be paused after the current winning result of the poker game, and the award will be held after checking by the Pit Boss whether it has won or not.
• · If the winner of BONUS PRIZE (Four of a Kind, Full House, Flush, Straight) is determined, the prize will be automatically awarded after the result of winning or losing the game.
• · If both Straight Flush and Royal Flush Jackpot Prizes are won in the same game, the winner of the Straight Flush will be awarded first, and the remaining amount will be awarded to the winner of the Royal Flush. However, if the accumulated jackpot amount is lower than the jackpot starting amount due to the Straight Flush winner award payment, the minimum jackpot amount ($8,000.00) will be awarded.
• · If the Straight Flush Jackpot Prize is won at the same time, the prize money is divided by the number of winners.
• · If a folded player has won a jackpot bonus, the dealer must open the player's hand card to confirm the result of the win.
• · To place a Jackpot automatic bet, simply click the checkbox of R-Jackpot Bonus Bet Continuity in the lower left corner. Jackpot bets are placed automatically whenever a new game is played, and can be manually canceled during Jackpot betting time.
• · R - Jackpot Bonus Bet Continuity Click the right arrow button to view Jackpot Bonus Pays information.
• · When a player places a Jackpot bet, the betting chips are displayed in the player space.
• · Jackpot bets cannot be placed when the game money is less than the jackpot bet amount.
  • - Players who placed jackpot bets cannot leave the game table until the end of the game.
  • - If you win the jackpot, the game will be temporarily suspended for the jackpot winnings to be paid out.
  • - The dealer checks the ranking hand and jackpot amount and asks the Pit Boss for approval
  • - Even if the jackpot is won, the card data may not match, or it may be canceled due to a dealer error or server or client error.
• · Players who bet on the jackpot will receive the jackpot and bonus prize money if the flop card is open in the event of a fold or disconnection.
• · Jackpot Bet Refund Criteria
  • - If all players are folded and the game is over in the pre-flop state, the jackpot bet amount will be refunded.
  • - The jackpot bet amount will be refunded if the game is ended without the flop card being opened.

6. INSURANCE

Insurance is offered when 2 players are in showdown and:

• · Insurance may be offered after the turn card are opened.
• · Odds of winning of the two players are compared based on all the open cards.
• · If the number of cards the low odds player can win is between 1 and 14, and the conditions are met, the Insurance UI will appear for the high odds player.

• When insurance occurs, the following happens
  • · Player can commit to pay or to not pay the insurance premium.
  • · If the player has committed to pay the Insurance premium, then the following happens based on the outcome of the game.
  • · If the insured wins the game, the insured receives the winning amount minus the committed Insurance premium(s).
  • · If the insured is in a tie, he/she receives the split amount and the payout. (However, in this case, the Insured cannot receive more than the amount of the Pot that the Insured would have won if he/she had won the game. Any amount in excess will not be paid).
• "Outs" that can make the insured lose the game

  Outs	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14
  Odds	30	16	10	8	6	5	4	3.5	3	2.5	2.2	2	1.8	1.6

• • · If the insured has not decided on insurance within 30 seconds, it will be assumed the player declined insurance.
  • · The Insurance UI provides the following features for user convenience.
  • ① Minimum: Automatically adjusts to the minimum Premium
  • ② Break Even: Automatically adjusts to the premium just before the payout for a win is less than the claim the insured will receive.
  • ③ Maximum: Automatically adjusts to the maximum premium

7.Post Blind

When a new player buys in at a table where a game is in progress, they have the option to choose Post Blind.

This feature is intended to discourage play that avoids the Big Blind, and allows players to either wait until it's their turn in the Big Blind after buying in, or to choose a Post Blind Bet that requires them to pay the same amount as the Big Blind and joining immediately the next game.

8. TIP

When the dealer's logged into the dealer's console, player(s) may tip the dealer.

Tips are deducted directly from the player's Balance, not from the chips purchased with the Buy-In (used to play).

There is no limit to the amount a player can tip as long as the player have enough money in Balance.

When the Tip UI is open, a chip denomination selected would be sent as the tip to the dealer.

9. HISTORY ANALYZER

Click on a player's UI to see a UI that shows the opposing player's style as a statistic.

• · WIN%: Win Rate
• · VPIP: How often a player's buys-in
• · PFR: How often a player raises pre-flop
• · ATS: Raising from CO, BTN, SB positions during the preflop round(“CO, BTN” is the name of the position that can be checked in “Hand History”)
• · 3BET: How often a player re-raises a raise pre-flop
• · WTSD: How often a player who has seen the flop goes to showdown
• · WSD: How often a player wins on showdowns
• · TAF: How often a player bets or raises
• · Hand: Total number of hands played
• · Last 5 Games: Result of the last 5 games

10. SETTING

Players can set the video and sound settings by selecting the SETTING button.

• · VIDEO settings are automatically adjusted, but the graphics quality changes depending on the player's selection.
• · SOUND setting can turn on/off the sound and change the volume.

11. HELP

With the game player guide, players can see the manual for game progress.

12. CHATTING

During the game, you can check simple communication between players and game progress information.

• · When the CHAT icon is selected, a prepared chat bubble list appears.
• · If the player selects the desired sentence from the chat bubble list, it will be printed on the chat window.
• · In the chat window, information about buy-in, game result (main pot, side pot) amount, jackpot winning, bonus winning, and exit information is displayed.
• · Chat functionality is not available for players who are in watching mode.

13. SOUND ON/OFF

It is a function that can easily turn the sound on and off.

14. HAND HISTORY

The player can check the information of all the game rounds that the player participated in and the results of that game round.

• · Records the results of the game that the player participated in.
• · The hand history consists of three spaces.
  • - "Player Hand History": (left side of the hand history) This is where the player's own game information is displayed, including the FOLD card. The settlement amount for the acquisition and loss of a single game is displayed.
  • - "Table Hand History": (right side of the hand history) The game information of all players participating in the game is displayed, but the FOLD player hand card information is not displayed.
  • - Jackpot: (bottom of hand history) The winning information for the jackpot is recorded. The Jackpot betting amount of jackpot betting player, winner information, hand ranking, and prize money information are recorded
• · You can check all the contents of the game record until the game table is left.
• · While the watching mode or away from the game, hand history is not recorded because player did not participate in the game.
• · The hand history of the game channel lobby is kept for 30 days as of the most recent date, and you can check the table list and play time by date.
• · The winning process is recorded in order of player position.
• · In the game channel lobby's Hand history, it will show that there is no game record on the day where there was no game.
• · The player's record is marked with a nickname in blue.

15. FULL SCREEN

If the player wants to use the game on a large screen, he can switch to the full screen.

16. SIT OUT NEXT HAND

• · The Sit Out Next Hand function allows the player to stay away from play for 3 minutes.
• · During the game, it takes effect when the next new game starts.
  "SIT OUT NEXT HAND" is a reservation function and will be applied from the next game.
  To cancel this function, player can join the game again by pressing the “I'm Back” button.
• · If the player does not return to the game within 3 minutes of using this feature, the player will be put into watch mode and a pop-up message will be displayed.

17. EXIT TO LOBBY

This function is to leave the table.

• · When you want to leave the game table, press the X button displayed in the upper left corner, there is an “Exit To Lobby” button.
• · Precautions when using the “EXIT TO LOBBY” function.
  • 1) When using the "EXIT TO LOBBY" function, the following pop-up will appear.

    - If you have taken the FOLD action or the game is end, you can leave immediately. But if the game is in progress, you will leave when the next game starts.

  • 2) If there is a bet on the jackpot, the player can leave when the game ends and the new game starts.
  • 3) In "SHOWDOWN" situations during the game, this feature is not available.

※ Losses can occur on abnormal shutdowns.

18. Null Game

• · R_Live Hold'em Null Game Processing Criteria
  It can be processed from the start of the new game to the point when the winner is processed.
  • 1) The null game processing criterion is processed as a null game when the table card and the game card information do not match during the game.
  • 2) Game settlement when null game is processed
    • - When the game is played, all bets will be refunded (bets, jackpot betting amount)
    • - The prize money and jackpot prize money will also be collected.

19. DISCONNECTION POLICY

• · If the game table is disconnected, all placed bets are valid and will be settled as absence. When the player reconnects, the player can check the betting results in the Game History window.
• · Even when the game ends abnormally, the game wins and jackpot prizes will be paid to the player.
  • - When the player logs in to the homepage again, If the player wins the game while disconnected, the won amount can be checked in the game channel lobby when accessing the game again.
• · If a connection failure occurs during a game, a bad connection icon is applied to the player's position and the time is counted for 2 minutes.
  The criteria for handling connection failures are as follows.
  • - In case of connection failure, it is automatically folded after the betting time has finished, and the player will be in standby mode.
  • - If the player logs in to a game within 2 minutes, the player will start playing the next game, and if the time is exceeded, player will be automatically moved from the game table to the game channel lobby.
• · The player's game disadvantages caused by a connection failure will not be recovered.
• · ‘Server crash’ situation is when the server is blocked and the game stops.
  The game is automatically processed as an invalid game, and all games played are restored to their pre-game state.
  All bets on the game will be refunded and all prize money (Hold’em Game, Jackpot prize amount) will be recovered.

20. ERROR HANDLING

• • If there is an error in the game, system, or game procedure, the game round will be temporarily paused while the game host/host notifies the service manager.
• • If the administrator can resolve the error immediately, the game round continues normally. If no immediate resolution is possible, the game round will be canceled and all bets will be refunded to all players who participate in the game round.
• • Notification of video transmission problem
  When there is a problem with the video transmission to the game table, a warning notification is displayed at the bottom right of the game. "Live Streaming Connection Lost"

  - In the event of a problem, the game may be stopped.

• • Refresh (F5) function
  If the player uses the refresh function while the game is in progress, player can return to the previous state. However, it may not be processed when there is a problem with the player communication environment.
• · To play the R Live Hold'em game, the minimum Internet speed of 40MBps is required, and 100MBps is recommended.
• · If the game cannot be played due to poor communication, it will be automatically moved to the homepage.
• • Block double Sign in
  Double Sign in is blocked for R Live Hold'em games.
  If the player logs in again with an account that has already been Signed in, it will be blocked.

21. Inquiries about unresolved issues

• If a player encounters an unresolved problem during the game, they can use the R Live Hold’em customer center for consultation and assistance.