Dealers will initiate the start of the clock upon the completion of the deal. Time will begin for a player once the natural flow of play has come to a brief pause pending their action. Time will be reset for each player. When a bet or raise has been made, the dealer will count and announce the bet or raise (including All In bets) prior to starting the Tournament Action Clock for the next player. To facilitate the smooth operation of the tournament, all tournament chips must remain in full
stacks of twenty (20) chips when available.

When breaking a table, players will transport their time extensions, along with their tournament chips and in plain view, with them to their new seat. Should a tournament day conclude during the Action Clock period of play, yet before a period in which time extensions are scheduled to be replenished, any unused time extensions will be placed in the players’ tournament chip bag and carry over to the next tournament day. Time extensions are to be treated with the same level of importance as tournament chips, and removal of time extensions may be subject to penalty up to and including disqualification. The Tournament Action Clock will NOT be suspended unless an extreme situation arises in which play will be halted.

Each player will receive ten (10) 30-second time extensions “chips”. When the remaining players of the event are “in the money”, each player will have twenty (20) seconds to initially act on their hand preflop. All subsequent action of that player will remain at thirty (30) seconds per action. When the event reaches six (6) players remaining, each action (including preflop) for all players remaining will be thirty (30) seconds.

When the event reaches twenty-four (24) players remaining, each player will replenish up to six (6) time extension “chips”. Players above six (6) time extensions will retain their “extra” unused time and the extra “chips” will not be reduced. When the event reaches 6 players remaining, each player will replenish up to six (6) time extension “chips”. Players above six (6) time extensions will retain their “extra” unused time and the extra “chips” will not be reduced. Should an event reach 24 players prior to the close of registration, the six (6) time extensions will be replenished at the beginning of the level that follows the close of registration. Time extensions will only be replenished when the tournament reaches 24 and 6 players remaining.

Each player will have fifteen (15) seconds to initially act on their hand preflop. Once a player has voluntarily placed chips into the pot, the Tournament Action Clock will increase to thirty (30) seconds for each subsequent action of that player until the hand has concluded. The small and big blind are forced bets and are not considered voluntary.

During tournament play, players are required to keep all time extension chips visible and on the table at all times. Players will automatically lose one (1) time extension each time the Tournament Action Clock reaches zero (0) and will be instructed by the dealer to turn in the corresponding amount of time extensions used at the completion of their action. Players are not responsible for placing a time extension into the pot in real time. In the event that a player does not have any remaining time extensions and their Tournament Action Clock reaches zero (0), the player’s hand will be declared dead.