The terms on which Players Series operates this website, sells tournament entries and runs its festivals. Read together with the Tournament Rules and the Privacy Policy.
Who Players Series is, what this agreement covers, how it sits alongside the venue’s own terms, and when it changes.
In plain English: Using the site or entering an event means you accept these terms. The venue you play in has its own terms as well. We can change ours, and we will tell you when we do.
These terms govern your access to and use of the Players Series website, any Players Series application, and your participation in any tournament, festival or promotion operated under the Players Series name (together, the Services).
By accessing the Services, registering an entry, or attending a Players Series festival, you agree to be bound by these terms. If you do not accept them, you must not use the Services.
Players Series is operated by [legal entity name], a company registered in [jurisdiction] under company number [number], whose registered office is at [address]. References to we, us and our are to that company.
Every Players Series festival is hosted in a licensed venue. That venue holds the licence for the event and sets its own house terms, which you may be asked to accept separately at the door or at registration. Those venue terms sit alongside these terms rather than replacing them. Where a venue term or a local gaming regulation conflicts with anything published here, the venue term or the regulation applies for that festival, and we will announce the difference on the floor.
These terms are to be read together with the Tournament Rules, the Privacy Policy, and any conditions published for an individual event. Where a conflict arises in relation to play at a table, the Tournament Rules and the printed structure sheet for that event govern.
This agreement is the whole of what has been agreed between you and us about your participation in a Players Series event. It replaces anything said or written between us beforehand on the same subject.
We may amend these terms at any time. The amended terms take effect when they are published on this page and the effective date shown at the top is updated. Where an amendment materially affects an entry you have already paid for, we will give notice by email to the address held for that entry before the amendment takes effect.
Age, jurisdiction, exclusion, identification, and the grounds on which we can refuse a person entry.
In plain English: You must be 18 or over, legally allowed to play where the festival is held, and able to prove who you are. We can turn people away, and we do not have to explain why.
You must be at least 18 years of age, or the applicable minimum age in the jurisdiction in which the festival is held if that age is higher, to register for or take part in any Players Series event.
You must not be prohibited from participating in tournament poker by the law of your own country of residence, by the law of the country in which the festival is held, or by any self-exclusion arrangement you have entered into with any operator or regulator.
We may require photographic identification and proof of address at registration, at any point during an event, and as a condition of paying a prize. We may refuse or cancel an entry, without liability beyond a refund of that entry, where identification is not produced or does not match the registration.
You authorise us, or a third party acting for us, to carry out whatever identity and background checks we consider necessary using the information you have given us. Where a check raises a concern we are not able to resolve, we may refuse entry, suspend your player record, or withhold a prize until the concern is settled.
Employees, officers and contractors of Players Series and of the venue, and their immediate families, may be restricted from entering certain events. Any such restriction is published with that event. Anyone providing services in connection with a festival is ineligible to play in it unless we have agreed otherwise in writing beforehand.
A person excluded by the venue, by a title sponsor, or by a partner of the festival is not eligible to enter any event at that festival or to be in the tournament area.
We may refuse entry to, or remove from a festival, any person whose participation we reasonably believe would prejudice the integrity of the game, the safety of others, or the reputation of the tour. We do not have to give a reason.
How you register, what we issue you with, and what happens to it if something goes wrong.
In plain English: Register once, in person or online. Keep your details current. One record per player. Anything we issue you stays ours.
You must register your details with us before you can take a seat in any Players Series event. We will make registration available in person at the venue and, where we choose to offer it, through an online registration portal.
Where the venue operates a tournament management system, your first registration creates a player record on that system and, where the venue issues one, a player card. That card is the key to registering for further events, to claiming a prize at the cashier, and to your receipt for each event you enter.
The details on your player record must be your own, accurate and current. Tell us when they change. We are not responsible for a prize that cannot be paid, or a notice that does not reach you, because the record we hold is out of date.
One player, one record. You may not hold more than one player record or play under a name that is not yours.
A player card issued to you remains our property, or the property of the venue that issued it, at all times. It is personal to you, is not transferable, and may not be copied or lent.
Looking after the card, and after any password or code attached to it, is your responsibility once it has been issued. We are not liable for a loss suffered by you or by anyone else because a card was not kept safe.
We may restrict, suspend or cancel a player card or a player record, and may change how either works, where we reasonably believe that you have misused, or attempted to misuse, the card, the record or the tournament system; breached, or attempted to breach, any condition attached to their use or to your participation in an event, after we have put that concern to you in writing; behaved abusively, offensively or violently; given us false or misleading information; materially breached these terms; or failed an identity check, meaning any check that leaves us with a reasonable concern.
Pre-registration, where an event offers it, reserves your entry until the event starts or until you collect your ticket, whichever comes first.
The tournament system, the player card and anything issued with them are provided as they are. We do not warrant that they will be free of fault or that every piece of information they display is complete and accurate, and we may change, suspend or withdraw any part of them at our discretion.
What an entry is, what you pay, and the very limited circumstances in which it comes back.
In plain English: An entry is a personal, non-transferable licence to sit down. Once cards are in the air it is not refundable, except where we cancel.
An entry to a Players Series event is a personal, non-transferable licence to take a seat in that event. It confers no interest in the prize pool other than an entitlement to whatever the published payout schedule awards for the position you finish in.
The buy-in published for an event is the total amount payable and is split between the prize pool and the entry fee in the proportions published on that event’s page. A staff fee is withheld from the prize pool as stated in the Tournament Rules.
Entries are payable in the currency published for that festival. Where a payment is made in another currency, the rate applied is the rate published at the registration desk on the day of payment.
Once play in an event has commenced, an entry is not refundable, whether or not you take your seat. Before play commences, an entry may be refunded at our discretion less any processing cost incurred.
We and the host venue may cancel, reschedule or alter any event or any festival. If we cancel an event before it commences, every entry to it is refunded in full. If we cancel or abandon an event after it has commenced, we will distribute the prize pool in accordance with the Tournament Rules and, where those rules do not provide an answer, in the manner the Tournament Director considers most equitable to the players remaining.
Seats and tickets won in satellite events are subject to the conditions published for the satellite. They are non-transferable, hold no cash value except as expressly stated, and expire as stated for that event.
Some events carry buy-in, entry or payout restrictions, including caps on the field, restrictions on who may enter, and limits on how a prize may be taken. Any restriction is published with the event. If you are not sure whether one applies to you, ask us before you pay.
The Tournament Rules apply. These are the consequences of breaching them.
In plain English: Play by the rules. Cheating or abuse can cost you your seat, your chips and your prize.
Play at every Players Series event is governed by the Tournament Rules published on this site, by the conditions published for that event, and by Tournament Directors Association rules. The Tournament Director’s decision on any matter of play is final.
We operate a zero-tolerance policy on collusion, chip dumping, soft play, the use of real-time assistance software, and any other conduct intended to influence a result other than by playing your own hand.
Where we determine that a player has breached these terms or the Tournament Rules, we may issue a warning, impose a time penalty, disqualify the player from the event, remove the player from the festival, forfeit any prize otherwise payable, and decline future entries. Forfeited prizes are redistributed among the remaining paid positions.
Disqualification forfeits your buy-in in full and, at our discretion, any prize or prize position you had reached at the moment of disqualification. Grounds include breaching the Tournament Rules, refusing to observe the dress code, being intoxicated to the point of disruption, abusing anyone attending or working at the festival, and any other conduct we or the venue judge to be unsuitable on the tournament floor.
Tournament chips must be visible on the table at all times. Chips may not be pocketed, concealed or carried out of the playing area. Chips found to have left the playing area are removed from play, and the player may be disqualified.
Where players at a final table wish to discuss a settlement, the discussion takes place at the table, in the presence of a Players Series representative, and the terms agreed are made public. The Tournament Rules set out what a settlement must leave in play and how it is calculated.
Any dispute arising at a table is resolved on the floor at the time by a floor supervisor or the Tournament Director. A ruling may be appealed once, to the Tournament Director, before the next hand is dealt.
We may add to or amend the Tournament Rules or the conditions of an event where we consider it appropriate. Changes are published on this site and announced on the floor. Continuing to play after a change has been announced is your acceptance of it.
How prizes are paid, and whose responsibility the tax is.
In plain English: Prizes are paid at the cashier, to you, on identification. Any tax is yours.
Prizes are paid at the cashier following the conclusion of the event, in the currency published for that festival, on production of photographic identification matching the registration. Prizes are not payable to any person other than the registered player, and prizes and entries are not transferable.
You are solely responsible for paying, on time, any income tax or similar charge levied on a prize or fee paid to you, in your own jurisdiction or in the jurisdiction of the festival, and for filing whatever return that requires. Where we are obliged by law to withhold an amount, we will do so and will give you a statement of the amount withheld.
Where a prize is paid by bank transfer, we will ask for identification documents so that the payment meets international anti-money-laundering requirements. We cannot release a transfer until those documents are in order.
Where a prize is a seat, a ticket or a package rather than cash, its published value is indicative and it is not exchangeable for cash unless the conditions of that event state otherwise.
An unclaimed cash prize is held for [period] from the conclusion of the festival, after which it is dealt with in accordance with applicable law.
Sponsor branding is welcome within limits. These are the limits.
In plain English: Wear your sponsor if it is approved and lawful where we are playing. Nothing offensive, nothing political, nothing that competes with the broadcast partners.
We decide what logos and branding may be worn or displayed at a Players Series event, and our decision is final.
The following are not permitted: any brand that is not an approved Players Series partner, at any table that is being filmed or streamed; any gaming operator that is not licensed to advertise in the jurisdiction where the festival is held; and any logo, image, slogan or message that we reasonably consider indecent, offensive, provocative or politically charged, that discriminates on any ground including race, ethnicity, sexuality, gender or disability, or that promotes violence, intolerance or hatred.
Where local regulations govern what may be displayed on a player, those regulations apply in full and you agree to comply with them and with the venue’s own conditions.
We may require a logo, an item of clothing or an accessory, including a card protector, to be removed, covered or replaced before you take your seat, and a player who declines may be kept out of that table until the item is dealt with.
Entering a Players Series event is your agreement to follow our rules, the venue’s rules and the rules of the jurisdiction in which the festival is held. Failure to observe the dress code may result in disqualification.
Festivals are filmed, and one table is usually filmed closely. This is what that means for a player.
In plain English: If you play, you may end up in our coverage. If you are drawn to the feature table, there are extra conditions and they are not optional.
Players Series festivals are photographed and filmed for news coverage, live reporting, broadcast and promotion. By entering an event or entering the tournament floor you consent to being recorded, and to that material being used by Players Series and its media partners without further permission or payment.
We may film, photograph, stream and record any part of any festival at any time, and may broadcast and distribute that material worldwide, in any medium, without time limit.
If you have a specific reason for not wishing to appear in coverage, tell us at registration. We will make reasonable efforts to accommodate the request, but we cannot guarantee that you will not appear in a wide shot of the room.
Where an event is being filmed or streamed, we may require you to take your seat at the table set up for that purpose.
Playing at that table carries the following conditions. You may be asked to hand any electronic device, including headphones, to a Players Series representative before play begins, and a player who does not comply may be disqualified and forfeit their chips and buy-in. You may be required to show your hole cards to the table camera on every hand, unless you have declared that you are playing the hand blind, and play may be held until every player has done so. Smoking is not permitted at the table, and this includes electronic cigarettes. You may not speak to, approach or signal anyone away from the table, including spectators and production staff, except about a technical problem with the filming or once you are no longer active in the hand. You may be asked to remain in a designated area during breaks and to be accompanied by a representative if you leave it. We may stop, delay or extend play, and may add, move or cancel a break, where the broadcast reasonably requires it. You may be asked to attend a short interview or a retake at another time or place, and we ask that you cooperate. Profanity, aggression and any conduct intended to demean another player will not be tolerated at the table and carries the penalties set out in the Tournament Rules.
Where hole cards are shown, a live broadcast runs on a delay of not less than 30 minutes.
You may not film or photograph at the tables for any commercial purpose without our written permission. Accredited media are subject to the separate conditions published in the Media Guidelines.
The rights we need in order to cover a festival, and the rights we keep in the tour itself.
In plain English: We own the Players Series name, marks and coverage. You give us permission to use your appearance in that coverage, worldwide and without a fee.
All rights in the Players Series name, marks, logos, designs, photography, film, written coverage, results data and structures belong to Players Series or to its licensors and stay with them. Nothing in these terms transfers any of it to you.
You grant us, and anyone acting for us, permission to record, reproduce, edit, translate, distribute, display and broadcast your image, likeness, voice, name and playing record as captured at a Players Series festival, worldwide, in any medium now known or later developed, without time limit and without payment. That permission covers live and recorded streaming, video features, news coverage, and promotional material for Players Series and for its festivals.
You confirm that you are free to give that permission and that nothing you do or say on camera will infringe anyone else’s rights, breach a contract or a duty of confidence, be defamatory, or bring Players Series or a broadcast partner into disrepute.
You release us from any claim relating to privacy, publicity or personality rights arising from the use of that material as described above, and you agree not to bring or support a claim that our use of it infringes your moral rights.
Where we would like you to take part in promotional work, an interview with a third party, or an appearance outside the coverage of the festival itself, we will ask for your agreement in writing first.
What we will act on, and what happens when we do.
In plain English: Criminal or threatening behaviour ends your festival, and may end more than that.
Criminal activity is not tolerated at a Players Series festival. We and the venue take the security measures we consider appropriate to prevent it and to stop it the moment it is detected.
Game rules, house rules and the gaming law of the jurisdiction are enforced in full. A person found in breach may lose the right to continue in the event and may be asked to leave the premises immediately.
Behaviour that we consider abusive or threatening, towards a player, a member of staff or anyone else, may end that person’s participation and their presence on the premises.
A person we identify as involved in, or connected to, suspected unlawful activity may be removed from the event and from the premises, may be barred from future Players Series festivals, and may be reported to law enforcement. We may take any other step we consider appropriate.
We may refuse a person entry to a festival on security grounds, including a previous incident that gives us reasonable cause for concern.
We operate a confidential route for reporting a security concern, and we investigate every report we receive. Evidence of a criminal offence may be passed to law enforcement.
Accredited media, partners, suppliers and guests are subject to this section in the same way as players.
What you may do with what is published here, and what we do not promise about it.
In plain English: Read it, link to it, quote it with credit. Do not scrape it or pass it off as yours.
All content published on this site (text, photography, video, results data, structures, marks and logos) is owned by Players Series or by its licensors and is protected by copyright and trade mark law.
You may view, download and print content from this site for your own personal, non-commercial use, and you may link to any page on it. You may not reproduce it commercially, systematically extract or scrape it, or present it in a way that suggests an association with Players Series that does not exist.
Results, chip counts, payouts and schedules are published for information. Chip counts reported during live play are estimates unless they are expressly flagged as official. The official record of an event is the record held by the Tournament Director.
We do not warrant that this site will be available uninterrupted or free of error, and we may suspend or withdraw any part of it without notice.
This site may link to third-party sites, including those of sponsors and partners. We are not responsible for the content of those sites or for anything you do on them.
What we are and are not responsible for, and what happens when something stops a festival that neither of us can control.
In plain English: We are responsible for what the law says we must be. Beyond that our liability is capped at what you paid.
Nothing in these terms excludes or limits our liability for death or personal injury caused by our negligence, for fraud or fraudulent misrepresentation, or for any liability that cannot lawfully be excluded.
Subject to the clause above, our total liability to you arising out of or in connection with an event or your use of the Services is limited to the amount you paid for the entry to which the claim relates.
We are not liable for indirect or consequential loss, for loss of profit, expectation or opportunity, or for any loss arising from your own decisions at a table.
We are not liable for the loss or theft of personal property brought to a venue. Chips issued in an event are the property of Players Series at all times and hold no cash value away from the table.
We are not liable for a delay or a failure to perform, including a failure to deliver a guaranteed prize pool, where the cause is outside our reasonable control. That includes fire, flood, earthquake, severe weather and other natural events; disease, epidemic or a public health measure; accident, war, terrorism, civil disorder or unrest; strike or other labour action; compliance with a law, order or ruling of any court, authority or regulator, including the refusal or withdrawal of a licence; loss of power, internet, technical facilities or transport; the failure of a supplier through no fault of ours; and any comparable cause.
Where an event of that kind affects a festival, we may take whatever steps we consider appropriate in response, including altering the schedule, restricting attendance, moving or cancelling individual events, or cancelling the festival.
Assignment, indemnity, language, governing law and how to complain.
In plain English: Standard closing clauses, plus where to send a complaint.
We may assign or transfer our rights and obligations under these terms, in whole or in part, without notice to you. You may not assign or transfer yours.
You agree to cover our costs, claims and liabilities, including reasonable legal costs, arising from a breach by you, or by anyone acting on your authority, of anything you have promised in these terms.
You confirm that you have not relied on any statement or assurance made by us, written or spoken, other than those set out in this document.
We may take whatever reasonable steps we consider necessary to enforce these terms.
English is used at every Players Series event. Where the tournament staff at a festival are local, the local language may also be used. Where the staff are international, the local language may be permitted; the position for a given festival is published with that festival. Language at a live table is governed by the Tournament Rules.
If any clause of these terms is found to be unenforceable, the remainder continues in force.
These terms and any dispute arising from them are governed by and construed in accordance with English law, without regard to its conflict of law principles, and are subject to the exclusive jurisdiction of the English courts. Nothing in this clause prevents us from bringing proceedings against you in any other court that has jurisdiction, whether at the same time or not.
Nothing in these terms displaces the gaming law of the jurisdiction in which a festival is held, or the conditions of the licence under which the host venue operates. Where local law requires a different position, local law applies for that festival.
A complaint about an event, a ruling or the conduct of a member of staff should be raised with the Tournament Director at the time and, if unresolved, sent to us through the contact page. We aim to acknowledge a written complaint within five working days.
