Name - Enter a unique name for this tournament or accept the default name, up to 25 characters in length.
Game - Select the game type, either Limit, Pot Limit, or No Limit Texas Hold'em.
Password - Specify a password needed to register for the tournament or leave blank for an open tournament.
Private - If a password is set for the tournament, select Yes to make it completely private or select No to allow observers to watch. This setting is ignored if no password is specified.
Observer chat - Select Yes to allow observers to use the tournament chat feature.
Tables - Select the number of tables in the tournament, from 1 to 100 (Pro/Gold Version only).
Seats / table - Select the number of seats at each table, from 2 to 10.
Start full - Select Yes to have the tournament start automatically when all seats have been registered.
Start min - This is the minimum number of registered players that must check their "Start Now" box to start the tournament immediately. Select 0 to disable this feature.
Start code - This is a code (1 to 999999) that can be entered in the player module lobby window (Options menu) to start the tournament. Enter 0 to disable this feature.
Start time - Set a fixed time to auto-start the tournament in yyyy-mm-dd hh:mm format. Enter 0000-00-00 00:00 to disable this feature.
Recur minutes - Set the number of minutes (0 to 999999) to add to the Start Time for an auto-recurring tournament (if start time is not disabled). For reference, there are 1440 minutes in a day and 10080 minutes in a week. Enter -1 to take the tournament offline after it runs once. This works even if the start time is disabled.
Remove no-shows - Set to Yes to automatically remove "no-show" players from the tournament at the end of the first level. A no-show player is someone who registered for the tournament but never pressed their Ready button once it started. It does not matter if they are logged in or not. Their buy-ins and entry fees will be added back to their accounts and the prize pool will be reduced accordingly. All chips in their stacks will be removed from the tables except for those that were bled off from the blinds. This feature is best used with freeroll tournaments.
Buy-in - Select the buy-in for this tournament, from 0 to 1000000 chips. The default value is 1500.
Entry fee - Select an entry fee for this tournament, from 0 to 1000000 chips. This amount is added to the buy-in but is kept by the "house" and does not go into the prize pool. This is a Pro/Gold version feature. Set this value to 0 for the Trial or Lite versions. The entry fees from all tournaments are collected in a special account that can be viewed and reset from the Chips menu on the Accounts tab.
Prize bonus - Set the number of house chips to add to the total prize pool. The amount can be a single sum or per entrant as specified by the Multiply Bonus setting. The default value is 0. This feature can be used for "freeroll" tournaments where players can win chips without risking any of their own.
Multiply bonus - Set to Yes to multiply the prize bonus by the number of entrants. Otherwise the prize bonus will be applied as-is.
Starting chips - Set the number of starting chips for each player, from 0 to 25000 chips. The default value is 1500.
Turn clock - This is the number of seconds that the player has to act on each turn. The default value is 30.
Time bank - This is a reserve of time (seconds) available to each player on request. This value does not reset as long as the player remains in the tournament. A "Request Time" button is displayed when the player's regular turn clock is about to expire.
Level duration - This is the length of each blinds level, expressed in either minutes or number of hands. The default value is 10.
Rebuy levels - Set the number of levels (up to 1000) in the rebuy period. Use 0 for a standard freezeout (non-rebuy) tournament. During the rebuy period, players can select the "Add more chips" command from the Options menu in the client to request a rebuy any time their chip stack is at or below the starting chip amount. Players can double their stack before the first hand is dealt. The amount of chips added is the same as the starting chip count and the amount deducted from their account is the same as the buy-in. However, they are not charged an entry fee again and thus 100% of the rebuy goes directly into the prize pool. If a player loses all of their chips during the rebuy period, they are automatically presented with "Leave" and "Rebuy" buttons to stay in the tournament. The amount of time they have to select Rebuy is equal to a normal turn. Otherwise, they are removed from the tournament. If the rebuy period is still in effect when the first player leaves in a money position, the rebuy period is terminated immediately since the prize pool can no longer be modified at that point. The payout schedule is updated immediately after each rebuy and can be seen in the tournament's General Info panel in the player client.
Break time - Select the number of minutes for each rest break, up to 60. Set to 0 to disable. You must also set the Break Levels value to use this feature.
Break levels - Select the number of levels (up to 1000) that are in between each rest break. Set to 0 to disable. The length of each rest break is determined by the Break Time value.
Auto online - When this option is set to "Yes", the tournament will go online automatically whenever the game server is started. Otherwise, the tournament will not be visible to the players until you manually put it online via the Action button on the toolbar. If you have the Lite or Trial version of Poker Mavens and enable auto online for more than one game, you will get an error when you try to start the game server. Only the Pro/Gold version of Poker Mavens supports running multiple games simultaneously.
Description - This is an optional tournament description, up to 500 characters. It is displayed at the top of the tournament's information window and may include the same HTML tags that are available in th Site News feature. Be sure to use the target="_blank" option when making links so that the new page opens in a new window and doesn't overwrite the current game window.
Blinds schedule - Edit the values in this list to specify a schedule of increasing blinds and antes for the tournament. When Limit Hold'em is selected, the small and big bets are calculated automatically. Use the buttons below the list to add, insert, or remove levels. You can also save and load blinds schedules to a disk file or reset to the default schedule.
Payout structure - Edit the values in this list to specify a structure of comma-separated payout percentages for various ranges of entrants. Entrants can be specified as a single number from 2 to 1000 or as a range of numbers separated by a dash. Entrant numbers must increase from top to bottom. Entrants not specified will use the last structure given before that value or as winner-take-all if below the first entrant value given. The percentages are a percent (0.00 to 100.00) of the total prize pool in a comma separated list of values representing 1st place, 2nd place, 3rd place, and so on. A range of repeating values can be represented with an "x" multiplier (e.g., 2.50x10 would indicated the next 10 places each pay 2.50% of the prize pool). The percentages on each row should add up to 100.00. Round off errors that result in extra chips will be evenly distributed over all paid places, beginning with 1st place. Errors that result in a shortage will come out of the last paid position. Use the buttons below the list to add, insert, or remove rows. You can also save and load payout structures to a disk file or reset to the default structure.