H2O TEXAS HOLD EM TOURNAMENT RULES

1. ALL PLAYERS MUST BE AT LEAST 21 YEARS OLD.
2. EACH WEEK NIGHT TOURNAMENT IS AN APPROVED QUALIFYING EVENT FOR THE TOURNAMENT OF CHAMPIONS AT THE END OF THE SEASON.
3. SEASON WILL BE TWENTY WEEKS LONG.
4. PLAYERS WILL BE RANDOMLY SEATED BY THE TOURNAMENT DIRECTOR.
5. NIGHTLY PRIZES WILL BE AWARDED FOR 1^ST PLACECHIP LEADER, 2^ND PLACE CHIP LEADER, AND 3^RD PLACE CHIP LEADER.
6. BONUS CHIPS WILL BE AWARDED FOR THE TOURNAMENT OF CHAMPIONS BASED ON THE TOP TEN FINISHERS IN EACH NIGHTLY TOURNAMENT AS FOLLOWS:  1^ST – 10 BONUS CHIPS, 2^ND 9 BONUS CHIPS, 3^RD – 8 BONUS CHIPS, 4^TH – 7 BONUS CHIPS, 5^TH – 6 BONUS CHIPS, 6^TH – 5 BONUS CHIPS, 7^TH – 4 BONUS CHIPS, 8^TH – 3 BONUS CHIPS, 9^TH – 2 BONUS CHIPS, 10^TH – 1 BONUS CHIP.
7. EACH BONUS CHIP WILL BE WORTH $5.
8. EACH PLAYER WILL BEGIN WITH A TOTAL VALUE OF $100 IN CHIPS ON NIGHTLY TOURNAMENTS.
9. BLINDS WILL BE INCREASED EVERY 20 MINUTES.
10. DEALER BUTTON WILL BE PROVIDED AND MUST BE PASSED AFTER EVERY HAND.
11. PLAYERS ARE NOT ALLOWED TO SKIP BLINDS.
12. NIGHTLY TOURNAMENTS WILL BEGIN AT 8PM AND PLAYERS MUST BE REGISTERED BY 7:30PM.
13. H2O RESERVES THE RIGHT TO SHIFT NIGHTS AND RULES AT ANY TIME WITHOUT NOTICE.
14. ALL PRIZES WILL BE GIVEN AWAY VIA SPONSORS.
15. NIGHTLY PRIZES WILL BE AWARDED AS FOLLOWS: 
    3^RD PLACE- $50, 2^ND PLACE - $75, 1^ST PLACE- $175.
16. THE TOURNAMENT OF CHAMPIONS PRIZES WILL BE AWARDED AS FOLLOWS: 5^TH PLACE - $300, 4^TH PLACE- $700, 3^RD PLACE - $1000,  2^ND PLACE - $2000, GRAND PRIZE - $10,000 OR ENTRY INTO WSP IN LAS VAGES.