1. These rules apply to poker tournaments and related areas within the venue.
2. Matters not covered by these rules shall, in principle, be governed by the 2026 Tournament Rules (Version 1.0) published by the Poker Tournament Directors Association (hereinafter “TDA”).

Tournament-specific rules set out in official information are referred to as “Special Tournament Rules.” Where applicable rules or rulings conflict, the following order of precedence applies, with the Tournament Director’s decision being final.

1. Tournament Director’s decision
2. Special Tournament Rules
3. JOPT Official Tournament Rules
4. TDA Rules

1. “Floor” means the Tournament Director, floor leaders, floor staff, and any other persons authorized by JOPT to make rulings.
2. The Tournament Director has final decision-making authority and may overrule decisions made by other floor staff or dealers. The Tournament Director may also stop the tournament and blind timer when a serious technical, safety, or operational issue arises.
3. A dealer may temporarily stop play and call the Floor when the dealer identifies an irregularity, error, dispute, or safety concern in the conduct of the game.
4. A player who objects to a dealer’s procedure or a Floor ruling may request review by a higher authority at that time.
5. When a ruling requires video review, chip verification, or a decision from a higher authority, the Floor, dealer, and players must temporarily preserve the pot, cards, chips, bounty chips, and any other necessary items.

1. The official languages are Japanese and English. If the Japanese and English versions differ in interpretation, the Japanese version prevails.
2. During a hand, conversation in languages other than the official languages is prohibited, whether or not a person has a live hand.
3. Communication at the table must be clear, concise, and understandable to other players and staff.

1. JOPT makes official announcements through one or more of the following: verbal announcements at the venue, notices posted at the venue, and its official X account.
2. The official website, Players Guide, structure sheets, and other materials or notices published by JOPT are referred to as “Official Information.” Official Announcements prevail over Official Information if they differ. If Official Announcements conflict with each other, the Tournament Director’s decision prevails.
3. JOPT will announce changes to important aspects of tournament operations, such as the structure, conditions for ending play, and prize eligibility, through Official Announcements.

To participate in a tournament, players must correctly understand and agree to comply with the following:

1. Only the player personally may register, and only the registered player may play.
2. JOPT may request the membership app, identity verification documents, or other necessary documents to verify identity, age, and eligibility. Players must be ready to comply. If the requested documentation cannot be verified, registration, admission, continued play, or receipt of prizes may be denied.
3. As a general rule, players must be at least 18 years old, excluding high school students, to register.
4. Players must comply with JOPT’s Privacy Policy, venue rules, and staff instructions.
5. As a condition of participation, players consent to the use of photographs, video, audio, real names, nicknames, nationality, rankings, results, comments, and similar material captured or recorded at the venue, solely for tournament-related purposes involving the organizer, sponsors, media, broadcasts, publicity, records, social media, the official website, and other related uses, and agree not to raise objections based on portrait rights or other related grounds.

1. Registration becomes effective when payment of the participation fee and all other required fees, and registration in the tournament management system, have been completed.
2. Alternates who complete registration before registration closes will not have their registration cancelled solely because they have not been seated by that time. They will be seated in order.
3. Even after registration, JOPT may place registration on hold, cancel it, or impose restrictions when necessary for operational, safety, legal, or fairness reasons.
4. Players may participate in different tournaments simultaneously. However, they may not play multiple entries in the same tournament at the same time.
5. JOPT may temporarily suspend registration or close it earlier than scheduled if safety, venue capacity, table availability, staffing, or game integrity would be compromised.
6. Special Tournament Rules may specify minimum participation requirements, registration limits, alternate limits, or eligibility requirements. If the minimum participation requirement is not met, JOPT may cancel, postpone, combine, modify, or make alternative arrangements for the tournament.

1. After registration, cancellation may be requested only before the player has played in. Cancellation is not permitted after playing in.
2. A player is deemed to have played in at the earliest of the following:
   1. The player takes an action in the first hand.
   2. Chips are placed at the player’s seat while the player is absent, and substantial action occurs in a hand in which blinds or antes have been collected from those chips.
   3. The stack increases or decreases for a reason other than the collection of blinds or antes.
3. After cancellation, re-entry into the same tournament or flight is not permitted, except in cases of an operational processing error or inability to seat the player.
4. Methods and deadlines for cancellation, refunds, and transfers are governed by the Players Guide, purchase screen, venue notices, or conditions specified by JOPT.

1. JOPT may deny registration, admission, re-admission, continued play, or presence at the venue to anyone it determines falls within any of the following categories:
   • Violence, intimidation, threats, destructive behavior, harassment, or discriminatory speech or conduct.
   • Cheating, collusion, chip dumping, soft play, angle shooting, or suspected involvement in such conduct.
   • Excessive alcohol consumption, drugs, illness, or other conditions that prevent normal play or safe use of the venue.
   • Prior sanctions, violations of venue rules, legal issues, or operational risks.
2. Anyone ordered to leave the venue, including temporarily, must obtain JOPT’s permission before re-entering.
3. Proxy play, lending one’s name, impersonation, transfer of eligibility, or false registration may result in disqualification or other sanctions.

1. Seats are, in principle, assigned randomly. No preferential treatment is given based on registration order, nationality, results, personal relationships, or other circumstances.
2. JOPT will accommodate, to the extent possible, players requiring consideration due to disability, illness, pregnancy, injury, or other special circumstances.
3. Even after random seating, the Floor may adjust the seats of family members, members of the same team, persons with shared interests, or other players whom JOPT considers connected, when necessary for fairness, broadcasting, special accommodation, or prevention of suspected collusion.

1. JOPT may conduct a seat redraw when the final table is formed, when play carries over to the next day, when required for broadcasting or operations, or whenever the Tournament Director deems it necessary.
2. Seat redraws are, in principle, random. Players must promptly move to their assigned seats.

1. As a general rule, a table may have no more than nine players. However, play may proceed with fewer than nine players depending on tournament progress, table balancing, or other operational decisions.
2. Except in heads-up formats, a new table will, in principle, begin play once more than 50% of a full table’s players are present.
3. The blind timer starts at the scheduled start time. As a general rule, the timer will not be stopped because the conditions for starting a table have not been met.

1. If a player does not take their seat for a period of time, the Floor may place that player’s chips at the seat.
2. If the player remains absent after chips have been placed, the Floor may move those chips to another seat or table when necessary for fairness or tournament progress.

1. In Stud games and mixed games that include Stud, the player to be moved is selected by a method designated by the Floor, such as position or a high-card draw.
2. During round-for-round play, tables are, in principle, not balanced within the same round. However, the Tournament Director may exceptionally balance tables for game integrity or safety.

1. Players must check the quantity and denominations of chips when receiving them. Objections raised after receipt may not be accepted, except in cases of a clear operational error.
2. Concealing, removing from the venue, damaging, exchanging, or transferring chips, cards, bounty chips, or other tournament equipment is prohibited.
3. Putting a bounty chip into play is not considered a normal betting action. Bounty chips must be kept where others can recognize them. Failure to possess a required bounty chip, concealment, loss, transfer, or misuse may result in a penalty.

1. During a color-up, chips are exchanged for a higher denomination, and any remaining fraction is rounded up to one chip of the replacement denomination.
2. When multiple denominations are colored up at the same time, lower denominations are processed first.

1. Entry into the same tournament or flight is limited to three re-entries, in addition to the initial entry. Qualifying tournaments (satellites) are not subject to this limit.
2. Players may not complete re-entry procedures while seated. Players wishing to re-enter must leave their seat and complete the procedure at the registration counter or by another method specified by JOPT.
3. Players wishing to surrender their chips and re-enter must notify the Floor. If surrendered chips remain in play without notification, the player may be disqualified, including from the new entry.
4. Players may surrender their chips by notifying the Floor. If a hand is in progress, the surrender takes place after that hand ends.
5. Chips removed from the tournament are reflected in the blind timer display and records. When chips are surrendered, the quantity surrendered is announced at the venue.
6. Chip surrender is not permitted in bounty events, satellite events, or other events designated by JOPT.
7. After securing a prize, a player wishing to surrender chips may choose either to finalize their placement at the time of surrender or to notify the Floor and arrange for the chips to be treated as chips for an absent player. If the latter option is chosen, Article 39, Paragraph 3 applies.

1. At the end of a day in a multi-day tournament, remaining players must follow staff instructions to seal their chips in a bag, verify the required information, and sign.
2. When play resumes, cards are dealt and blinds and antes are collected normally from the chips of absent players.
3. Players participating on Day 2 or later must undergo identity verification. They may not play until verification is complete.
4. Players must open their own chip bags after taking their assigned seats. However, if a bag remains unopened five minutes before the scheduled restart, staff will open the bag and stack the chips.
5. Players must report discrepancies involving bags, chips, or records before play begins. The Floor will reconstruct the situation or make a ruling based on records, video, staff testimony, and other reasonable evidence.

Under double-deck procedures, the next hand is deemed to begin when the shuffled deck is handed to the dealer.

1. The Tournament Director may stop or restart the blind timer for the following reasons:
   • Hand-for-hand play
   • Round-for-round play
   • Formation of the final table
   • Distribution of bounties
   • A significant ruling
   • Equipment or communication problems, or safety or operational requirements
   • Any other circumstance the Tournament Director deems necessary
2. The Tournament Director may adjust the blind timer or correct the remaining time, taking into account fairness, tournament progress, records, announcements, and other reasonable circumstances.

1. Each street is deemed to begin when all action on the previous street has been completed and the dealer puts out the burn card for the next street. As a general rule, objections concerning action on the previous street are then not accepted.
2. If a player has not acted on the previous street and play advances to the next street, that player must point this out before a reasonable time for action on the next street has elapsed.

If the Floor determines that a player took an unintended action, the Floor may allow the action to be taken again, depending on the circumstances. The Floor may restrict the actions available to that player.

1. Live hands and cards exposed at showdown must remain within the player’s reach until the pot has been correctly awarded. If an active player’s hand is mistakenly killed, the Floor must be called immediately.
2. At a showdown without an all-in, if cards are not voluntarily exposed, the dealer will specify the order of exposure.

Factual information such as chip counts, bet amounts, the pot, street, position, number of remaining players, and blind level is treated as public information. Intentionally making false statements about public information is prohibited.

1. Some situations may require more thinking time than usual. A request to call the clock is accepted only after a reasonable time has elapsed, taking those circumstances into account. The Floor may assess and reject requests that are excessively early, involve repeated delay, or abuse the clock procedure.
2. Whether or not a player requests the clock, the Floor may place a player on the clock when necessary for game progress, fairness, or prevention of delay.
3. Requests to call the clock are not permitted in tournaments using a shot clock, action timer, or other time-management system.

1. During hand-for-hand play, the timer is, in principle, stopped and two minutes are deducted from the remaining time for each hand. During round-for-round play, 15 minutes per round are deducted in 8-max, and 10 minutes per round in 6-max.
2. Players eliminated on the same hand across multiple tables during hand-for-hand play, or eliminated during round-for-round play when their prize eligibility is established, are treated as tied. If multiple eliminations occur only at the same table on the same hand during hand-for-hand play, the player with more chips at the start of that hand receives the higher placement.
3. If an all-in and call occur during hand-for-hand play, the dealer at that table stops the action. After all tables have completed their action, the showdown proceeds as instructed by the Floor or an announcement.
4. During round-for-round play, the seat in the big blind position at the start of the round is the reference position for that round. Each table stops dealing after the hand immediately preceding the next big blind at that reference position has ended, and waits for the other tables to finish.

1. A player may not play on two or more teams simultaneously. Teams may be reorganized after a team busts. If a violation is discovered, all teams involving that player may be disqualified or subject to other sanctions.
2. In tag-team events, the entire team is treated as one player. Actions taken by any team member bind the team. Team discussions must be conducted in a way that cannot be heard by other players and does not interfere with play.
3. If anyone who is not an actual team member is found to have taken a seat, operated equipment, provided advice, or played for the team, the team may be disqualified or subject to other sanctions.

1. When all-in plaques are used, one is provided at each table and managed by the dealer. When an all-in occurs, the dealer places the plaque above the community cards or in another position designated by the Floor.
2. Players must move all chips committed in an all-in forward.

While betting action continues, the dealer does not collect the bet chips in front of players into the pot (“bringing in”). This also applies when requested by a player facing action.

When a single-player ante is used, the Big Blind Ante (BBA) format applies. If the big blind player cannot post both the full ante and the full big blind, the big blind is posted first, and the remaining chips are posted as the ante.

1. Players, staff, media, spectators, and everyone else at the venue must maintain courtesy, honesty, fairness, and mutual respect.
2. Shouting, abusive language, insults, intimidation, discriminatory speech or conduct, harassment, striking tables, chips, or cards, excessive displays, intentional delay, and other conduct that makes others uncomfortable or uneasy are prohibited.
3. Smoking is prohibited outside designated smoking areas. This also applies to electronic cigarettes and similar products.
4. Eating and drinking are permitted only to the extent that they do not interfere with play.
5. If the Floor determines that a player is intoxicated, unwell, or unable to play safely, measures may include suspension of play, discontinuation of alcohol service, removal from the venue, disqualification, or other action. Participation fees and other charges may not be refunded in such cases.

1. All electronic devices, including earphones, are prohibited at broadcast tables. Such devices may be temporarily held by staff or otherwise managed.
2. Players in a tournament that is being broadcast must not watch that tournament’s broadcast while participating.
3. The online poker app provided by JOPT may be used, except at broadcast tables, only to the extent that it does not affect tournament play.

1. Photography and filming at the venue must not interfere with operations, other people’s passage, privacy, portrait rights, security, or play.
2. Live streaming during a tournament is prohibited unless specifically authorized by JOPT.
3. Photography, filming, or recording for business, reporting, commercial, publicity, or similar purposes requires a media pass in accordance with JOPT’s Media Guidelines.
4. When JOPT deems it necessary, it may stop or restrict photography, recording, or broadcasting; review, require correction of, or require deletion of captured material; remove persons from the venue; or take other measures.

1. Clothing, accessories, or personal items displaying information that provides game-related advice, such as strategy charts, are prohibited.
2. Clothing, accessories, and personal items displaying political, religious, sexual, offensive, discriminatory, or other expressions contrary to public order and morals may be restricted.
3. For identity verification, broadcasting, security, or fair play, wearing or combining items that simultaneously conceal both the eyes and mouth is, in principle, prohibited. Players may therefore be required to adjust their use of sunglasses, hats, masks, hoods, or other face-covering items.
4. Hand protectors and other items used to protect cards must not exceed 50% of the surface area of a single card. Items that obstruct the visibility of cards, chips, actions, or other aspects of play are also prohibited.
5. Food and drinks may not be brought into the venue unless approved by JOPT or sold or distributed at the venue.

1. Cheating, collusion, chip dumping, soft play, signaling, sharing hands, concealing or removing cards or chips, marking cards, use of devices, consultation with outsiders, and other conduct that compromises game integrity are prohibited.
2. In cases of cheating or suspected cheating, JOPT may stop the hand, secure chips, review video, request inspection of devices, interview those involved, restrict admission, disqualify players, cancel results or prizes, or take other necessary measures.
3. If a person refuses device inspection or other cooperation with an investigation, JOPT may consider that refusal when making a ruling or imposing sanctions.
4. Retaliation against anyone making a report in good faith is prohibited and treated as a serious violation.

1. Penalties include warnings, dead hands for one or more hands, sitting out one or more rounds, chip confiscation, disqualification, refusal of entry for a specified period, indefinite refusal of entry, and other measures JOPT deems necessary.
2. Penalties are determined by considering the intent, severity, recurrence, scope of impact, maliciousness, prior disciplinary history, and cooperation with the investigation.
3. For minor violations, warnings or corrective instructions may be prioritized over immediate severe penalties. Failure to follow a warning or corrective instruction, or repetition of similar violations, may result in a more severe penalty.
4. A serious violation may receive a severe sanction even on the first occurrence.
5. Penalties do not automatically expire because of a table move, a change of day, a break, another tournament, or other circumstances.
6. Blinds and antes are collected normally from players serving a penalty.
7. If a player is found to have gained chips through a violation that they were not entitled to receive, JOPT may confiscate those chips or remove them from the tournament. This measure may be taken separately from the chip-confiscation penalty in the next paragraph.
8. When a chip-confiscation penalty is imposed, the Floor determines the amount to confiscate based on the nature, circumstances, impact, intent, and other aspects of the violation.
9. A disqualified player’s chips are confiscated and removed from the tournament.

1. Prizes include trophies, player contracts, entry or invitation rights, sponsor-provided items, ranking points, titles, and other benefits designated by JOPT.
2. Prizes announced in advance are provisional and may change due to participation numbers, sponsor circumstances, legal requirements, venue circumstances, force majeure, or operational needs.
3. Conversion of prizes to cash, transfer, sale or purchase, pledging as security, division, or collection by a proxy is prohibited unless expressly permitted by JOPT.
4. When necessary to process results or prizes, JOPT may verify identity, registration details, payment records, chip counts, bounty records, and other relevant information. If a player does not complete the necessary checks or procedures by the specified deadline, prize delivery may be withheld.

1. Prize deals may be permitted only at the final table after prizes have been finalized. JOPT specifies whether a deal is permitted, the eligible participants and prizes, calculation methods, conditions for agreement, and recording procedures. Private transactions, transfers, sales or purchases, or coercion between players without JOPT’s approval are prohibited.
2. As a general rule, an amount equal to 10% of the first-place prize is deducted in equal shares from the prizes for each place, and the remaining prizes are calculated using ICM. The amount equal to 10% of the first-place prize is awarded to the winner and may not be included in a deal.
3. A prize deal requires agreement from all affected players. Once a deal is concluded, no new deal may be made. As a general rule, the tournament continues normally after a deal.

1. Official placements are determined based on the actual results of play and JOPT’s decisions.
2. If a player’s chips are exhausted while the player is absent, that place is left vacant and has no prize recipient. Players below that place are not moved up, and the prize for that place is not transferred to other players.
3. However, if the player’s identity can be verified, for example through prior notification of their absence, the player is eligible for the prize for that place even if absent when their chips are exhausted. The same conditions apply to players whose chips are exhausted in a prize-paying position while absent on Day 2 or later.
4. In team tournaments, one member may report another member’s information to the Floor. If all team members are absent when the team’s chips are exhausted, prize eligibility is determined under the preceding two paragraphs.
5. Ranking points, titles, invitation rights, and other placement-related rights are awarded based on the official placements finalized by JOPT.
6. After a player has secured a prize, if the player states that they do not intend to continue playing, or the Floor determines that they have no such intention, their chips are removed from the game. The player is then treated as having finished the tournament at the time the chips are removed. However, chips will not be removed on the assumption of no intention to continue solely because the player is away from the table or does not attend Day 2 or later.
7. When chips are removed under the preceding paragraph, JOPT determines that player’s placement and prize based on the tournament situation at the time of removal.

1. As a general rule, only the prize recipient personally may receive a prize.
2. JOPT may require identity and eligibility verification, tax-related checks, legal compliance, confirmation of sponsor conditions, travel conditions, and other necessary checks.
3. If a player fails to complete required verification, signatures, provision of information, or procedures, JOPT may withhold, cancel, or invalidate the prize.
4. A prize not collected within the specified deadline expires. Deadlines and collection methods are governed by Special Tournament Rules, Official Information, or JOPT’s instructions.
5. If collection by someone other than the recipient, use of false information, or misrepresentation of eligibility is discovered, the placement will not be recognized and receipt of the prize will not be permitted.
6. Prizes involving third parties, such as entry rights, invitations, travel, accommodation, sponsor prizes, and participation rights in external events, require compliance with the eligibility, age, identity verification, travel, visa, deadline, terms of use, consent, waiver, publicity cooperation, and other conditions specified by the relevant event, facility, country, region, sponsor, or provider.
7. If required consent forms, waivers, entry applications, travel documents, tax documents, publicity-cooperation documents, or other documents designated by JOPT or the prize provider are not submitted by the deadline, JOPT may withhold, cancel, or invalidate the prize.

1. Prize recipients must cooperate with required procedures relating to tax, immigration, travel, participation eligibility, sponsor conditions, and other legal or contractual requirements.
2. If disqualification, loss of eligibility, false declarations, cheating, or failure to meet prize-receipt conditions is discovered, JOPT may revoke prizes, results, titles, points, and other rights. Revoked prizes are not redistributed.
3. Unless otherwise permitted by JOPT, recipients bear taxes, fees, travel, accommodation, transport, insurance, communications, visa costs, and other expenses not expressly included in the prize.

1. JOPT may disqualify a player even after the tournament has ended if cheating or other conduct warranting disqualification is discovered.
2. Unless JOPT decides otherwise, a disqualified player loses all rights relating to the tournament, including prizes, results, titles, and ranking points.
3. Disqualification and other serious sanctions are recorded and may be used in registration reviews, admission reviews, and disciplinary decisions at future events.

1. In the event of a natural disaster, power outage, communications failure, infectious disease, a government or local authority request, facility incident, transport disruption, equipment failure, security concern, other force majeure, or unavoidable operational circumstances, the Tournament Director may suspend, postpone, shorten, resume, relocate, modify the structure or conditions for ending, or cancel a tournament.
2. As a general rule, a tournament resumes from its state at the time of interruption. If that state cannot be fully restored, the Tournament Director will reconstruct or adjust it based on video, tournament management system records, the blind timer, staff records or testimony, player statements, and other reasonable evidence, considering fairness and practical feasibility.
3. If JOPT determines that the tournament can resume, the date and time, venue, restart method, participation procedures, and other necessary information will be communicated through Official Announcements.
4. If JOPT determines that resuming the tournament is difficult or inappropriate, the tournament will be cancelled, and participation fees, results, prizes, and other matters will be handled under the following provisions. Any refunds are limited to players remaining in the tournament at the time of cancellation. Payment-processing fees, bank-transfer fees, and other charges previously identified as non-refundable may be deducted from the refund.
   1. If the tournament is cancelled after it starts but before prize-paying placements are determined, the participation fees for entries still in play at that time will be refunded. Fees for entries already eliminated, surrendered, or otherwise removed from the tournament will not be refunded. As a general rule, no results will be determined and no prizes will be awarded.
   2. If the tournament is cancelled after some prize-paying placements have been determined, those placements are, in principle, maintained. Remaining players are assigned tied placements, and prizes are determined using ICM, equal distribution, or another method JOPT considers reasonable.
   3. In bounty events, only bounties officially confirmed as earned by the time of cancellation are reflected in results or prizes. Unconfirmed bounties, bounties held by remaining players, and other bounties that could have been earned after cancellation are invalidated if cancellation occurs before prize-paying placements are determined, and the tournament participation fees are refunded. If prize-paying placements have already been determined, those bounties are applied toward prizes.
   4. As a general rule, trophies, sponsor-provided items, invitations, entry rights, titles, and other prizes that are difficult to divide or substitute will not be awarded.
   5. If only part of a tournament spanning multiple flights or days is interrupted or cancelled, JOPT may postpone the affected flight, arrange an alternative flight, transfer entries to another flight, carry chips forward, refund participation fees, or take other reasonable measures. If other flights or subsequent days can continue, the entire tournament is not automatically cancelled.
5. Except where legally liable, JOPT does not compensate players for transport, accommodation, communications, lost opportunities, or other expenses or losses arising from interruption, cancellation, postponement, relocation, or similar measures.

1. During tournament participation, including reaching the final table, securing a prize, and award ceremonies, players must cooperate with photography that JOPT deems necessary for event presentation, records, or publicity.
2. At broadcast tables, players must cooperate with hole-card cameras, microphones, interviews, presentation, seating positions, display names, and other broadcast operations.
3. When broadcast or feature tables are used, JOPT may change the selected tables or players, taking into account fairness, presentation, progress, and filming requirements. As a general rule, such changes do not automatically alter the previously announced table-breaking order.
4. In sponsor-titled tournaments or other tournaments designated by JOPT, real names, registered names, or display names approved by JOPT may be used instead of nicknames.
5. Real names or registered names may be published in connection with final-table appearances, prize finishes, award ceremonies, or sponsor-related publicity.

1. Records relating to cheating, disputes, incidents, sanctions, prizes, and identity verification may be retained for as long as operationally necessary.
2. Video, audio, logs, registration details, and staff records may be used for rulings, investigations, sanctions, and prevention of recurrence.
3. Records containing personal information are handled in accordance with JOPT’s Privacy Policy.

1. JOPT may amend, add to, or delete these rules without prior notice.
2. Amendments take effect when communicated through an Official Announcement.
3. Even for a tournament that began before an amendment, the Tournament Director may apply the amended provisions or a special ruling when necessary for fairness, safety, legal compliance, or operational reasons.