27. Tournament Chip Policies:

� Tournament play is played using non-value chips, which are used solely to determine the outcome of a competition.

� Tournament chips cannot be cashed in or used in other live table play.

� Tournament chips must be separated and they must be kept in plain view at all times.

� The largest denominations of chips must be kept in the front of a players stack.

� Players may not play out of a chip rack.

� Players will be required to give an accurate count of their chips, when asked to do so by another player or floor supervisor.

� When asked by a floor supervisor, players will be required to color-up their chips.

� At no time will a player be permitted to conceal tournament chips on his/her person or inside of an object. Any player doing so will forfeit all of the concealed chips and the chips will be removed from play.

� At no time will a player be permitted to take tournament chips out of the tournament area; IE restroom, or any other place.

� Only Tri State gaming consultant chips are permitted on the table. However, each player will be permitted to use a maximum of one foreign chip as a card protector.

So there must be chips!