Join an Event

To join an Event, highlight any Event on the Main Panel of the Lobby that says 'Sign Up' or 'Wait List' under its status column, then click the 'Join Event' button located at the bottom of the Lobby screen (just below the Main Panel). Notice that the right side panel now shows details about the game you selected.

RING GAMES: If you wish to join a Ring Game and it has seats available at its table, it will say 'Started' under its status column. Just click 'Join Event' and you will be immediately seated at the table and be ready to play.

You can choose your own seat at a ring game table, by selecting "Go To Table" from the lounge and pressing the "Sit Down" button of your choice. You will then be allowed to buy-in to the table.

If the Ring Game you wish to join is already full, the status column will display the word 'Wait List'. If you click on the word 'Wait List' for that game, you'll see a display of how many players are waiting for that particular game. If you click on the 'Join Event' button, your name will be added to that Wait List. If you click on the word 'Wait List' for that Ring game again, you'll now see how many players are waiting for that particular game as well as your position on the wait list.

When you are ready to be seated at the Ring Game you will receive a pop-up screen asking if you would like to join the table. You will have 30 seconds to respond before the next person on the wait list is invited to join.

You can also reserve a seat from the waiting list. When you are called from the waiting list, you will be asked if you would still like the reserved seat- at that time you may choose any seat available.

If you have had a reserved seat, When you leave a Ring Game table, a confirmation window will appear beforehand notifying you that leaving the table will unreserve your seat.

TOURNAMENTS AND SATELLITES: If you wish to join a Tournament or Satellite, the status column will display the word 'Sign Up' (since there is no limit to the number of players that can join- new tables will keep being added). Click on the 'Join Event' button. A new small screen will pop up with a message confirming your entry into the event. Click 'OK'. Your name will be added to the Player List for that event. If you click on the word 'Sign Up' for that event again, you will see your name is now on the list of players for that event shown on the right panel.

Until the event starts, you can leave the lobby screen open, close it, or minimize it.

If you close the Lobby Screen, you'll need to double click the BugsysClub desktop icon again and get to the Lobby Screen before the start of the event.

If you've left the program open and running (or minimized it), at the scheduled start time of the event, the program will automatically open a new screen, called the 'Table Screen', and seat you at a table. Since tournaments consist of multiple tables, you will be randomly assigned a seat at one of the tournament tables, whose table number/name is noted in the upper left corner of the screen.

Let us now look at the action at a Poker Table.