All matches must begin with 4 registered, unboxed players and all players must state their rank at the beginning of the game. Thumbs up, by all 4 players, signals the start of the game. Should a player boot during the first hand, the remaining players may offer a reseat but all must agree.

In the case of a mass boot (all 4 players) the game continues where you left off if ALL 4 players can agree on the score at the time of the boot they then manually score the remainder of the match. If the score cannot be agreed on the game is then restarted.

If for any reason a match is determined not to be legal the game does not count and no one reports.