Ad-Hoc Break

Overview

An ad-hoc break is a break in your betting schedule that was unplanned.

Let's say the pizza arrives. Why not eat it while it's hot? Take an ad-hoc break now rather than waiting until the end of the round or until the next break.

Attributes

Ad-hoc breaks have the following attributes:

Why not just pause the tournament clock?

You could just pause the tournament clock, and that's what most people do.

Lets say you pause the timer. Someone who walks into the room won't know what's going on. "Why is the timer stopped?" "Are we on break?" "How long until we start up again??" Questions you have to answer that distract you from more important tasks.

Now, lets say you take an ad-hoc break. Now anyone can look at the console and understand that you're on break and when the tournament will resume.

Console Dashboards

Normally, you'll have the same console dashboard displayed for all ad-hoc breaks, and that is the default behavior. There may be situations where you'd want a different console dashboard displayed depending on the break.

See also