Abstract: A method and system for operating an online game such as poker that will monitor the status of player participation and reassign a player to a different virtual table upon detecting a reassignment request. The system may interpret a fold as a reassignment request or may reassign upon detection of an explicit reassignment request. The system is applicable to Texas Hold'Em or any other game where there is a delay between a player terminating his participation in a hand or iteration, and the initiation of the next hand or iteration. Table placement upon reassignment may be according to a next in order, quasi-random, semi-random, completely random or another scheme and may be based on one or more game parameters, such as, number of players, number of virtual tables, or number of folded hands in a time interval.