Abstract: A method for conducting a multi-level tournament includes acquiring a player's profile from a database in response to the player entering the multi-level tournament. The player can conduct a first level game in response to the player having the first game level. The player's chip amount is changed from a first chip amount to a second chip amount according to a result of the first level game. The player's game level is changed from the first game level to a second game level in response to the second chip amount meeting a predetermined condition and enabling the player to exit the first level game and to conduct a second level game in response to the player's game level being changed from the first game level to the second game level.