- 1
- Venue
- 2
- Management
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- Directors
- 4
- Floor People
- 5
- Dealers
- 6
- Terms & Conditions
- 1
- Tournament Staff
- 2
- Dealer Error
- 3
- Players
- 4
- Discrepancies And Rulings
- 5
- Ethical Play
- 6
- One Player To A Hand, No Disclosure, No Advice
- 7
- Poker Etiquette
- 8
- Deal Making
- 9
- Penalties And Disqualifications
- 10
- Official Language
- 11
- Communication Devices
- 12
- Electronic Devices
- 13
- Valid Identification
- 14
- Registration
- 15
- Alternate Players
- 16
- Late Entries
- 17
- Absent Player
- 18
- Re-Buys
- 19
- Seating
- 20
- At Your Seat
- 21
- Seat Cards
- 22
- Moving Tables
- 23
- Re-Drawing Of Seats
- 24
- Breaking Tables
- 25
- Balancing Tables
- 26
- Cards
- 27
- Suit Ranking
- 28
- Dealing
- 29
- Deck Changes
- 30
- Fouled Deck
- 31
- Cards Visible
- 32
- Unprotected Cards
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- Rabbit Hunting
- 34
- Chips
- 35
- Starting Chips
- 36
- Chips Visible
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- Color Up
- 38
- Chip Race
- 39
- Dealer Button
- 40
- Placement Of Dealer Button
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- Dead Button
- 42
- Button In Heads Up
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- Misplaced Button
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- Blinds
- 45
- Dodging Blinds
- 46
- New Limits
- 47
- Hand For Hand
- 48
- Payout Level
- 49
- Final Table
- 50
- Betting Line
- 51
- Safe Zone
- 52
- Verbal Or Physical Declaration Of Action
- 53
- Checking
- 54
- Calling
- 55
- Action Pending
- 56
- Calling “Time”
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- Calling For A “Clock”
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- Betting
- 59
- Pot Size
- 60
- All In
- 61
- All In Button
- 62
- Raise Requirements
- 63
- Methods Of Raising
- 64
- String Raise
- 65
- Oversized Chip
- 66
- Folding/ Mucking
- 67
- Mucked Hands
- 68
- Exposing Cards
- 69
- Show One Player, Show All Players
- 70
- Face Up
- 71
- Showdown
- 72
- Killing Winning Hands
- 73
- Verbal Declaration Of Hand
- 74
- Miscalling A Hand
- 75
- Playing The Board
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- Pot Awarding
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- Odd Chip
- 78
- Side Pot
- 79
- Dead Hand
- 80
- Misdeals
- 81
- Board Errors
The International Poker Rules
“The International Poker Rules” (The IP Rules) consist of 81 technical rules, policies and procedures and provide the poker industry and its players, with a standardized set of tournament guidelines to train, operate and play by. The Federation Internationale de Poker Association (FIDPA) created The IP Rules to promote fairness and to provide uniformity in poker tournaments and in card rooms worldwide. The IP Rules provide new, novice and professional players with the fundamentals needed to learn, play and participate, in poker tournaments held around the world. As an official resource, these technical guidelines and standard procedures allow the industry to train and operate with worldwide consistency.
In consideration of a Venue’s House Rules, in accordance to their State, Federal, and Country laws, statues, regulations and their jurisdictional gaming control board, all rules, policies, and procedures are subject to the modifications made to The IP Rules. Prior to the start of the tournament, the tournament director and management are responsible to modify, announce and bring to the attention of its players and staff, any changes that have been made.
Players are encouraged to familiarize themselves with The IP Rules, so that they can easily take notice and abide by the rules of play. All rules, policies, and procedures, modified, deleted, or added to The International Poker Rules will take precedence during the tournament.
To strictly ensure and maintain the integrity of a single set of international tournament rules, FIDPA will maintain The IP Rules for players and their non-commercial use as well as for the official use by FIDPA Endorsed casinos, card rooms, tournaments, and leagues. The IP Rules may not be reproduced in whole or part and will be only made available on FIDPA’S website, to make certain that the same version and latest updates to the rules will be in use worldwide. Only casinos, card rooms, tournament organizers and leagues that have demonstrated their commitment and ability to operate in the fairest and professional manner are entitled to display the FIDPA Endorsed logo and permitted to officially use The IP Rules. Players are asked to report the misuse of The IP Rules, the official list of approved endorsed card rooms, along with their rule modifications, are provided on FIDPA’S site.
The game of poker relies on the integrity of an individual to play in a fair manner and to abide by the rules, as well as, the management and staff to be consistent and fair in their operations and rulings. All players should conduct themselves in a disciplined manner, demonstrating sportsmanlike behavior at all times. If a discrepancy or violation occurs, it is the right and responsibility of the Tournament Director to interpret how a rule will apply and are to use fairness as their top priority in the decision-making process. An unintentional error should be less serious than a deliberate violation and ruled as such. A player shall never benefit from their violation or an error caused by their action.
With permission from The Poker Tournament Directors Association, The International Poker Rules incorporates, references, and are compatible with the latest version of the 2009 TDA Rules.
