Guidelines
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- Venue
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- Management
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- Directors
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- Floor People
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- Dealers
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- Terms & Conditions
Rules
- 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
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- Re-Drawing Of Seats
- 24
- Breaking Tables
- 25
- Balancing Tables
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- Cards
- 27
- Suit Ranking
- 28
- Dealing
- 29
- Deck Changes
- 30
- Fouled Deck
- 31
- Cards Visible
- 32
- Unprotected Cards
- 33
- Rabbit Hunting
- 34
- Chips
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- Starting Chips
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- Chips Visible
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- Color Up
- 38
- Chip Race
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- Dealer Button
- 40
- Placement Of Dealer Button
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- Dead Button
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- 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
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- 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
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- 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
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- Side Pot
- 79
- Dead Hand
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- Misdeals
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- Board Errors
Rule 17 - Absent Player
- 17.1
An 'absent player' will maintain their obligations for blinds, antes, and forced bets. Blinds, antes, and forced bets will be taken in turn from all chip stacks regardless if the player is seated.
- 17.2
On occasion, a situation may arise whereas a player may have to voluntarily leave the tournament due to unforeseen circumstances. The player should notify the Tournament Director of their intent to voluntarily leave and not return to the tournament. At that point, the player’s entire chip stack will be taken out of play. The player will then be deemed 'disqualified' and will not be allowed to re-enter, nor will the player’s entry be transferable or refundable.
