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
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- Tournament Staff
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- Dealer Error
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- Players
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- Discrepancies And Rulings
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- Ethical Play
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- One Player To A Hand, No Disclosure, No Advice
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- Poker Etiquette
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- Deal Making
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- Penalties And Disqualifications
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- Official Language
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- Communication Devices
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- Electronic Devices
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- Valid Identification
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- Registration
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- Alternate Players
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- Late Entries
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- Absent Player
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- Re-Buys
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- Seating
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- At Your Seat
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- Seat Cards
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- Moving Tables
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- Re-Drawing Of Seats
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- Breaking Tables
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- Balancing Tables
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- Cards
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- Suit Ranking
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- Dealing
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- Deck Changes
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- Fouled Deck
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- Cards Visible
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- Unprotected Cards
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- Rabbit Hunting
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- Chips
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- Starting Chips
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- Chips Visible
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- Color Up
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- Chip Race
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- Dealer Button
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- 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
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- Dodging Blinds
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- New Limits
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- Hand For Hand
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- Payout Level
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- Final Table
- 50
- Betting Line
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- Safe Zone
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- Verbal Or Physical Declaration Of Action
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- Checking
- 54
- Calling
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- Action Pending
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- Calling “Time”
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- Calling For A “Clock”
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- Betting
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- Pot Size
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- All In
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- All In Button
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- Raise Requirements
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- Methods Of Raising
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- String Raise
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- Oversized Chip
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- Folding/ Mucking
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- Mucked Hands
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- Exposing Cards
- 69
- Show One Player, Show All Players
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- Face Up
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- Showdown
- 72
- Killing Winning Hands
- 73
- Verbal Declaration Of Hand
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- 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
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- Dead Hand
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- Misdeals
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- Board Errors
Rule 54 - Calling
- 54.1
It is a player’s responsibility to clearly announce their intention to 'call' before moving any chips into the pot.
- 54.2
A call is not valid until the chips are actually released, unless the player has made a 'verbal or physical declaration of action.'
- Calling IN TURN, any chips pushed over the 'betting line' and/or released into the pot will be considered a valid bet. If a player is unaware that a raise has been made and has released the incorrect amount of chips into the pot, that player must either 'fold'and forfeit the released chips or add the additional amount required to complete the action of calling actual current bet amount.
- Calling OUT OF TURN may be binding and will be binding if the action to that player has not changed. A check, call, or fold is considered action not changing. Any chips over the 'betting line' or verbally committed will remain in the pot. A player intentionally calling a bet out of turn will receive a penalty. The penalty may be waived if the player was misled by the dealer or if the interim player had his/her chips concealed appearing to be 'all-in' or if the interim player had their cards concealed appearing not to have a live hand.
- 54.3
If a player uses a single 'oversized chip' without verbally declaring the exact amount of their bet, it will be considered a call.
- 54.4
Dealers should only count and inform players of the amount to be called, if requested by a player with a live hand.
- 54.5
Players are responsible to visually verify the amount of the bet. If a situation arises whereas a wrong bet amount was announced, the calling player will be obligated to correct the amount of the bet.
