Guidelines
- 1
- Venue
- 2
- Management
- 3
- Directors
- 4
- Floor People
- 5
- Dealers
- 6
- 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
- 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
- 33
- Rabbit Hunting
- 34
- Chips
- 35
- Starting Chips
- 36
- Chips Visible
- 37
- Color Up
- 38
- Chip Race
- 39
- Dealer Button
- 40
- Placement Of Dealer Button
- 41
- Dead Button
- 42
- Button In Heads Up
- 43
- Misplaced Button
- 44
- 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”
- 57
- Calling For A “Clock”
- 58
- 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
- 76
- Pot Awarding
- 77
- Odd Chip
- 78
- Side Pot
- 79
- Dead Hand
- 80
- Misdeals
- 81
- Board Errors
Rule 36 - Chips Visible
- 36.1
All chips must be clearly visible at all times during the tournament.
- 36.2
Players may not hold or transport tournament chips in any manner that takes them out of plain view. A player, who does so, will forfeit the chips and will face disqualification. The forfeited chips will be taken out of play.
- 36.3
Players must keep their higher denomination chips in a separate stack, either in front or on top of their chip stack.
- 36.4
All players are entitled to a clear view of an opponent’s chips.
