League Rules

1) TD decisions are final. In the event that there is a dispute with a ruling made by someone other than the TD on Duty 2) Participants must protect their own hands at all times. 3) Management reserves the right to make decisions that are fair and equitable. In exceptional circumstances, management may award a pot or decision to a player who is clearly entitled to it based on the spirit of the rule, rather than its literal interpretation 4) Discourteous behavior, disrespect towards staff or fellow players, and the use of abusive language will not be tolerated and may result in removal from the poker room. 5) Participants are not permitted to transfer tables without House consent. 6) A participant may only request to see another participant’s hand if collusion is suspected, and then only in the presence of a floor-person. 7) The winning hand must show all cards prior to the pot being pushed, unless that hand is the only live hand remaining. Cards speak for themselves. Dealers will assist in reading hands and assigning the correct value to any tabled hand. 8) A verbal statement of fold, check, call, raise or a specific size bet is binding on an active participant. 9) Action out of turn will be binding if the action to that participant has not changed. A check, call or fold is not considered action changing. If a participant acts out of turn and the action changes, the person who acted out of turn may change their action by calling, raising or folding and may have their chips returned. Participants may not intentionally act out of turn to influence play before them. 10) Conditional statements of future action are strongly discouraged and may be binding i.e. “If-then” statements such as “if you bet, then I will raise.” 11) Players must keep their cards on the table and in clear view at all times. 12)Each hand must be played by one player only—no assistance or collaboration is permitted. 13) Real-Time Assistance is strictly prohibited. Players may not use any electronic device, software, or communication method to receive coaching, advice, analysis, solver output, or other strategic assistance about any live hand in play. 14) A boxed card is a card discovered face up in the deck. It will be treated as a meaningless scrap of paper. A boxed card will be replaced by the next card below it in the deck, except when the next card has already been dealt facedown to another participant and mixed in with other down-cards. In that case, the card that was face up in the deck will be replaced after all other cards are dealt for that round. If 2 or more boxed cards appear as any of the cards needed to play the hand, the hand in progress will be void and all monies returned to the participants involved. 15) . Foreign cards in a deck void a hand. 16) Live streaming is not permitted without prior house consent. 17) Only English may be spoken at the table while cards are in play. This also applies to those who are watching a game and communicating with a participant in the game. Speaking a foreign language while any hand is in progress is not allowed, regardless of whether a participant has cards or not. 18) The following is a list of violations that may result in removal from and probable permanent barring from the poker room. Verbally or physically threatening any patron or employee. Using profanity or obscene language. The occasional outburst may be tolerated, but participants should be given a warning by the dealer regarding profanity. Obscene expletives or lewdness will not be tolerated. Collusion with another participant or any other form of cheating is completely unacceptable and can be grounds for immediate and permanent expulsion from the room. Collusion includes any coordinated or cooperative action between players intended to give one or more players an advantage, including but not limited to chip dumping, soft-playing, signaling, or sharing hole-card information. Creating a disturbance by arguing, shouting, or making excessive noise. Throwing, tearing, bending, or crumpling cards. Destroying or defacing property. Using an illegal substance or being too intoxicated. Deliberately acting out of turn. Deliberately splashing chips into the pot. Agreeing to check a hand down when another participant is all-in. Reading a hand for another participant at the showdown before it has been placed face up on the table. Revealing the contents of a live hand in a multi-handed pot before the betting is complete. Revealing the contents of a folded hand before the betting is complete. Do not divulge the contents of a hand during a deal even to someone not in the pot so you do not create any possibility of the information being transmitted to an active participant. Needlessly stalling the action of a game. Deliberately discarding hands away from the muck. Cards should be released in a low line of flight, at a moderate rate of speed; not at the dealer’s hands or chip-rack. Stacking chips in a manner that interferes with dealing or viewing cards. Participants are entitled to a reasonable estimation of an opponent's chip count; thus chips should be kept in countable stacks. Clean stacks in multiples of 20 are recommended as a standard. Participants must keep their higher denomination chips visible and identifiable at all times Making statements or taking action that could unfairly influence the course of play, whether or not the offender is involved in the pot. Management reserves the right to make decisions in the spirit of fairness, even if a strict interpretation of the rules may indicate a different ruling. A participant who commits an infraction should not profit from it and, conversely, a participant who has done nothing wrong should not be placed at a disadvantage. The proper time to draw attention to an error or irregularity is when it occurs or is first noticed. Any delay may affect the ruling. Playing from a chip rack is not permitted. If a participant places chips in a rack in preparation to leave the game, they must still maintain a playable, effective stack of chips on the table—outside of the rack. Chip racks may be removed from the table at any time if they obstruct visibility or interfere with gameplay. Management reserves the right to let a player with special needs play out of a rack. Only one person may play a hand. No one is allowed to play another participant’s chips. participants are not allowed to retract any bets that have been committed to the pot. Any participant is entitled to a clear view of an opponent’s chips. Higher denomination chips must be easily visible to all participants at the table. If a participant requests an accurate chip count for another participant, the dealer is responsible for counting out the chips if the participant does not want to count out their own chips. If a participant’s chips are not visible to all participants at the table and a discrepancy arises, a Floor Supervisor’s decision may be required. Rabbit hunting is not allowed. After a deal ends, dealers are not to show what card would have been dealt next Participants are expected to remain attentive to the game and avoid delaying play. Activities that interfere with gameplay—such as reading, using cell phones, headphones, or other personal electronic devices—are discouraged. Participants may be asked to remove such items from the table or leave the game if their use disrupts the flow of play. At Your Seat: A participant must be at his or her seat by the time all participants have been dealt complete initial hands to have a live hand. Participants must be at their seats to call the clock. “At your seat” is defined as being within reach or touch of your chair. Action Pending: participants must remain at their seat if they still have action pending on a live hand. If a participant abandons their seat before they have acted on their hand, the hand will be ruled dead. Calling-for-clock procedures: Once a reasonable amount of time, which is no less than one minutes, has passed and a clock is called, a participant will be given 30 seconds to act. If action has not been taken by the time the 30 seconds has expired, the last five (5) seconds countdown. If a participant has not acted on his hand by the time the countdown is over, the hand will be dead. TD's reserve the right to speed up the amount of time allotted for a clock if it appears that a participant is deliberately stalling. Anyone that was dealt into the hand may call for a clock. The following circumstances cause a misdeal, provided attention is called to the error before substantial action has occurred.  The first or second card of the hand has been dealt face up or exposed through dealer error.  Two or more cards have been exposed by the dealer.  Two or more boxed cards are found among the cards needed for the completion of the hand.  Two or more extra cards have been dealt in the starting hands of a game.  An incorrect number of cards have been dealt to a participant, except the top card may be dealt if it goes to the participant in proper sequence.  Any card has been dealt out of the proper sequence, except an exposed card may be replaced by the burn card.  The button was out of position.  The first card was dealt to the wrong position.  A participant has been dealt out who is entitled to a hand. Once there is substantial action, a misdeal cannot be called. The deal will be played DEAD HANDS Your hand is declared dead if:  You fold or announce that you are folding when facing a bet or a raise.  You throw your hand away in a forward motion causing another participant to act behind you even if not facing a bet. Discarding non-tabled cards face down does not automatically kill them; a participant may still table the cards if they remain 100% identifiable.  Cards are killed by the dealer when pushed across the line on the mats You act on a hand with a joker as a hole-card in a game not using a joker. A participant who acts on a hand without looking at a card assumes the liability of finding an improper card. You have the clock on you when facing a bet or raise and exceed the specified time limit. POKER IRREGULARITIES . In button games, if it is discovered that the button was placed incorrectly on the previous hand, the button and blinds will be corrected for the new hand in a manner that gives every participant one chance for each position on the round if possible. You must protect your own hand at all times. Your cards may be protected with your hands, a chip, or other object placed on top of them. If you fail to protect your hand, you will have no redress if it becomes fouled, or the dealer accidentally kills it. If a card with a different color back appears during a hand, all action is void and all chips in the pot are returned to the respective bettors. If a card with a different color back is discovered in the stub but will not appear in any hand or on the board and substantial action has taken place, all action stands. If two cards of the same rank and suit are found, all action is void, and all chips in the pot are returned to the participants who wagered them. A participant who knows the deck is defective has an obligation to point this out. If such a participant instead tries to win a pot by taking aggressive action, the participant may lose the right to a refund, and the chips may be required to stay in the pot for the next deal. If there is extra money in the pot on a deal because of forfeited money from the previous deal, or some similar reason, only a participant dealt in on the previous deal is entitled to a hand THE SHOWDOWN To win any part of a pot, a participant must show all of his cards face up on the table unless that participant has the only remaining live hand. Cards speak; a properly tabled hand determines its own value. While the dealer will assist in reading hands, participants are ultimately responsible for retaining their cards until the winner is officially declared and the pot has been awarded. Verbal declarations regarding the contents of a hand are not binding. However, intentionally miscalling a hand in an effort to mislead another participant into discarding a winning hand is considered unethical and may result in forfeiture of the pot. Any participant, dealer, or TD who sees an incorrect amount of chips put into the pot, or an error about to be made in awarding a pot, has an ethical obligation to point out the error. All losing hands will be killed by the dealer before a pot is awarded. Show one, show all. Participants are entitled to receive equal access to information about the contents of another participant’s hand. After a deal, if cards are shown to another participant, every participant at the table has a right to see those cards. During a deal, cards that were shown to an active participant who might have a further wagering decision on that betting round must immediately be shown to all the other participants. If the participant who saw the cards is not involved in the deal, or cannot use the information in wagering, the information should be withheld until the betting is over, so it does not affect the normal outcome of the deal. Cards shown to a person who has no more wagering decisions on that betting round but might use the information on a later betting round, should be shown to the other participants at the conclusion of that betting round. If a participant shows only some of his/her hole cards, he/she may be required to show all hole cards upon request. If everyone checks on the final betting round, the participant in earliest position is required to show his/her hand first. If there is wagering on the final betting round, the last participant to take aggressive action by a bet or raise is the first to show the hand. To speed up the game, the last participant to act or a participant holding a probable winner is encouraged to show the hand without delay. If there is a side pot, participants involved in the side pot should show their hands before anyone who is all-in for only the main pot. In a No Limit poker game if betting has ended on a round prior to the river, the participant who pushed all-in is responsible for turning his/her hand over first. More Rules to come.