Odd rules in my local poker room for tournies. Thoughts?

#1 11th July 2012, 2:35 AM

For the last 2, maybe 3 months, my local casino has adopted some curious rules for their tourneys.....Curious as to what you all think. Here we go

1. Folding out of turn incurs a penalty..this will be a warning, then one hand, three hands, and finally a full round penalty.

2. Exposing your cards with action pending...this is an automatic one hand penalty escalating to a full round.

3. Hiding your cards on purpose or on accident so others cannot see them...warning, then escalation up to one round.

I have not ran across this in any other room.

#2 11th July 2012, 3:15 AM

Sounds fair to me as long as they're equally enforced.

#3 11th July 2012, 2:21 PM

Always good to hear from the other Reds fan on the board!

Rules seem pretty fair, like WV said as long as they go for everybody. On rule #3 is that for all-ins?

#4 11th July 2012, 2:29 PM

I can see why they were implemented and find them fair, too.

#5 11th July 2012, 2:55 PM

Most big Irish MTT's are emposing similar penalties these days, all looks pretty standard and fair to me. I pretty much hate being in games with players thats decribed above.

#6 11th July 2012, 4:01 PM

Yeah it does seem pretty standard, just trying to keep regulation and keep the game in order.

...I am curious about rule #3 though, the only thing I can think of is a 7 card stud game or something, where you are hiding your cards that are face up and stopping your opponents from seeing them? If it's not that then I'm nort exactly sure what it means...

#7 11th July 2012, 4:06 PM

Ditto to all including Sam's comment on #3.

#8 11th July 2012, 4:07 PM

those seem like great rules, and if you are playing in a game that requires those kind of rules, ......then you are probably playing in a great game

#9 11th July 2012, 4:13 PM

re: #3, there are players (anglers) who will hide their cards on purpose so that they can fool players behind them into acting out of turn. Which gives the angler an advantage by knowing what they will do before the angler acts on their hand.

#10 11th July 2012, 5:23 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by KoRnholio

re: #3, there are players (anglers) who will hide their cards on purpose so that they can fool players behind them into acting out of turn. Which gives the angler an advantage by knowing what they will do before the angler acts on their hand.

yeah but I was more curious about the "accidental" hiding - if there is a penalty for that then the rule must be to have your cards visible at all times.

Then what does that do to the card hoarding tell? HA

#11 12th July 2012, 12:43 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by sam1chips

Yeah it does seem pretty standard, just trying to keep regulation and keep the game in order.

...I am curious about rule #3 though, the only thing I can think of is a 7 card stud game or something, where you are hiding your cards that are face up and stopping your opponents from seeing them? If it's not that then I'm nort exactly sure what it means...

Quote:

Originally Posted by MediaBLITZ

yeah but I was more curious about the "accidental" hiding - if there is a penalty for that then the rule must be to have your cards visible at all times.

Then what does that do to the card hoarding tell? HA

I phrased #3 poorly...It should have said to keep cards in plain view at all times... even if you hide then accidently though, you are subject to penalty.

Kornholio was spot on as for the reason for this rule. tbh, the rules are fine with me....it just makes me more aware during play.

#12 16th July 2012, 10:20 PM

Yeah, they all seem like pretty excepted if not previously specific rules. Was this stuff pretty rampant before they implemented these?

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