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Every rule in poker has a reason as to why it is what it is; burn cards, split pot awarding order, and so forth. So I have been bored lately here with all of the wack jobs either getting booted or just leaving the forum, so please if you want to know any of these reasons for rules just ask....and there is a chance I dont know what the reason is and we can all figure it out together
 
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Yeah i do appreciate all the rulles and stuff, but what good are the rules if your passwords get spread on other forums and we, the members of the club have to play none members even after we did all to comply with those rules so we can get the access to the members club and this non club members didnt and they are still able to play the tournaments...

Now this is a very painfull subject for me, coz i had to reaply for the club again, and i had to w8 for a month and a half to get access again, and these guys just get all the acess for free, and for no efford, so u can understand the frustration of some memmbers in here, and i would not blame them if they leave...

Now i do appreciate the staff trying to sort this thing out, and asking the members for advice, but really its up to them and how serious are they in the first place to keep the members and the pw leakers in check, assuming they make all their living money from this site and its not just another income for them, which then is a matter of priority, and if this site is not their priority, well then :D this thngs thend to happen :D
 
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Yeah i do appreciate all the rulles and stuff, but what good are the rules if your passwords get spread on other forums and we, the members of the club have to play none members even after we did all to comply with those rules so we can get the access to the members club and this non club members didnt and they are still able to play the tournaments...

Now this is a very painfull subject for me, coz i had to reaply for the club again, and i had to w8 for a month and a half to get access again, and these guys just get all the acess for free, and for no efford, so u can understand the frustration of some memmbers in here, and i would not blame them if they leave...

Now i do appreciate the staff trying to sort this thing out, and asking the members for advice, but really its up to them and how serious are they in the first place to keep the members and the pw leakers in check, assuming they make all their living money from this site and its not just another income for them, which then is a matter of priority, and if this site is not their priority, well then :D this thngs thend to happen :D





If this is just you sayin pw thieves frustrate you, welcome to the club. If this is a shot at our mods & staff cause they haven't been able to deliver the perfect world you consider yourself entitled to, might be time to get over yourself.
 
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Yea pw thieves suck but they are on most sites so its trouble for everyone...not much you can do except not let them get paid if they win...which i believe is what happens. So gotta just suck it up and deal with it.

This post however is meant more for rules of live games and rules associated with metagame and not this sites rules as i have no affliation
 
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This could be an interesting one: what's the reason for different card rooms having different standards for the motion that constitutes a bet?

As in some rooms rule that forward motion with chips constitutes a bet, while others rule that the chips need to be released (leading to "pump fake" situations). Some rooms have a line on the table to delineate chips that have and haven't been bet. Some don't. Some have a line but ignore it for the purposes of this rule.
 
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This could be an interesting one: what's the reason for different card rooms having different standards for the motion that constitutes a bet?

As in some rooms rule that forward motion with chips constitutes a bet, while others rule that the chips need to be released (leading to "pump fake" situations). Some rooms have a line on the table to delineate chips that have and haven't been bet. Some don't. Some have a line but ignore it for the purposes of this rule.

I have often thought about how different rules are from one room to another, the best I can come up with is that it boils down to two things.
1. How people who run the room interpret certain aspects of rules / what rule book are they using / how they define fair and whats best for the game based on their own experiences
2. Some places, like ours, modify certain rules based on their own room. Some people mistakenly, or not, do not have bet lines made on the felts, so something else must define the bet line. We do not have bet lines on our tables so we use the players cards as the bet line. If chips hit the felt in front of the cards they are in, but they must touch the felt, so hovering over is not considered in - but is frowned upon and can get you in trouble if overused...leading to another point regarding players that play there. Some rooms will change rules based on the input of players that commonly play there (wsop changes rules all the time due to input from the big timers) and those rules become unique to a room.

another example is, from a different thread i posted here, is how some rooms now have taken a different approach in dealing with a Turn card that is exposed early. one way protects from cheating, the other way protects the sanctity of the hand...which is more important, I guess it can depend on your personal room

now in regards to websites - most rule differences, to me, seem like poor programming...like how WPN sites do not account for dead buttons or small blinds, this is the biggest glitch I have ever seen and cant believe they do not fix it...also, cant remember which sites, but some do not put the button the the small blind when heads up, or at least do not make the adjustment needed to do so.
 
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Yea pw thieves suck but they are on most sites so its trouble for everyone...not much you can do except not let them get paid if they win...which i believe is what happens. So gotta just suck it up and deal with it.

This post however is meant more for rules of live games and rules associated with metagame and not this sites rules as i have no affliation




PW thieves, in fact do get paid, CC has no way of stopping that.
End of thread hijack, sorry.
 
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I would ask why there haven't been exact well defined standardized rules that all card rooms can post. Everywhere is different and it leads to all kinds of bitching..I do not bitch but it gets to be annoying when table after table there is an argument over a rule that is different everywhere you go but someone insists their way is correct.
 
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I would ask why there haven't been exact well defined standardized rules that all card rooms can post. Everywhere is different and it leads to all kinds of bitching..I do not bitch but it gets to be annoying when table after table there is an argument over a rule that is different everywhere you go but someone insists their way is correct.

For the reasons I posted above. Every room can be different so some are. If poker was a league like sports than it be a different story....some rules leave room for opinions...which can be necessary...so differences grow

Tell the bitchy players to stfu and get a clue
 
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