No stealing, hiding, knocking over, or otherwise molesting a player’s chips or cards.\u00a0Doing so is grounds for removal from the game. If the abuser isn’t in the current game, he or she may be banned from the next game. (I know we’ve all done this at one time or another, but it can easily get out of hand.)<\/em><\/p>\n If you’re playing on a table with a betting line, any chips that you move\u00a0past the betting line are considered to be part of a bet and are now in the pot.<\/p>\n A string bet is\u00a0is the use of two declarations – either physical or verbal – to make a raise. Here are two examples:<\/p>\n Both of these actions count as calls, not as raises.<\/p>\n If you throw your cards into the muck or allow other cards to come into contact with your own, then your cards are mucked; your hand is dead.<\/p>\n Under certain special circumstances – e.g. accidents where your cards can be easily and positively identified – the host of the game may<\/strong> allow you to continue playing your hole cards. Then again, he may not.<\/p>\n If everyone folds to your big blind, you must turn your hole cards face up for everyone at the table to see.<\/p>\n If you are in a hand to the end and, after a hand is concluded,\u00a0you\u00a0show one or both of your hole cards to another player, all other players at the table are entitled to see your\u00a0hole card(s), if they desire.<\/p>\n Your chips, and the dealer button, must be in plain sight at all times. You cannot take your chips off the table or hide them in any way.<\/p>\n If the dealer button is in use, it must\u00a0remain clearly visible in front of the player who is on the button. Hiding, covering or otherwise obscuring the dealer button is not allowed.<\/p>\n Once a hand is over, it is over. If you fold before the river, you cannot\u00a0ask\u00a0dealer to deal out the rest of the hand to see if you would<\/em> have won, had you continued to play.<\/p>\n Wait until it is your turn to act.<\/p>\n If you act out of turn, your action stands unless a player before you changes the action. For example, it is my turn to act but you act out of turn raising to three times the blind. If I now check to you, your action stands – you must put in the announced raise.<\/p>\n If, however, you announce a call out of turn and I now raise in front of you, you may reconsider your action. My raise has changed the action.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Don’t Mess With Players’ Chips Or Cards No stealing, hiding, knocking over, or otherwise molesting a player’s chips or cards.\u00a0Doing so is grounds for removal from the game. If the abuser isn’t in the current game, he or she may … Continue reading Observe the Betting Line<\/h1>\n
No String Bets<\/h1>\n
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If You’re Mucked, You’re Mucked<\/h1>\n
Show A Walk<\/h1>\n
Show One, Show All<\/h1>\n
Do Not Hide Your Chips<\/h1>\n
No Rabbit Hunting<\/h1>\n
No Acting Out Of Turn<\/h1>\n