Poker Rules Index

Poker TDA Rules

General Concepts
1. Floor Decisions
2. Player Responsibilities
3. Official Terminology of Tournament Poker
4. Electronic Devices and Communication
5. Official Language

Seating; Breaking & Balancing Tables
6. Random Correct Seating
7. Alternates, Late Registrations, and Re-Entries
8. Special Needs
9. Breaking Tables
10. Balancing Tables and Halting Play
11. Number of Players at Final Table

Pots / Showdown
12. Declarations. Cards Speak at Showdown
13. Tabling Cards & Killing Winning Hand
14. Live Cards at Showdown
15. Face Up for All-Ins
16. Non All-in Showdowns
17. Asking to See a Hand
18. Playing the Board at Showdown
19. Awarding Odd Chips
20. Side Pots
21. Disputed Pots

General Procedures
22. New Hand & New Limits
23. Chip Race, Scheduled Color Ups
24. Cards & Chips Kept Visible, Countable, & Manageable. Discretionary Color-Ups
25. Deck Changes
26. Re-buys
27. Calling for a Clock
28. Rabbit Hunting

Player Present / Eligible for Hand
29. At Your Seat
30. At the Table with Action Pending

Button / Blinds
31. Dead Button
32. Dodging Blinds
33. Button in Heads-up

Dealing Rules
34. Misdeals
35. Substantial Action
36. Four-Card Flops and Premature Cards

Play: Bets & Raises
37. Methods of Betting: Verbal and Chips
38. Acting In Turn
39. Binding Declarations / Undercalls in Turn
40. Action Out of Turn (OOT)
41. Methods of Calling
42. Methods of Raising
43. Raise Amounts
44. Re-Opening the Bet
45. Oversized Chip Betting
46. Multiple Chip Betting
47. Previous Bet Chips Not Pulled In
48. Number of Allowable Raises
49. Accepted Action
50. Pot Size & Pot-Limit Bets
51. String Bets and Raises
52. Non-Standard & Unclear Betting
53. Non-Standard Folds
54. Conditional Statements
55. Count of Opponent's Chip Stack
56. Over-Betting Expecting Change
57. All-In with Chips Found Behind Later

Play: Other
58. Chips Out of View and in Transit
59. Lost and Founds Chips
60. Accidentally Killed / Fouled Hands
61. Dead Hands and Mucking in Stud

Etiquette & Penalties
62. No Disclosure
63. Exposing Cards and Proper Folding
64. Ethical Play
65. Etiquette Violations
66. Warnings, Penalties, & Disqualification

Recommended Procedures
RP-1. All-In Buttons
RP-2. Bringing in Bets is Discouraged
RP-3. Personal Belongings
RP-4. Disordered Stub
RP-5. Prematurely Dealt Cards
RP-6. Efficient Movement of Players
RP-7. Timing of Dealer Pushes

Illustration Addendum
Rule 9. Breaking Tables, 2-Step Random Process
Rule 15: Face Up for All-Ins
Rule 17. Asking To See a Hand
Rule 19: Awarding Odd Chip(s)
Rule 39. Binding Declarations / Undercalls in Turn
Rule 40-B. Substantial Action Out of Turn
Rule 43. The Largest Prior Bet or Raise of the Current Betting Round
Rule 44. Re-Opening the Bet
Rule 46: Multiple Chip Betting
Rule 52. Non-Standard and Unclear Betting

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