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Poker House Rules

Any time you have money involved, I don't care how good of friends you are, you are going to have situations to defuse which require well defined, clearly written house rules to address scenarios that arise. Good house rules will address any issues or situations which are not specific to the particular game of poker, or possibly part of the game of poker, however specific to your house or the way in which you play in your house / room / etc.

These are my house rules. In the years of hosting poker games, I've yet to have an issue come up in a poker game which was not covered by Robert's Rules of Poker or my particular House rules. Feel free to borrow, use, reformat, and pillage these as you see fit.

Robert's Rules of Poker (Cardroom)

ROBERT’S RULES OF POKER VERSION 11 (Cardroom)

“Robert’s Rules Of Poker” is authored by Robert Ciaffone, better known in the poker world as Bob Ciaffone, a leading authority on cardroom rules. He is the person who has selected which rules to use, and formatted, organized, and worded the text. Nearly all these rules are substantively in common use for poker, but many improved ideas for wording and organization are employed throughout this work. A lot of the rules are similar to those used in the rulebook of cardrooms where he has acted as a rules consultant and rules drafter. Ciaffone authored the rulebook for the Poker Players Association (founded in 1984, now defunct), the first comprehensive set of poker rules for the general public. He has done extensive work on rules for the Las Vegas Hilton, The Mirage, and Hollywood Park Casino, and assisted many other cardrooms. Ciaffone is a regular columnist for Card Player magazine, and can be reached through that publication. This rulebook will be periodically revised, so suggestions are welcome.